Investigating and comparing the body composition of non-elite mountain and road cyclists in Shiraz city
Subject Areas : Open Access
mohammadreza Roshanrooz
1
,
Zahra Mosallanezhad
2
,
Seyyed Ali Hosseini
3
1 - خیابان فدک _کوچه 5_ساختمان آفتاب 5_طبقه 5 واحد23
2 - Department of sport sciences, Zand institute of higher education, Shiraz, Iran
3 - Department of Sport Physiology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.
Keywords: cycling, Fat percentage, Mineral mass, Protein mass, Soft lean mass,
Abstract :
Introduction: Studies show that body composition depends on the nature of sports and athletes of different fields probably have different body composition. Considering the need to know this physiological characteristic in different fields of cycling and introducing them to athletes interested in this field; The aim of present study was investigating and comparing the body composition of mountain range and non-elite road cyclists in Shiraz city.Methods: In this practical and semi-experimental study, 20 road cyclists and 20 mountain cyclists (age 18-24) were selected as a statistical sample. Protein mass, mineral mass, soft lean mass and body fat percentage of the subjects were evaluated using the BOCA X1 Body Composition device made in South Korea. Kalmogorov-Smirnov and Independent sample t tests were used to analyze the data. Findings: There was no significant difference in protein mass (P=0.21), mineral mass (P=0.23) and soft lean mass (P=0.96) in road and mountain cyclists; However, the percentage of body fat of road cyclists was significantly lower than road cyclists (P=0.013).Conclusion: It seems that the two types of cycling have the same effect on body composition, but road cyclists had a lower body fat percentage than mountain cyclists; Due to the limitations such as lack of assessment of diet, aerobic capacity and heart function, more studies are needed in this field.
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