[BODY COMPOSITION AND SOMATOTYPE IN UNIVERSITY TRIATHLETES].
BACKGROUND
the triathlon is an endurance sport and individual that consists of three different disciplines: swimming, cycling and running. The aim of the study was to describe and analyze the anthropometric characteristics, body composition and somatotype in male college triathletes.


METHODS
observational and descriptive study of anthropometric characteristics, body composition and somatotype of 39 male college athletes from 24 ± 4,5 years, participants in the championship of Spain university triathlon sprint mode (Alicante 2010), from different universities Spanish. According to anthropometric measurement techniques adopted by the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) and the Spanish Group Cineantropometría (GREC) by an accredited assessor ISAK Level II.


RESULTS
we find athletes of stunting, where you destacanvalores below normal in the subscapularis, supraspinatus, triceps and biceps skinfold, percentage of muscle mass (45.27 ± 3.29%) and fat mass (10.22 ± 2.92%) and bone (16.65 ± 1.34%) and where mesomorphy somatotipo predominates.


CONCLUSIONS
the triathletes and runners have lower size that cyclists and swimmers. Triathletes and cyclists show a similar weight, less than swimmers line, and more than 10km runners. Iliac crest skinfold, abdominal and thigh front cyclists are less than triathletes. The percentage of fat mass of runners triathletes and swimmers are similar, however the muscle mass of athletes usually less than cyclists but similar to other forms. Somatotype resembles triathlete cyclist (mesomorph). The corridor is ectomorph and mesomorph-swimmer can range from a ectomorph mesomorph.
Graduada en Nutrición Humana y Dietética. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Alicante.. josemiguel.ms@ua.es.
Laura
L
Guillén Rivas
Imfine Research Group. Departamento de salud y rendimiento físico. Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte-Inef. Universidad politécnica de Madrid. Madrid.. josemiguel.ms@ua.es.
Juan
J
Mielgo-Ayuso
Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Alicante. Gabinete de Alimentación y Nutrición de la Universidad de Alicante (ALINUA). Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT). Universidad de Alicante.. josemiguel.ms@ua.es.
Aurora
A
Norte-Navarro
Departamento de Didáctica General y Didácticas Específicas. Facultad de Educación. Universidad de Alicante.. josemiguel.ms@ua.es.
Roberto
R
Cejuela
Departamento de Anatomía y Embriología Humanas. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España.. josemiguel.ms@ua.es.
María Dolores
MD
Cabañas
Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Alicante. Gabinete de Alimentación y Nutrición de la Universidad de Alicante (ALINUA). Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT). Universidad de Alicante.. josemiguel.ms@ua.es.
José Miguel
JM
Martínez-Sanz
D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D056352:Athletes; D001823:Body Composition; D001842:Bone and Bones; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D013008:Somatotypes; D013030:Spain; D013177:Sports; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult