Caracterización de los métodos para la pérdida de peso previos a la competencia en deportistas de taekwondo universitario de Santander y su asociación con el resultado deportivo

Abstract

To characterize the methods for weight loss prior to competition in university taekwondo athletes from Santander and their association with sporting results. This research is like a cross-sectional analytical study, in which a descriptive study of the physical condition in the study population is described. The variables of analysis were considered as sex, age, category, university, weight and as a dependent the loss of weight. Regarding the material used, 41 surveys are shown that have been applied to athletes. For the collection of data, programs such as Excel are used for tabulation and for the results we use the Stata Version 12.1 / IC program. The weight loss characterization questionnaire was applied to a total of 41 subjects, 27 were male and 14 were women, among which an average weight of 66 kg was found, and an average age of 20.34 years, which was 36, its degree of belt is Advanced and only 5 were black belts. In describing the methods for weight loss it is one of the people who participated in the survey that in 8 without methods for weight loss and the method that was most used for restricting food and the least for the consumption of metabolic Accelerators of fat oxidation. Although a result has not been achieved statistically, it has been shown that the people who have not been taken into account have been reduced to the next phase of ASCUN, the 10 athletes who have used the methods that have been made have been found. The next round The method most used by the university athletes of Santander ASCUN 2018 zonal phase was the restriction of food with a total of 25 athletes, while the least was used the metabolic accelerator of fat, it should be noted that within the questionnaire was raised the realization of a diet planned by expert and only 6 people affirmed to have carried out this method, being this the most indicated one to lose weight without getting to have physical affectations.