The paradox of sport: adolescent athletes are highly sedentary across competition, practice, and rest days.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elite athletes are highly sedentary outside of sports and must stay active after retiring to remain healthy. While sports are often recommended to improve physical activity, the effect of sport training day on daily physical activity levels in adolescent athletes is not well described. The purpose was to assess (1) physical activity (i.e., step counts and activity score [METs]) and (2) sedentary behavior (e.g., total duration and prolonged [> 1 h] bouts) in male and female adolescent athletes across different training days (i.e., competition, practice, and rest days).

Methods

Adolescent basketball and volleyball athletes wore an accelerometer continuously for 14 consecutive days while in-season. Training days (i.e., competition, practice, and rest days) were track

SUBMITTER: Street JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12908339 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature