Female Athletes' Body Composition Suffers From Chronic Energy Deficits: Effects of Energy, Protein, CHO Intake, Timing & Distribution in Gymnasts & Volleyball Players
Even female volleyball players are wo- men - no wonder they tend to undereat ;) Usually we are learning about what makes us fat by looking at those who are fat. Studies on athletes like gymnasts and volleyball players, and what influences their body composition, on the other hand, are scarce. Reason enough for me to take a closer look at two thesis by graduates from the Georgia State University who analyzed the relationship between moderate, within day protein intake and energy balance on body composition of collegiate sand volleyball players (Richardson. 2014) and the relationship between daily protein distribution and body composition in elite gymnasts (Paszkiewicz. 2014) - research that could be relevant for both, men and women. I guess many of you will remember that I've written about gymnasts before - in July 2013, to be precise. In said article with the telling title "Do Chronic Energy Deficits Make Athletes Fat? The Longer & More Severe You Starve, the Fatte...