Available online 29 May 2023

Author links open overlay panelSection snippetsCan a greater diet energy deficit guarantee a lower body fat percentage to the bodybuilding athlete during their preparation?

To prepare for a bodybuilding competition, the athlete needs to maintain a negative energy balance both by lower energy intake from the diet and by the longer time dedicated to training trying to reduce the body fat percentage as much as possible until the stage presentation [1]. Thus, the total preparation for a bodybuilding competition basically consists of two phases: the preparation phase and the pre-competition phase; this bodybuilding modality involves pre-established preparation phases

Discussion

The results, shown in Table 1, are ordered by the design study; first, the cross-sectional studies and then the case studies. About the three cross-sectional studies that were selected by the author based on methodological criteria pre-established in the methodology of this work, the first evaluated 14 bodybuilding athletes for 11 weeks and stipulated a total variation in energy deficit (final minus initial) of approximately 450 kcal from the beginning to the end of the preparation, which

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The author declares that he has no competing interest.

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