Ergogenic Aids in Sport

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

• 3. Good health and well-being

Objectives

The subject Ergogenic Aids in Sport is part of the subject of Sports Nutrition, included in the Optional module, corresponding to the optional training of the degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. There are no prerequisites, but it is recommended to have taken the subject Nutrition and Sport .

The objectives of this subject are:

• Achieve the necessary skills to advise any individual in any situation or age in the use of food supplements and nutritional ergogenic aids.
• Know technologies applied to sport that are related to nutrition.
• Experience how different nutritional supplements may respond differently in different individuals and how they may respond differently based on that individual's nutritional status.
• Know the tools of the Physical Activity Sciences and Sport and Sports Medicine laboratories.
• Assess the need for integration with graduates in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences.

In this optional subject, students expand their knowledge in relation to ergogenic aids and their effects on sports performance, and also on the types, classification and uses of these aids in the different situations and sports fields.

Learning outcomes

• RA1. Plan nutritional strategies taking into account sports supplements for special situations of sports competition.
• LO2. It identifies the nutritional and water needs that the athlete may have when he is in special situations and environments for the adaptation of his food pattern and the improvement of performance.
• LO3. Knows and knows how to apply different tools and technologies available to be able to improve advice on nutritional supplementation.
• LO4. Acquire a greater critical and reasoning capacity in relation to sports supplementation.

Skills

Specific skills

• Design and implement feeding plans for individuals and groups, composed of both healthy children, pregnant women, sportsmen and women, etc., and sick individuals, with due consideration of different nutritional techniques and support products for use by dietitians and nutritionists.

Basic skills

• Students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have competencies typically demonstrated through drafting and defending arguments and solving problems in their field of study.

Core skills

• Project the values of entrepreneurship and innovation in one's academic and professional career, through contact with a variety of practical contexts and motivation for professional development.

Content

1. General description of ergogenic aids
2. Classification criteria: permitted and non-permitted aids
3. Types of aid and effects on sports performance
4. Contamination of nutritional supplements. Anti-doping regulation and control
5. Gastronomic preparations
6. Glycemic index / load
7. Lactate test (affect according to intake)
8. Substrate test at rest and during activity (response according to intake)
9. MR test (response according to caffeine intake)

Evaluation

According to the academic regulations for undergraduate studies at UVic-UCC, there is only one official call that foresees two different evaluation periods:

• Ordinary period, which takes place in an integrated way in the training process and during the teaching period.
• Complementary assessment period, in which the student can be assessed again for the tasks, activities or tests that he did not pass satisfactorily within the framework of the first period.

ordinary period

The overall grade of the subject is determined by:

• Global assistance: 10%
• Active participation: 10%
• Practice 1: 20%
• Practice 2: 20%
• Practice 3: 20%
• Practice 4: 20%

Complementary assessment period

The student who does not pass some of the activities considered recoverable can recover them during this period, as long as the total of parts not passed in the subject does not represent 50% of the final grade.

• Practice 1: recoverable; 20%
• Practice 3: recoverable; 20%

important

Plagiarism or copying someone else's work is penalized at all universities and, according to the UVic-UCC Coexistence Rules , constitutes serious or very serious offences. Therefore, in the course of this subject, plagiarism or the misappropriation of other people's texts or ideas (see what is considered plagiarism ) and the improper or undeclared use of artificial intelligence in an activity are translated automatically in suspension or other disciplinary measures.

To cite texts and materials appropriately, consult the academic citation guidelines and guidelines available on the UVic Library website.

Methodology

• Master classes
• Resolution of cases
• Internships at the Taste Laboratory
• Internships at the Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Laboratory
• Practices on the athletics tracks
• Visits to specialized centers

In this subject the weight of theory is low, compared to the high practical content. It is therefore essential to attend the practices, both in person and semi-person.

Bibliography

Key references

• Domínguez Herrera, Raul., Mata Ordoñez, Fernando., (2017). Nutrición Deportiva Aplicada: Guía para Optimizar el Rendimiento. ICB EDITORES.
• González,.Gross,. María Marcela (2021). Nutricion deportiva: Desde la fisiología a la práctica (2021 ed.). Panamericana.
• Jeukendrup, Asker., Gleeson, Michael., (2019). Nutrición Deportiva: Sport Nutrition, Third Edition. Ediciones Tutor S.A.
• Matabosch,. Pijuan,. Martí (2019). Una nueva línea de entrenamiento: Avance tecnológico al servicio del fútbol (2019 ed.). FDLMART.