College Admissions : My experience To whom that cares!!! At this moment when I am sitting down here writing this, I suddenly think of this time last year when I was fresh out of high school, hearing about Berea for the first time. I sent my application to Berea with lots of confidence and hope, and I knew I was not accepted. College to me, as much as to many others, is so important. At the time I heard the news of my being denied, I was disappointed, but soon I realized that my failure was just among the many challenges that anybody has to face during their lifetime. Further more, I happened to know, later on, about the two other Vietnamese who were accepted. Having known that hardly ever more than one student from each country is accepted to Berea, I was so proud to know that the ability of Vietnamese students has been recognized and that, despite of the fact that our country still faces many difficulties, the students have been trying to reach high goals. In Vietnamese proverbs, we have this saying :" A day one goes, a sea of knowledge he earns". By this time, I have realized how true it is. Last year, I was an exchange student in a high school in Mississippi. That was the first time I went overseas. Although, before this trip, I was quite used to living independently because I had to live without my mom for almost 7 years during the time she went to work in Poland. However, my first trip abroad was something totally new and different. A very different country and her people first met me. I gradually got used to everything and felt that those adaptations I had made also came with growth in my maturity. When mentioning about maturity, I am quite sure about what I am talking. Obviously, I still am a long way from being an adult who has gone through enough hardships in life to have the right to judgment on life. However, I believe that the ten months I was away from my homeland, from my family, I now look at my life and future with a very serious and subjective point of view. If I had not been in the U.S, I would never have known of an eventful U.S senior year in high school, and the people, the lifestyle there.
Creatine increases the body's ability to do work. It is high powered and generates the muscles ultimate energy source - ATP (adenosine triphosphate)- ATP produces the contractions of a muscle's proteins. When muscles are performing work ATP is being broken down into ADP (adenosine diphosphate) and energy is given off. The ATP being used usually lasts 10 - 15 seconds. After that the muscle depends on creatine phosphate to restock the ATP. Creatine acts as a reserve for the ATP. Therefore increased amounts of creatine will allow the body to supply ATP at a faster rate. Which, in turn allows an individual to workout longer and maintain a high level of strength. With creatine as a supple)-nent the body is exposed 4 grams of creatine per kilogram. Red meats give 1 gram of creatine per large serving.
Creatine has been used in sports since the early 1900s (Branch, 2003) when it was shown that creatine supplements could increase strength, power, muscle morphology, and body mass (Cooper, 2012). Athletes have always wanted to be one of the best in what they do. The banning of steroids in competitions and the implementation of random drug testing has increased the use of creatine supplementation in anaerobic sports, fast and powerful movement in a short period of high intensity movement (Branch, 2003).
Creatine has been used in sports throughout time. Athletes have always had a fascination with being excellent at what they do. With the banning of steroids from competitive sports and the implementation of random drug testing in most sports, most athletes are still somehow hoping to gain an edge on their competition. This edge that they are using is creatine.
Thirty non-resistance trained male subjects were assigned randomly to three different groups. Each group was given creatine monohydrate, creatine ethyl ester, or dextrose at a dose of 0.3 g/kg of fat-free mass per day for five days. That dose was followed up by ingestion of each group’s respective supplement at a dose of 0.075 g/kg of lean body mass each day for 42 days. Each subject engaged in a 4 day per week resistance training program split into two upper body and two lower body extremity workouts. At the end of the training program, the body composition of each participant was measured. The results showed that creatine monohydrate increased lean body mass by an average of 1.85 kg, creatine ethyl ester increased lean body mass by an average of 1.05 kg, and the placebo increased lean body mass by an average of 1.7 kg. The creatine monohydrate group also showed the greatest reduction in fat mass compared to the other two groups. The creatine monohydrate group lost an average of 1.47 kg of fat, the placebo group lost an average of 0.66 kg of fat, and the creatine ethyl ester group actual had an increase in fat by an average of 0.44 kg (Spillane et al., 2009). Creatine monohydrate established itself as a key tool to improve body competition with the results of this study. Creatine monohydrate not only helped increase muscle mass, it also facilitated an increase in fat
Creatine is one the most common sports supplement out there. But readers need to know what it is, and how it works before putting it in their bodies. Creatine is found in foods like steak, and is naturally produced in the body by the liver and kidneys. Skeletal muscle contains 95% of all creatine. The heart, brain and testes hold the remaining 5%. The claim that this article is making is supplementing with creatine while being engaged in a rigorous weight training regiment will increase muscular strength, size, and performance.
Bill Romanowski, Shannon Sharpe, and Mark McGwire, are just a few of the professional athletes that use and endorse fitness supplements such as Androstendione, Creatine, and other products. Every on camera interview that you see Shannon Sharpe he is wearing an EAS mock turtleneck. EAS is one of the leading manufacturers of Creatine and other supplements. The hottest supplement in Hollywood is Ephedrine; an herbal based drug designed to increase fat loss. Why do so many athletes use supplements? Who is using the supplements? How can I get supplements? Those are a few of the questions I have tried to answer in this report. Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study is to educate. To educate not only the athletes using the supplements such as Creatine and Ephedrine but to also educate the governing bodies of collegiate sports. Answers were sought to the following questions: 1. Who is using Creatine and/or Ephedrine based products? 2. Why are they using supplements? 3. Are these products easily available? 4. Should the NCAA increase regulations on supplemental usage? Methods and procedures used to formulate this report I used primary and secondary research methods. I used the Internet as a focal point for my research. There were many sites devoted strictly to supplement usage and education on subjects related to the supplements, Creatine and Ephedrine. I also used muscle magazines and books for research. For primary research I gave forty questionnaires (see appendix 2) to twenty women and twenty men from Husson College.
Muscle creatine concentration is a proven enhancement of creatine supplementation. The study from Muscle creatine loading in men, took 31 men who took different quantities of creatine every 30 or 28 days. The average increase in muscle creatine concentration was 20 percent. And “creatine ingestion at a rate of 20 g/day for a period of 5-6 days can significantly improve maximal exercise performance” (Hultman et al. 236). Whether the ingestion rate was 20 g/day or 2 g/day, muscle creatine concentration and exercise performance increased from the control group of 0
Likewise, creatine does not appear to build endurance or enhance performance of highly trained athletes.There is some confirmation that creatine "loading," utilizing 20 grams every day for 5 days, might be more beneficial than consistent use. Notwithstanding, there is still a doubt that who can profit by creatine and at what measurements.Research on creatine use in individuals who are not active in conflicting. Some examination demonstrates that taking 20 grams of creatine every day for 5 days taken after by 5 grams day by day for 5 days does not enhance muscle quality. In any case, other research demonstrates that taking 20 grams every day for 4-10 days improves quality. Research on creatine in the elderly is likewise conflicting. Studies till date have included small groups of individuals (all have included less than 72 members), and it is unrealistic to reach firm determinations from such little
Some say that mankind is complex beyond comprehension. I cannot, of course, speak for every other individual on this earth, but I do not believe that I am a very difficult person to understand. My life is based upon two very simple, sweeping philosophies: pragmatism in actions and idealism in thought. Thus, with these two attitudes, I characterize myself.
The fifth is like the argument from design, except that the evidence offered for the existence of an intelligence behind the universe is not the orderliness of the whole universe, but the apparently purposive activity of each and every part. Recall Aristotle's teleological view of nature, that a natural process is for the sake of some end. Aristotle's God did not appoint the ends, they just were! But Thomas Aquinas says that there can't be purposiveness without a guiding intelligence.
This will make them set reasonable prices that will increase the company 's revenues unlike high prices which will discourage the sales volumes and therefore lead to losses.
In High School, college seemed to be the scariest thing that I could think of. Whenever I thought about it my stomach would immediately begin to spin in circles. Although I was ready to go off and be by myself and meet new people I was scared to death at the same time. I didn't know much about the "college experience" and what I did know (or thought I knew) scared me. I pictured hard classes that I wouldn't be able to keep up with, people that wouldn't like me, long hikes to get to my classes, and horrible food. I couldn't imagine leaving the security of my own room, my own stuff where I want it, my friends that I've spent practically my whole life with, my family who put up with all my little quirks, and my car!! What was I going to do without my precious car? Some of my friends that had already been to college and had come back to visit seemed so much older and more mature. I felt twelve years old in comparison. I thought that I would never be able to fit in. Everyone else that I talked to didn't however seem to have this problem. They all were thrilled at the thought of being on their own and not having to worry about their parents telling them what to do all the time. And sure, the thought was extremely exciting to me as well, but how would I survive without my family and friends and the things that had taken me eighteen years to get used to. I felt like going to college was pretty much taking everything that I knew and had grown accustomed to and throwing it up in the air. The worst part about it all was that I felt like I was the only one that actually thought about this. I felt so immature and childish for actually being scared to come to college. After I thought I wouldn't be able to take the pressures anymore, I decided to approach my mom about the subject. I told her that I was a little scared and the thought of being on my own made me a little uneasy.
Nowadays, some people are very busy with their daily activities; they work a lot or study all day long. When they get home, they are tired and lazy to go for a walk or join a gym. Other people think that is a waste of time because they cannot see the benefits of exercise in a short time. This results not only in
For me, driving a car, going to Europe, graduating, and having a job have all contributed to my maturity. I have to make life and death choices every day while driving, and my choices affect other’s lives- and that bring a lot of maturity. I went to Europe basically by myself, with no parent there to hold my hand. I had to make good choices, be safe and be mature while I was half way across the world from my parents. I am graduating this year as well. After this summer I am going to college, being a real “adult” and I will be able to make my own choices. Maturity will help me keep my head on straight while I am being my own boss. For the past two years I have held the same job. This job has taught me responsibility, how to deal with money and people and basic life skills. If I were not mature I would not be able to hold a job for that long.
The crucial importance and relevance of economics related disciplines to the modern world have led me to want to pursue the study of these social sciences at a higher level. My study of Economics has shown me the fundamental part it plays in our lives and I would like to approach it with an open mind - interested but not yet fully informed.