The effect of 6-weeks competition period training on body composition of boxers

Authors : Melike Nur AKGUL, Oktay CAKMAKCI

Pages : 190-195

Doi:10.15314/tsed.319374

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Publication Date : 2017-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study to investigate the effects of 6- weekscompetition period training on body composition of elite boxers. In this study, 9 elite boxers from the boxing team of the Selçuk University volunteered. Subjects were of mean age 24.11 ± 4.14 years, the experience of training 7.11 ± 3.06 years and height 179.12 ± 6.72 cm . Boxing training of the competition period was conducted for 6-weeks. The effects of the competition period training on body composition were evaluated as related to pre- and post-test data. Tanita TBF-410 Body Composition Analyzer was used to determine the parameters of subjects’ body composition [VA insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(kg);, BMI insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(kg/m 2 );, BMR insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(kcal);, FAT insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(%);, FMASS insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(kg);, FFM insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(kg);, TMV insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(kg);]. For data analyses, SPSS 22.0 statistical package program was operated. Mean and standard deviation were computed. According to tests of normality, the Independent t-test was used to compare paired groups.  The level of statistical significance was set at 0.05.  When the pre-test and post-test parameters were compared, body weight and BMI in pre-test were lower than post-test insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);.  No significant difference between pre-test and post-test for BMR, FAT, FMASS, and TMW insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0.05);. In conclusion, the recent study suggests that a 6-weeks training of competition period in elite boxers might decrease body weight and BMI but it might not have any effect on other parameters. 
Keywords : Boxer, Body composition, competition period