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Abstract
Among the nutritional substances that are suspected of having a performance-enhancing potential, creatine monohydrate has become one of the most popular in recent years. More than 2.5 million kg of creatine was estimated to being consumed in the past year. This can make evident that the expectations of the benefit of creatine by people is very high (Terjung, 2000).
The Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius." These three Latin words, translated into English as Swifter, Higher, Stronger, symbolize the Olympic spirit and underlie the ultimate goal for Olympic and any athletes in their quest for sport success, which includes the mental aspect of people also. The goal of athletes is improvement and each sport has specific training areas that would most benefit them. The key factor underlying these sport specific areas is the proper utilization of human energy. Optimizing energy utilization involves three major elements, physical power, mental strength training, and mechanical edge training. At the United States Olympic Training Center, Olympic-class athletes are trained to optimize their energy utilization involving these three major elements. Many developed countries also provide their athletes access to a sports science team to enhance these three elements, including sport physiologists (physical power), sport psychologists (mental strength), and sport biomechanists (mechanical edge). Other people are also possibly on the sports science team, including hypnotists and organic chemists, organic chemists maybe being interpreted as sport pharmacologists (Williams, M.H., 1996).
All of the above attempt to improve the athlete's performance. A lot of athletes put in a lot of hard work and time into training and into improving their performance because it is fun to compete at high levels and against high levels of competition and to push and challenge oneself, to try to perform at the highest level. The substantial financial and personal benefits athletes can achieve can also be motivational to getting better and may persuade some to try out ergogenic aids or supplements such as creatine (Williams, 1996).
Year of Submission
2001
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services
First Advisor
Forrest Dolgener
Date Original
2001
Object Description
1 PDF file (40 pages)
Copyright
©2001 Tom Smith
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Smith, Tom, "Effect of Creatine on Performance" (2001). Graduate Research Papers. 4380.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/4380
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