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4.3: Supplements

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    Many active people use nutritional supplements and drugs in the quest for improved performance and appearance. Most of these substances are ineffective and expensive, and many are dangerous. A balanced diet should be your primary nutritional strategy.

    Below are links that provide additional information about the use of supplements during exercise:

    Benefits and Side Effects of Steroid Use

     

    Claims versus actual effects of performance aids

    References

    1. Information pulled from www.strengthandfitnessuk.com
     

     2. (ACSM 2002)
     

    3. Information is from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and LiveStrong.org

    Bringing Together Top Strength and Fitness Professionals. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25, 2017, from https://www.nsca.com/

    Home. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25, 2017, from https://www.livestrong.org/

    Kraemer, W. J., Adams, K., Cafarelli, E., Dudley, G. A., Dooly, C., Feigenbaum, M. S., . . . American, M. E. (2002, February). American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Progression models in resistance training for healthy adults. Retrieved April 25, 2017,  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11828249

    N. (n.d.). Strength And Fitness UK. Retrieved April 25, 2017, from http://www.strengthandfitnessuk.com/


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