Análise da perda e do ganho rápido de peso corporal no judô

Abstract

Judo is a form of struggle of Japanese origin and has as a peculiarity the confrontation between two opponents. A major challenge for most judo athletes is to reach the established weight for their category, this is usually done in the last moments before the competitions. So losing and gaining fast body weight can be a common practice. The objective of the study was to verify the body weight on the day before and on the day of the competition and to compare them in order to verify a possible process of loss and quick weight gain of the judoka athletes of different categories. In the comparison of the body weight verified on the day before the body weight on the day of the competition were found significant differences in all classes of male athletes, while female athletes only the sub 18 and senior classes obtained significant values, in this sense concludes that there was fast body weight gain in judoka athletes of different ages.