MANAGEMENT OF ATHLETES’ BODY WEIGHT IN THE PREPARATION OF ATHLETES FOR SPORTS COMPETITION

The overall goal of this study is to provide an insight into the management of athlete body weight for effective and efficient sporting competition. Thus, body weight varies from one individual to another and management also differs. It was discovered that overweight, underweight are types of body weight. It was therefore concluded that, unsafe weight management practices such as illegal ingestion of ergogenic and dietary aids can compromise athletic performance during competition and negatively affect health. It was therefore recommended that proper monitoring of athletes body weight; weight management in athletes with eating disorders and disordered eating, maintaining body weight with diet and exercise, weight gain and weight loss are the common practices to manage athlete body weight to achieve optimum sports performance in the preparation of athletes for competition.