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Institut für Sportwissenschaften Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; craschka@gmx.de
Effect of a multistage ultra-endurance triathlon on body composition: World Challenge Deca Iron Triathlon 2006
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The effect of an ultra-triathlon (10 Ironman triathlon distances in 10 days) on eight athletes (mean age 40.6 years, mean BMI 24.7 kg/m2) taking part in the World Challenge Deca Iron Triathlon 2006 (Monterrey, Mexico) was examined using direct multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis. The athletes lost 3 kg of body fat, whereas muscle mass, mineral mass and body water did not change. The loss of 1.75 kg body mass is equal to the loss of 1.75 kg body mass in an ultra-endurance run over 1000 km within 20 days as described earlier in 1992. In this race the loss of body mass was measured anthropometrically.
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