### person:

Athlete
* Every athlete exercises self-control in all things.
* Every athlete has a different genetic potential for developing muscular size and strength
  - unique body and way of moving
  - knows that the key to a bigger and stronger body depends on protein intake
  - recognizes the importance of fluid intake during both training and competition
* Many athletes also engage in non-purging activities such as fasting and excessive exercise
  - are able to discard their crutches when they wear ankle boots
* Many athletes believe that drugs are essential for optimum performance
  - the myth that speed gift they're either born with or without
  - choose bowling because it sport people enjoy for leisure as well as competition
  - claim to have had competitive success by using visualization
  - competing in professional sports, and even in the Olympics, have asthma
  - develop diarrhea after running
  - dissolve creatine in a warm beverage like tea
  - feel that fat intake is the culprit to unwanted weight gain
  - go to extremes to avoid fat in their diets
  - have a unique competitive edge when it comes to sports
  - live within strict social and dietary guidelines
  - make their money by endorsements and wanting more money
  - promote awareness of diseases
  - strive to be extremely light and lean and are constantly dieting
  - suffer mild panic attacks when they are about to perform
  - turn to steroids more often because they're cheaper then marijuana or cocaine
  - understand that they are role models to thousands of children
* Many athletes use hypnosis in one form or another to heighten their performance
  - jump rope training to build agility, stamina and quickness
  - protein supplementation with the expectation that it is an ergogenic aid
  - utilize visioning to improve their performance
* Most athletes are concerned with the effects of aging on their own abilities to perform and compete.
* Most athletes compete in sports
  - team sports
  - consider themselves immortal
  - consume calories
  - drink water
* Most athletes eat carbohydrates
  - food
  - proteins
  - gain muscle mass
  - get enough protein in their diet
  - go to a gym when they want to train
* Most athletes have dietary proteins
* Most athletes involve in sports
  - learn about nutrition
  - lose electrolytes
  - participate in sports
  - play sports
  - spend their formative years training and preparing for their careers
  - take growth hormones
* Most athletes take human growth hormones
  - nutrients
  - try to follow a particular training plan in order to achieve personal goals
* Most athletes use a heart rate monitor to accurately measure their heart rate when training
  - heart rate to gauge their effort
* Some athletes abuse anabolic steroids to enhance performance.
* Some athletes also have physical disabilities
  - take drugs and human growth hormones
* Some athletes are affected by cardiovascular diseases
  - afraid of the cholesterol in red meats
  - believe that anabolic steroids increase lean muscle mass, strength and endurance
  - can lose pounds easier and faster than others
  - claim that bee pollen supplements improve their athletic performance
* Some athletes die in sports
  - of heart attacks
* Some athletes drink alcohol
  - engage in sprint events
* Some athletes have a nervous stomach and find it hard to eat anything before competing
  - restless night of sleep before a race because of anxiety or anticipation
  - heart abnormalities
  - problems with milk, eggs, apple and orange juice and apples
  - ritual foods they consume for good luck
  - live to hoist a trophy or spray champagne
  - lose more salt in their sweat and urine than others
  - make diets
  - move forward while running in the water and actually do laps during their workouts
  - perform gymnastics
* Some athletes play to live out the dreams of their parents
  - show up their Dads
  - pursue sports as a way to win and keep friends
  - report increased results when taking vanadyl sulfate with creatine
  - retire because of their injuries
  - say they feel immortal
  - spiral into a true psychological disorder whereby body image is distorted
* Some athletes take carnitine to improve performance
  - creatine to improve strength and endurance
  - drugs to improve performance
  - salt tablets to replace the sodium the body secretes when it sweats
  - testosterone
  - try to continue training a body part after it is injured
* Some athletes use combinations of drugs and other substances to avoid detection
  - floatation tanks to provide relaxation and sensory deprivation
  - regular sessions as a means of increasing their stamina
  - steroids to add muscle or to improve sports performance
  - wheelchairs and walkers
  - wear personal armour such as helmets or American football body armour
* Some athletes work with fitness trainers
* add mass.
* also vary in how they manifest stress.
* are a group who have special dietary needs because of their level of physical activity.
* are also at high risk of low iron levels
  - better at reducing loss of sodium through the kidneys
  - at high risk because they have low body fat
* are capable of play sports
  - sprints
  - contestants
  - different in every sport
  - far more likely to strain back muscles as they grow older
* are located in locker rooms
  - sporting events
  - stadiums
  - often concerned with the loss of electrolytes from sweat
  - particularly at risk because the ankle sprain is the most common injury in sports
  - the first people that get looked to when it comes to drug testing
* become heros.
* begin careers
  - professional careers
* can also suffer greatly from anxiety and stress
  - double the amount of glycogen their muscles can hold
  - learn to think very clearly in physical activity
  - lift weights and do other things to get themselves in shape
* come from countries
  - eastern countries
  - european countries
* come from other countries
  - eastern european countries
  - in all shapes, sizes and orientations
  - carbohydrate meals
* display talent.
* do activities
  - make more money than the average people
  - regular workouts
* exercise regularly to increase the blood flowing to their muscles.
* experience workouts.
* feel effects.
* find food
  - solid food
* gain mass
  - most from the amount of carbohydrates stored in the body
* generally have denser bones than the population at large.
* get benefits
  - enough protein in their normal diet to allow for muscle growth
* have a lower lifetime occurrence of breast cancer and cancers of the reproductive system
  - advantage
  - breaks
* have have great success
  - limitations
  - notice
  - performance advantage
  - predisposition
  - the same basic nutritional needs as other healthy people
* improve iron status
* include gymnasts
  - rhythmic gymnasts
* includes arms
  - body substances
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - heads
  - human bodies
  - legs
  - material bodies
  - necks
  - nuclei
  - personality
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
  - breathe patterns
* lift weights, chemists think about chemical structure and chemical reactions.
* lose a main source of their self-esteem and identity when they face a serious injury
  - large quantities of fluids through sweat
  - magnesium through sweat and urine
  - potassium in sweat in greater amounts during the summer
* make effort.
* may have advantage.
* need calories
  - extra fuel
* obtain advice
  - medical advice
* often abuse anabolic steroids
  - develop eating disorders
  - experience separation from families and friends
* often have greater protein requirement than the average individual
  - red auras as it's the colour of physical fitness
  - perceive their bodies as indestructible and invincible
  - strain muscles while exercising
  - take bee pollen to help increase their strength, endurance, energy and speed
* participate in activities
* pay attention.
* possess ability
  - superior ability
* rely on fast food
* represent a special group of people who are keenly aware of their nutritional requirements.
* risk dehydration because of excessive sweat loss.
* seek advice
* serve as role models for children and youth.
* share stories.
* show values.
* sometimes feel to stay competitive they have to use steroids
  - get cramps in their muscles during strenuous activity
* take clenbuterol to bulk up their muscle mass
  - creatine supplements to boost body mass and increase muscle strength
  - ginseng to increase both endurance and strength
* tend to abuse alcohol.
* tend to have greater bone mass than non-athletes
  - muscle mass and tend to be more dehydrated
  - train in three-week cycles because of their body's natural biorhythms
* think with their bodies.
* to achieve maximum performance
  - meet requirements
* trigger imitative behavior, especially in young people.
* undergo exertion.
* undergo intense exertion
  - physical exertion
* understand benefits.
* use drugs for many reasons
  - ginseng to increase strength and endurance
  - honey as a concentrated source of energy
  - massage so they can perform better and have less chance of injuries
* use steroids because they promote muscle growth and they are used by men and women
  - to enhance their already impressive muscles
* usually require more calories in their diets than nonathletes.
* vary in body fat depending on their sport.
* wear uniforms.
* will have opportunity.
* work hard to build their muscles and enhance performance.
+ Sportswear: sports clothing
  * Sports athletes wear a combination of different items of clothing such as sport shoes, pants and shirts. Some athletes wear personal armour such as helmets or American football body armour.
+ Superstars (TV program): Television game shows
  * Competitors usually participate in ten different sporting events, including a 100 yard dash,  run, obstacle course, weightlifting, bowling, rowing, tennis, basketball, bicycle racing, and swimming. Sometimes the sports have changed over time and between the European and American competitions. For example, in the first USA competition, there was no obstacle course, but there was table tennis and baseball. Athletes get points for the position they finish in each event. The competitor with the most points at the end of all ten events is the winner.