Estimation of energy balance and training volume during Army Initial Entry Training.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adequate dietary intake is important for promoting adaptation and prevention of musculoskeletal injury in response to large volumes of physical training such as Army Initial Entry Training (IET). The purpose of this study was to evaluate training volume and dietary intake and estimate energy balance in Army IET soldiers.

Methods

Dietary intake was assessed by collecting diet logs for three meals on each of three, non-consecutive days during the first week of IET. Training volume was measured across 13 weeks of training using Actigraph wGT3X accelerometers. Training intensity was classified using Sasaki vector magnitude three cut points. Energy expenditure estimates were calculated during weeks two and three of training using the modified Harris-Benedict equation a

SUBMITTER: McAdam J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6264031 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature