Running the Race to Obtain the Prize? Each year athlete’s ability to perform seems to increase by leaps and bounds. Some reasons for this can be attributed to better training methods, better conditioning techniques, and better over all health of the athlete. While most situations involve one or more of the previously scenarios, some athletes always seem to take it to a step further. They engage in a process called blood doping. This procedure …showed first 75 words of 849 total…

…showed last 75 words of 849 total…raises the maximum aerobic power you can generate. Blood doping is appealing to many types of athletes. The 1984 Olympics bike team was use and they set many records bring home many goals and setting time records. As I discussed blood doping with a fellow classmate she said, ” I don’t understand why blood doping is illegal. If I want to win the 400 meter enough I could go to the mountains for a weekend and workout.”