Sentences with phrase «bodybuilders during preparation»

Body composition changes in female bodybuilders during preparation for competition.

Not exact matches

Because the process of ketosis uses body fat as fuel, one particular group of athletes — the bodybuilders, use this diet as a tool for dropping fat and water, and retaining muscle mass during the cutting phase of their pre-contest preparation.

Moreover, there are no studies that specifically examined meal frequency in bodybuilders, let alone during contest preparation conditions.

Although the previous studies do not support the use of glutamine in bodybuilders during contest preparation, it should be noted that glutamine may be beneficial for gastrointestinal health and peptide uptake in stressed populations [192]; therefore, it may be beneficial in dieting bodybuilders who represent a stressed population.

In support of this notion, researchers studying bodybuilders during the final 11 weeks of contest preparation concluded that had they increased carbohydrate during the final weeks of their diet they may have mitigated metabolic and hormonal adaptations that were associated with reductions in LBM [6].

Therefore, optimal protein intakes for bodybuilders during contest preparation may be significantly higher than existing recommendations.

However, bodybuilders during their contest preparation period typically perform resistance and cardiovascular training, restrict calories and achieve very lean conditions [2 — 6, 17 — 21].