From: Nutritional strategies of high level natural bodybuilders during competition preparation
Male competitors | Female competitors | Male | Female | |||||||||||
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Placed | SD | DNP | SD | P result | Placed | SD | DNP | SD | P result | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Age | 36.1 | 17.4 | 31.8 | 10.1 | 0.40 | 33.7 | 9.1 | 34.7 | 11.5 | 0.86 | 32.2 | 14.0 | 34.2 | 10.2 |
Years training | 14.2 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 0.40 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.28 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 6.0 | 7.3 |
Years competing | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.34 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.40 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
Competitions this season | 2.3 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.18 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.38 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 1.2 |
Diet start weight (kg) | 82.5 | 10.4 | 89.2 | 10.4 | 0.08 | 64.7 | 9.5 | 62.9 | 4.9 | 0.63 | 85.4 | 10.8 | 63.8 | 7.1 |
Diet end weight (kg) | 73.1 | 8.5 | 77.9 | 8.7 | 0.12 | 54.5 | 7.0 | 54.8 | 3.9 | 0.91 | 75.1 | 8.8 | 54.7 | 5.3 |
Total weight loss (kg) | 9.4 | 5.6 | 11.3 | 5.2 | 0.32 | 10.2 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 0.29 | 10.3 | 5.4 | 9.1 | 3.9 |
Weight loss per week (kg) | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.74 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.81 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
% Weight loss | 11.1 | 5.8 | 12.5 | 5.2 | 0.48 | 15.4 | 5.2 | 12.7 | 4.9 | 0.30 | 11.8 | 5.5 | 14.0 | 5.1 |
End BMI (kg/m2) | 24.0 | 1.8 | 24.6 | 1.9 | 0.40 | 20.4 | 1.6 | 20.6 | 1.4 | 0.79 | 24.3 | 1.8 | 20.5 | 1.4 |
Diet length (weeks) | 23.9 | 11.3 | 23.2 | 8.2 | 0.17 | 24.1 | 8.4 | 22.4 | 9.2 | 0.71 | 24.9 | 9.6 | 23.3 | 8.6 |