Kinesiology 3222A/B Final: exam notes

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Ergogenic effects of selected substances - creatine: creatine, effect: peak power during repeat 10 sec efforts increased significantly, creatine is very advantageous energy source in exercise that is short and repeated, * means that it"s a significant difference. Performance enhancement apparently due to increased muscle creatine stores. Definitions: nutrition, intake & utilization of food (ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport & metabolism) Fat, protein (required in large amounts: micronutrient, needed in mg or ug quantities, i. e. , vitamins and minerals (rrequired in small amounts, activate various processes whereby you can use the macronutrients for energy, vitamin b deficiency. Can"t use cho efficiently for energy and performance drops. As your intensity increases, cho increases and fat decreases: 2. Promote growth/development: need nutrients for cells to continue to grow, training turns on a growth process in muscle but if you don"t increase the nutrients that are involved in that process you wont get bigger, 3.