ArticleBMJ military health2024
Body composition of extreme performers in the US Marine Corps.
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- High dose vitamin D supplementation decreases the risk of deficiency in male conscripts, but has no effect on physical performance-A randomized study.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Prevalence of obesity and associated health risks in soldiers of the German Armed Forces.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2024Article
- The 300 Marines: characterizing the US Marines with perfect scores on their physical and combat fitness tests.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Physical performance and body composition reference values for modern US Marine Corps women.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe creation of highly muscled and strong fighters is a recurring theme in human performance enhancement concepts. Physical readiness standards, intended to prevent obesity in the military, produce contradictory objectives, hounding large individuals to lose weight because of confusion between body size and body composition. Through selection, specialised training and policy exceptions the US Marine Corps has successfully developed a unique group of large (body mass index (BMI) >30 kg/m
methodsWe examined the relationship between adiposity and body size from nine male BB (age 25.0±2.1, height: 1.84±0.04 (1.80-1.92) m, BMI: 33.0±2.1 (30-37) kg/m
resultsMeasures were made of fat-free mass (FFM): 90.5±7.0 (82.0-106.7) kg, where FFM included total body water: 62.8±5.0 (55.8-71.8) L, representing 69±2 (67-73) % of FFM, along with calculated FFM index: 26.8±2.4 (24.4-32.9) kg/m
conclusionThese men are classified as obese by BMI but carried massive amounts of muscle and bone on their large frames, while presenting a range of %BF irrelevant to strength performance. BMI did not predict obesity and adiposity had no association with muscle mass and strength performance.
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