Drug use is a lifestyle choice/decision… Why are so many athletes choosing to drink?

age HIGH SCHOOL MODIFIED COLLEGE LIFE % USING ALCOHOL Use of ALCOHOL from Adolescence to Adulthood by Athlete and Non-Athlete Populations

Don’t mess with it.

Master Control The human brain is made up about 100,000,000,000 information processing cells, called neurons. The neurons are connected by 'wires' that carry electrical signals, rather like the wires in a computer do. The total length of these 'wires' in a human brain is about 100,000 miles! That's half the distance between the earth and the moon.

BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING THROWING FRONTAL CEREBELLUM

Susan Tapert/University of California, San Diego The images above show the brain activity of a 15-year-old nondrinker, top, and a drinker, bottom.

Surface View: This smooth view shows full activity Bumpy areas and places that do not ‘fill in’ are areas of low or decreased activity. Teen heavy weekend user of Alcohol Amen Clinics

Alcohol no alcohol one year later Amen Clinics

What kind of performance will you have? Scans by Amen Clinics HEALTHY NORMAL BRAIN HEAVY TEEN ALCOHOL USER What kind of performance will you accept?

Alcohol alters the brain chemically and over time, structurally IT RUNS YOUR BODY Non –Alcohol User Heavy Alcohol User Live the Life of an ATHLETE©

Relating to or of the nature of a residue… That which remains after the removal of substances

Windows of Assessment for Various Alcohol Biomarkers

WOW I didn’t know that!!! BAC EtG EtS CDT PEth GGT AGT ALT MCV Instant 4-5 days 3-8 weeks

Start Up Speed

Acceleration

Agility Reaction

Explosive Power

POWER ENDURANCE American Athletic Institute

Injury Rates > Injury rates for drinkers 54.8% Injury rates for non-drinkers 23.8%

Alcohol and Marijuana decrease immune capability

70% DECREASE IN HGH RELEASE

ENDURANCE REDUCED American Athletic Institute Oxygen consumption was reduced by 4.9 ml/kg/min…

Hypoglycemia is defined as a blood sugar < 50 mg/dl the body has trouble making more glucose because it is expending its energy metabolizing the alcohol. Both of these effects of alcohol can cause severe hypoglycemia 6 to 36 hours after a heavy drinking episode.

LOST PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL The residual effect of alcohol or a hangover has been shown to reduce performance by an average of 11.4% in elite athlete populations.

Alcohol suppresses testosterone production in all humans.

TESTOSTERONE = TRAINING

Some teen males who drink heavily & regularly have testosterone levels similar to female levels.

American Athletic Institute has studied the impact of alcohol on condition in elite athletes. Impact has shown significant projections in lost physiological condition that correlates to as much as 14 days of lost training effect…for each time drunk… AMERICAN ATHLETIC INSTITUTE 2005

Remember when you are not training… That somewhere, someone is training… And when you meet them… They will beat you. Remember when you are partying… That somewhere, someone is not partying… And when you meet them… They will beat you. Alexander Karelin USSR 3XOlympic Champion 9X World Champion Matveev USSR Underwood USA