Distribution of body fat is associated with physical performance of male amateur triathlon athletes Endurance sports are strongly connected to maximum oxygen uptake, anaerobic threshold, running economics and body fat percentage.Although the importance of low-fat mass for the performance is a consensus in the literature, there is no data on the meaning of the pattern of fat distribution. The aim of the present study was therefore to examine the relationship between the fat mass distribution with the triathlon performance and the physiological power dwellers: maximum oxygen consumption, fantatical threshold and tread economy, and the predictive value for the performance of the gynoid or Android fat mass to verify distribution. 39 triathlets (38.8 ± 6.9 years, 174.8 ± 6.5 cm and 74.3 ± 8.8 kg) were applied to anthropometric (total body mass, fat mass, lean mass, android and gynoid fat mass) and physiological (maximum oxygen consumption, fantatile threshold, and running economy) examined.The overall relationship of the race time with the gynoid fat mass was classified as moderate to high and with the android fat mass as low. All mutacles and the entire race time showed significant and positive correlation with the total fat mass (%) and with the gynoid fat mass (%).The entire race time can be better predicted by the gynoid fat mass than through the Android fat mass.
The fat mass distribution is associated with triathlon performance, and the gynoid grease pattern is worse for triathlon performance than the android pattern. The whole work can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33666075/