Dietary supplementation habits in international natural bodybuilders during pre-competition
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Jiménez Martínez, Pablo; Alix Fages, Carlos; Helms, Eric R.; Espinar, Sergio; González Cano, Henar; Baz Valle, Eneko; Janicijevic, Danica; García Ramos, Amador; Colado, Juan C.Editorial
Elsevier
Materia
Antidoping Physical conditioning Body composition
Fecha
2024-02-20Referencia bibliográfica
Jiménez-Martínez, Pablo, et al. Dietary supplementation habits in international natural bodybuilders during pre-competition. Heliyon 10 (2024) e26730 [10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26730]
Resumen
Bodybuilding is characterized by high-rates of sport supplementation. This is the first study to
compare the supplementation patterns of winners (WB) and non-winners (NWB) among international
natural bodybuilders during contest preparation. Fifty-six natural bodybuilders (5
women) (age = 28.85 ± 8.03 years; final body mass = 71.50 ± 10.28 kg), 19 WB (athletes who
had achieved victory in an official natural bodybuilding championship at least once) and 37 NWB
(athletes who never achieved victory), from 18 countries (55.36% from Spain) responded to this
cross-sectional online survey related to their nutritional habits, strategies and supplementation
practices. WB were significantly older (p = 0.024), completed more competitive seasons (p =
0.027) and participated in more competitions in the last contest year (p = 0.011). There were no
significant differences between WB and NWB for years training for bodybuilding (p = 0.055),
weeks of dieting for competition (p = 0.392), and body weight at the start (p = 0.553) and end (p
= 0.330) of the season. Beverage and supplement consumption, purchasing patterns, and information
sources did not differ between groups (p > 0.05). In conclusion, natural bodybuilding WB
tended to be older and had more competitive experience, but shared similar supplementation
protocols to NWB. Athletes’ supplementation patterns were influenced by different sources of
information. However, these natural bodybuilders mainly purchased their supplements through
the internet without guidance from a coach or dietitian.