ASSOCIATION OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND MENTAL TRAINING WITH PERFORMANCE IN ROAD RACES

Authors

  • Vinícius Nagy Soares State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Graduate Program in Gerontology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Group of Studies in Sport Psychology and Neurosciences (GEPEN), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Gabriela Kaiser Fullin Castanho State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Faculty of Physical Education, Group of Studies in Sport Psychology and Neurosciences (GEPEN), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
  • José Vitor Vieira Salgado State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Faculty of Physical Education, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Minas Gerais State University (UEMG), Faculty Divinópolis, Physical Education, Bachelor's Degree/Licentiate Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Paula Teixeira Fernandes State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Graduate Program in Gerontology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education, Group of Studies in Sport Psychology and Neurosciences (GEPEN), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejpe.v6i8.3421

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the psychological and nutritional aspects of runners and identify the association of mental training and dietary supplements with performance in road races. For this, a cross-sectional study was performed with 560 recreational runners, who participated in 2014 or 2015 Unicamp Running. The participants answered a Google Docs questionnaire about personal, emotional and nutritional aspects. A sub-sample of 302 runners was monitored using chip technology to identify the running time in 5 km and 10 km. The main motivations for the run were to improve health (73%), well-being (62,5%) and quality of life (57%). Approximately 34% consumed dietary supplements, among which 70.5% consumed proteins and 40.2% carbohydrates. The main motivations for this consumption were increased competitiveness (62.1%) and health (46.3%). There was no association between the consumption of dietary supplements and performance in road races. The participants who did mental training presented 2.5 to 2.3 times higher chance of better performance compared to the participants who did not do mental training (p=0.020 and 0.039, respectively). We hypothesized that dietary supplementation without nutritional follow-up does not offer sporting advantage and that mental training is associated with better performance in recreational runners.

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2020-11-09

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