Determination of the body composition of participants during the tapering period prior to the Main Polish Championship in Swimming in 2016

Żaneta Ciosek, Magdalena Ptak, Aleksandra Szylińska, Karolina Kot, Adam Drozd, Hanna Mosiejczuk, Elżbieta Baryła-Pankiewicz, Iwona Rotter

Abstract


Introduction: Swimming is a sports discipline and physical activity which raises the human body’s efficiency. Currently, in competitive sport the coach and contestants have high demands to meet. The competitors are trained at the highest level toachieve the expected effects.

The aim of the study was to determine the body composition of participants during the tapering period prior to the Main Polish Championship in Swimming in 2016.

Materials and methods: The examination took place during the tapering period prior to the Main Polish Championship in Swimming in Szczecin in 2016. The study involved 34 participants – 7 female aged 16–19 (mean 18.2) and 27 male aged 16–24 (mean 18.8). The research consisted of 6 measurements of body composition taken with a Tanita BC-420 MA analyzer. In the statistical analysis we used the values of bone mass (BM), mass of body fat, free fat mass (FFM), muscle mass (MM), total body water, and body mass index (BMI).

Results: The analysis of the content of fat mass in the examined swimmers before the first training period revealed astatically significant reduction in the third (p = 0.038), fourth (p = 0.038) and sixth (p < 0.001) weeks of training. The average BMI reduced in swimmers before the sixth training period compared to the first training period (p = 0.036). There were no statistically significant differences in the content of FFM, MM, or BM in the body between each training period.

Conclusions: Direct preparation before taking part in the Polish Championship in Swimming does not influence changes in the content of FFM, MM, or BM in swimmers. Reduction was only found in the content of fat mass after six weeks of training, which lead to a decrease in the BMI of the athletes.


Keywords


swimming; body composition analysis; Polish Championships in Swimming

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.228

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