CONSUMPTION OF RECURSOS ERGOGÊNICOS IN ACADEMY OF MUSCULAR ACTIVITY.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION The resources nutritional ergogênicos are a new tendency, that you/they came in substitution to the mechanisms pharmacological anabólicos. For the adaptation of the nutritional needs with the physical training, some individuals use, the Resources ergogênicos or "popularly" alimentary supplements. OBJECTIVE to Identify if it happens an indiscriminate consumption of resources ergogênicos for muscular activity apprentices in an academy of the city of Palmas-To. METHODOLOGY the sample was composed by 60 people, between 18 and 60 years, being 37 men and 23 women. The instrument of the research used was a questionnaire, proposed by Silva (2000), where it allows to investigate the following variables: the person's profile that uses the ergogênicos, the relationship among the objective of the training and the consumption of supplements, duration and schedule of the trainings, resources ergogênicos more used in the academies and the satisfaction degree reached with the use of the resources ergogênicos. DISCUSSION We verified that happens a consumption without control of resources ergogênicos for muscular activity apprentices, where we consisted that about 37% of the 60 interviewees they use some type of resource ergogênico, being 22 (37%) male and 5 (23%) of the sex, 35% use as the hypertrophy objective, 30% use proteins, 38% received orientation for the consumption of alimentary supplements for the from the physical educator or trainers 59% didn't have nutritional orientation for the consumption of the substances. CONCLUSION toward that the supplement can be consumed without any risk to the consumer, is necessary, besides a rigorous quality control in the production, a nutritional attendance, doctor and / or of a physical trainer in the athletes' case, so that together they can choose the most appropriate supplement, and to analyze through clinical exams if she is really necessary.