Knowing your body compositionand specifically your body fat and lean mass distributionhelps you better determine the type of fuel mixture to use before during and after workouts and practice along with pre competition fuel eg. The sample included40 elite athletes volleyball n20 age. 21526 and futsal n20 age. Athletes with lower body fat typically need more calories and carbohydrates than athletes with higher body fat. Measurement of body fat content in. The objective of the study was to find out the relationship between body composition and maximum oxygen uptake capacity vo2max0 of athletes and non athletes.
The body fat varies with age and sex and the desirable body fat of athletes can vary depending on the sport training level energy intake. At non athletes the assessment of body composition is important in order to appreciate the nutritional status and monitoring the treatment. This is also a factor in a maintenance. Although some athletes can tolerate higher levels of body mass and perhaps percent body fat it is generally recommended that data obtained from frequent body composition measurements be used to develop training plans aimed at reducing body fat while maintaining or increasing. Assessment of body composition is an important component of the ongoing monitoring of athletes interested to improve their performance. The main objective of this review was to give a short overview of methods for body composition analysis in athletes and.
Athletes from both of these sports benefit from having low body fat while maintaining or increasing lean body mass. The importance of body composition measurement at athletes and non athletes ionescu elena ortansa gurau anca ileana medicina sportiva sport medicine journal no6 2006. Methods this cross sectional study has been conducted on 529 324 men and 205 women athletes age 328 92 years and 840 457 men and 383 women non athletes age 339 104 years in. To observe and compare the vo2max of athletes and non athletes group. The body composition is a factor contributing to sport performance. Non athletes and athletes.
To observe and compare the percentage of body fat lean body mass of athlete group and non athlete group. The body fat varies with age and sex and the desirable body fat of athletes can vary depending on the sport training level energy intake. 213125 and also 20 students as non athletes n20 age. The body composition is a factor contributing to sport performance. At non athletes the assessment of body composition is important in order to appreciate the nutritional status and monitoring the treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare some of anthropometrical body structural and physical fitness factors in athletes and non athletes female students.
The importance of body composition measurement for athletes and non athletes the body composition is a factor contributing to sport performance.