Dr Saranjeet Singh

WHY WOMEN ARE FASTER THAN MEN IN LONG RUNS

June 4, 2021

Men are, on average, faster than women when it comes to sprinting and marathoning. This is largely because of their generally bigger hearts, which can deliver more fresh oxygen to the body, and to bigger stores of the sex hormone testosterone, which can make muscles bulkier and stronger. Men are...

Impact of COVID on Athlete’s Health & Safe Return to Sport: Dr. Saranjeet Singh

April 26, 2021

The participation in sport has known health benefits, including promoting physical fitness and mental wellness. It is widely recognized that physical activity, performed for the right amount of time and intensity can provide benefits to the immune system. Now researchers say sports participation or any other physical activity could help...

What athletes should know about unintentional doping

April 6, 2021

Myriad athletes use supplements in their diet as part of regular training or competition, thus enabling more intense training by encouraging faster recovery between workouts, minimizing interference caused by disease or injury, and increasing competitive performance. These supplements are often used without a full understanding or evaluation of the potential...

Doping continues to haunt the elite sports

April 2, 2021

Doping is a grave problem that has infested the international sporting events worldwide. Hundreds of drugs and methods have been used for the purpose of sports performance enhancement. While this practice has been around for centuries, it still prevails in sports competitions at myriad levels. International sports federations, led by...

DOPING IN SPORTS: THE USE AND ABUSE OF GROWTH HORMONE

February 27, 2021

A 16-year-old footballer registered with a Premier League club has been banned for nine months for possession of a banned substance. It was alleged the player possessed and used the hormone somatropin. Somatropin is a growth hormone that is banned at all times in sport under the World Anti-Doping Agency’s...

Why King Kohli swears by ice bath

September 9, 2020

Team India skipper Virat Kohli is sweating hard in the practice sessions to prepare himself for the upcoming IPL tournament. After rigorous training, he takes an ice water bath to relax, and shares the pictures in his recent Twitter post. Kohli is not the only athlete who swears by an...

Can over-ageing of players be proved?

August 11, 2020

Many aspects of youth sports performance improve with biological maturity. Changes in physiological parameters including strength, aerobic and anaerobic power appear to mirror biological age more closely than chronological age, with peak increases occurring at or around the time of the adolescent growth spurt. It has been observed that there...

Age fraud in sports: Is there a solution?

August 10, 2020

Age fraud in sports has turned out to be a serious matter as many players misrepresent their age to participate in a tournament due to lack of opportunities. Age fraud doesn’t just flout rules but also snatch playing opportunities from deserving candidates. The country recently witnessed a shock in the...

How you can avoid testing false-positive in a dope test

August 5, 2020

Several times sportspersons test positive in dope tests despite not using any performance-enhancement drug. Nonetheless, it is necessary for them to know about the ‘false positives’, which in other words means failing the dope test. There are myriad reasons for ‘false-positives’ which sportspersons must know so that they can be...