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= Welcome to Our Ergogenic Aid Wiki!! =

This Ergogenic Aid assignment is worth **10% of your overall grade.**

Several substances not determined to be essential for animals or humans may affect exercise performance. These substances are often referred to as ergogenic aids. Athletes have increased their use of such aids because they are bombarded with advertisements about enhancing performance. Your assignment is to chose an ergogenic aid (nutritional, pharmacological, or chemical) you are interested in that is currently being used by either week-end athletes or sport athletes, to improve their performance. Examples of nutritional ergogenic aids are provided in your textbook and in the Canvas class.

 You will create your assignment using Wikispaces. If you wish, you may work in groups of two to complete this assignment or you may choose to work alone. Remember, however, there must not be duplication of ergogenic aids. The sooner you get started on the assignment, the better chance you'll have of developing your first choice of ergogenic aids. For example, if caffeine has already been chosen, then you'll have to pick a different topic. Watch this simple explanation on how to use wikispaces and the basic tools. media type="youtube" key="5E82woezPDw" height="360" width="640"

 Once you feel comfortable using Wikispaces, follow these instructions to begin creating your assignment. You will choose an ergogenic aid from the list presented in Canvas. Remember, it must be a nutritional ergogenic aid from the list provided and not a chemical aid such as a hormone or androgen. Once you've chosen the ergogenic aid, click on the join code in the instructions provided. This allows you to join the class wikispaces page. Follow the instructions to sign up to be a member so you can begin working on your wiki page (i.e. put in your email address, name, and password). Once you are ready to work in the wiki, follow these steps: **Step 1:** Click on the page I created for your ergogenic aid. It is blank and ready to build with the following criteria.  **Step 2:** Describe the ergogenic aid (EA) and include the following information: **Step 3:** Describe the research and include the physiology of the EA **Step 4:** Be sure to add any graphics, advertisements, video clips or photos that add interest to your page; be sure to click "save” when you add new material. **Step 5:** When you are finished adding the required information to the EA, start a new threaded discussion on your page and present your opinion: from the scientific information you found regarding this ergogenic aid, would you use it? Why or why not? Other students from our class will also post their comments so be sure to check often to see if you should respond. Check with the Workouts! section of the Canvas class for criteria I will use to grade your work. Good luck and enjoy.
 *  where it originates
 *  the form ingested (pill, liquid, powder, food)
 *  how much it typically costs
 *  where it can be purchased
 *  whether it is banned by the NCAA, IOC
 *  report on the research that has been done including at least three scholarly journal articles (be sure to cite them!); include a reference list at the bottom of your page.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> include how the ergogenic aid is utilized by the body
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> chemical make-up
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> how does the body digest, absorb, store or excrete the product

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