Run, swim, throw, cheat the science behind drugs in sport /

• Main Author: Cooper, Chris
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
• Subjects: Doping in sports.; Doping in Sports.; Drug Utilization > ethics.; Performance-Enhancing Substances > adverse effects.; Steroids.; Anabolic Agents.; Sports Medicine.; PSYCHOLOGY > Addiction. > Psychopathology; SELF-HELP > General. > Substance Abuse & Addictions; Electronic books.
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Drugs in sport are big news and the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is common. Here, Chris Cooper, a top biochemist at the University of Essex, looks at the science behind drugs in sport. Using the performance of top athletes, Cooper begins by outlining the limits of human performance. S...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Prologue: a tale of two races; 1 Introduction; 2 The limits of human performance; 3 Stoking the engine: food; 4 Stoking the engine: oxygen; 5 Muscling up; 6 Steroids and beyond . . .; 7 Stimulants; 8 Gene doping; 9 What is cheating?; 10 Catching the cheats; Concluding remarks; Notes and References; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.