Fig. 5

The time-course analysis of 20-week contest preparation with accompanying mean average (mean ± SEM; 95% CI) comparison between the BC and MBC on a) total body water (TBW), b) intracellular fluid (ICF), and c) extracellular fluid (ECF) with accompanying mean average (mean ± SEM; 95% CI) comparison between the BC and MBC. The BC has a slightly higher TBW (32.47 ± .12; 95% CI: 32.20–32.75 L) compared to the MBC (32.34 ± .14; 95% CI: 32.02–32.65 L) and ICF content (20.49 ± .06; 95% CI: 20.34–20.64 L) compared to the MBC (20.03 ± .08; 95% CI: 19.85–20.21 L). The MBC showed to have a higher ECF (12.32 ± .06; 95% CI: 12.18–12.46 L) compared to the BC (11.99 ± .06; 95% CI: 11.85–12.13 L). The dashed red line denotes the competition