Table 3 Total macronutrient intake of competitive bodybuilders during contest preparation: mean daily intake with standard deviations
From: Nutritional strategies of high level natural bodybuilders during competition preparation
Diet phase | Placed | SD | DNP | SD | Mean | SD | P value time | P value result | P value time x result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | ||||||||||
Protein (total g per day) | Start | 254.0 | 92.7 | 232.3 | 52.3 | 242.4 | 73.4 | |||
Middle | 252.9 | 76.4 | 231.2 | 52.2 | 240.9 | 63.9 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.73 | |
End | 243.7 | 64.2 | 205.2 | 54.4 | 222.4 | 61.1 | ||||
Carbohydrate (total g per day) | Start | 431.1 | 165.1 | 323.6 | 78.9 | 373.8 | 135.7 | |||
Middle | 392.8 | 142.5 | 288.0 | 106.5 | 335.0 | 132.6 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.51 | |
End | 340.6 | 156.5 | 268.6 | 185.0 | 300.8 | 173.7 | ||||
Fat (total g per day) | Start | 64.7 | 26.0 | 75.8 | 48.7 | 70.6 | 39.5 | |||
Middle | 61.7 | 21.7 | 69.4 | 48.6 | 65.9 | 38.5 | 0.01 | 0.57 | 0.57 | |
End | 45.4 | 20.3 | 44.8 | 23.9 | 45.1 | 22.0 | ||||
Energy (total kcal per day) | Start | 3214.8 | 1023.4 | 2824.6 | 587.5 | 3006.7 | 829.0 | |||
Middle | 3039.5 | 796.6 | 2629.9 | 575.6 | 2813.5 | 701.7 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.83 | |
End | 2660.6 | 571.3 | 2231.0 | 659.9 | 2423.6 | 648.4 | ||||
Female | ||||||||||
Protein (total g per day) | Start | 172.0 | 28.3 | 177.1 | 22.5 | 174.7 | 24.6 | |||
Middle | 168.3 | 34.1 | 166.3 | 24.7 | 167.2 | 28.4 | 0.93 | 0.63 | 0.56 | |
End | 150.9 | 44.1 | 166.8 | 29.3 | 159.3 | 36.5 | ||||
Carbohydrate (total g per day) | Start | 243.7 | 155.5 | 274.0 | 66.0 | 259.9 | 113.1 | |||
Middle | 220.9 | 126.3 | 226.0 | 72.1 | 223.6 | 97.1 | 0.01 | 0.90 | 0.54 | |
End | 196.7 | 99.2 | 179.0 | 84.0 | 187.3 | 88.5 | ||||
Fat (total g per day) | Start | 44.3 | 18.8 | 59.2 | 28.0 | 52.3 | 24.5 | |||
Middle | 44.1 | 19.2 | 52.7 | 19.7 | 48.7 | 19.3 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.64 | |
End | 28.6 | 6.1 | 44.0 | 22.0 | 36.8 | 17.9 | ||||
Energy (total kcal per day) | Start | 2000.8 | 551.7 | 2269.0 | 423.5 | 2143.8 | 489.2 | |||
Middle | 1898.3 | 479.8 | 1986.7 | 405.1 | 1945.4 | 405.1 | 0.01 | 0.76 | 0.70 | |
End | 1598.9 | 256.8 | 1734.4 | 363.0 | 1671.1 | 363.0 | ||||