Fig. 10

The time course analysis of 20-week contest preparation for energy intake from the self-reported 4-day dietary recall (kcal·kg^− 1·d^− 1 and) with accompanying mean average (mean ± SEM) comparison between BC and MBC. a) Energy Intake expressed in kcal·d^− 1, b) Energy Intake expressed in kcal·kg^− 1·d^− 1, c) Energy Intake expressed in kcal·kgLBM^− 1·d^− 1, d) Carbohydrates (g·kg^− 1·d^− 1), e) Protein (g·kg^− 1·d^− 1), and f) Lipids (g·kg^− 1·d^− 1). The BC had a higher energy intake in all three expressed analyses (BC: 1791 ± 80.45; 95% CI: 1612–1971 vs MBC: 1137 ± 42.35; 95% CI: 1043–1232 kcal·d^− 1; BC: 34.18 ± 6.16; 95% CI: 30.04–38.31 vs MBC: 22.25 ± 2.28; 95% CI: 20.71–23.78 kcal·kg^− 1·d^− 1; BC: 43.20 ± 3.24; 95% CI: 34.86–51.55 vs MBC: 28.13 ± 2.73; 95% CI: 25.26–31.01 kcal·kgLBM^− 1·d^− 1). The BC had a higher mean carbohydrate intake (BC: 3.64 ± .21; 95% CI: 3.16–4.12 vs MBC: 1.35 ± .15; 95% CI: 1.00–1.70 g·kg^− 1·d^− 1, higher mean protein intake (BC: 2.96 ± .07; 95% CI: 2.8–3.13 vs MBC: 2.72 ± .05; 95% CI: 2.60–2.84 g·kg^− 1·d^− 1), and a higher lipid intake (BC: .91 ± .1; 95% CI: .6–1.15 vs MBC: .58 ± .04; 95% CI: .48–.69 g·kg^− 1·d^− 1). The red dashed lines denote competition