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Issa Strength and Conditioning Certification Exam
The Rio Olympics was a successful opportunity for my career as an athletic trainer.
Attending the Olympics allowed me to exchange contacts with one of the best Kenyan runners
Millicent Ndoro. The athlete called me a week ago to prepare for an up marathon in three weeks
to participate in the 100m sprint race. Millicent, being a runner, the two most important tests are
the doping test and the blood tests. The blood tests place the role of ensuring that the athlete is
physically fit to participate in the race and the speed accelerator test to understand their
capability for sprinting race.
Blood tests have become the most crucial test for the athlete. Unlike before, the test is
not only the tool of determining whether the athlete is clean from doping, but it also gives an
idea of the fitness status of the athlete (Shuli, 2017). After conducting a blood test for Millicent,
the results showed a clear picture of her body's fitness. Millicent's tests gave both positive and
negative effects. The first test was her blood level was the blood level that came out perfectly.
The average blood level showed that she lived an excellent athlete lifestyle in diet (Hooper &
Schumacher, 2018). The other positive result is in terms of nutrition. The test showed that the
athlete feeds a good diet which improves her energy level and body performance. On the flip
side, the results also had some negative signs. The results have shown a risk of immune system
problems (Hooper & Schumacher, 2018). After a short conversation with Millicent, it was clear
that she has been overtraining the body hence overworking the immune system.
After the blood test, a speed accelerator test is crucial for any professional sprinter (Shuli,
2017). In this test, the runner performs a warm-up then different speed tests are conducted using
a timer. I ran several 30 m speed tests with Millicent, 50 m speed tests, 100 m speed tests, and
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150 m speed tests. The different tests help to understand the acceleration time and how the
athlete picks it up. After a comparison between the first 30m time, the time between 30m and 50
m, and the final between 50m and 100 m gives us the speed endurance for Millicent's results
showed that she is ready for the race. Her acceleration is between 30m and 50m. In this regard,
Millicent has shown persistence for all the tests. She can hold her breath to the end of the race.
Millicent's test results have created new goals for the next test to be done in two weeks.
The first important goal is to stabilize Millicent's immune system by reducing the training time.
The other way to stabilize her immunity is by increasing the sleeping time and boost energy
(Hooper & Schumacher, 2018). By the use of vitamins, she can make her immunity stronger
hence reducing the chances of illness. The other important goal is to maintain her excellent
nutrition results. Millicent's new diet recommendation helps to keep her nutrition intact till the
day of the race.
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References
Hooper, J., & Schumacher, Y. (2018). Athlete Performance Monitoring in Anti-Doping.
Integrative Physiology, 530-546.
Shuli, G. (2017). Re-held Race Endangers Rules. Law Review, 277-289.