Define the term ergogenic aid.

Discuss the benefits for an athlete using anabolic steroids.

Suggest how a soccer player could use periodization to optimise their performance in the preparation phase for the 2018 soccer world cup in Russia.

a substance/device/phenomenon that can improve an athlete’s performance ✔

stimulates and promotes bone maturation and protein synthesis to help strengthen bone and increase muscle growth ✔

an increase in muscle growth leads to an increase in muscle mass ✔

greater increase in muscle mass when combined with a high protein diet ✔

«hypertrophy» leads to an increase in muscular strength/power ✔

protein synthesis aids the repair of muscle tissue during recovery from exercise/allows athletes to train more frequently ✔

«proposed» aggressive and competitive effects allows performer to train for longer✔

preparation phase «pre-season» used for developing and improving aerobic fitness «where the load will be quite high and the training will start broad and become more specific» ✔

progressively increase volume, intensity and exercise selection specific for football ✔

macrocycles are divided into mesocycles ✔

length of preparation phase would be a meso cycle «2–8weeks» ✔

meso cycle/preparation phase would be broken down into microcycles «7–14 days» ✔

preparation phase/meso cycle would be used for national team training specific for the goals of the team ✔

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