Title Run, swim, throw, cheat : the science behind drugs in sport / Chris Cooper.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Description	1 online resource (ix, 305 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 297) and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Prologue: A tale of two races -- Introduction -- The limits of human performance -- Stoking the engine : food -- Stoking the engine : oxygen -- Muscling up -- Steroids and beyond ... -- Stimulants -- Gene doping -- What is cheating? -- Catching the cheats -- Concluding remarks.
Summary	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. Showing the basic problems of human biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy, he looks at what stops us running faster, throwing longer, or jumping higher. Using these evidence-basedarguments he shows what the body can, and cannot, do. There is much curiosity about why certain substances are used, how t.
Subject	Doping in sports.
	Athletes -- Drug use.
	Sports -- Corrupt practices.
	Anabolic steroids -- United States.
	Drug abuse -- United States.
	PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
	SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- General.
	Anabolic steroids. (OCoLC)fst00808194
	Athletes -- Drug use. (OCoLC)fst00820039
	Doping in sports. (OCoLC)fst00896938
	Drug abuse. (OCoLC)fst00898480
	Sports -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst01130445
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Doping in Sports.
	Drug Utilization -- ethics.
	Performance-Enhancing Substances -- adverse effects.
	Steroids.
	Anabolic Agents.
	Sports Medicine.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat. Oxford Univ Pr 2012 9780199581467 (OCoLC)754720557
ISBN	9780191633751 (electronic bk.)
	0191633755 (electronic bk.)

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