Table 1 Body fat percentage of Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes (data are presented as the mean ± SD)
From: Physical and Physiological Profiles of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes: a Systematic Review
Athlete characteristics (n) | Body mass (kg) | Body fat (%) | Method (Prediction equation reference) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | ||||
High level athletes (n = 14) | 71.3 ± 9.1 | 8.5 ± 1.5 | Carter [84] | Diaz-Lara et al. [85] |
High level athletes (n = 8) | 76 ± 10 | 11.2 ± 3.0a | Lohman [86] | Marinho et al. [25] |
State level athletes (n = 10) | 72 ± 5 | 14.8 ± 3.0 | ||
Athletes of different competitive levels—brown and black belt (n = 10) | 81.8 ± 7.4 | 13.0 ± 4.8 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Andreato et al. [39] |
High level athletes (n = 26) | 75.4 ± 9.7 | 9.5 ± 2.1 | Bioimpedance—Moon et al. [88] | Diaz-Lara et al. [89] |
State level athletes—blue to black belt (n = 15) | 82.2 ± 11.9 | 14.6 ± 5.6 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Follmer et al. [90] |
Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 9) | 73.3 ± 9.7 | 6.8 ± 2.1 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Mazzoccante et al. [35] |
State level athletes (n = 9) | 77.4 ± 24.5 | 16.5 ± 7.1 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Ribeiro et al. [36] |
State level athletes (n = 9) | 84.6 ± 19.9 | 16.1 ± 5.6 | ||
Practitioners (n = 136) | 81.8 ± 13.1 | 16.2 ± 6.7 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Schwartz et al. [16] |
High level athletes—brown and black beltb | 77.9 ± 6.8 | 7.4 ± 2.7 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Silva et al. [68] |
Practitioners—blue and purple beltb | 76.5 ± 8.7 | 6.5 ± 1.7 | ||
High level athletes—purple to black belt | Kerr [91] | Báez et al. [26] | ||
Pass fighter (n = 10) | 75.0 ± 8.9 | 18.4 ± 2.5 | ||
Guard fighter (n = 15) | 75.9 ± 11.9 | 19.9 ± 2.5c | ||
All (n = 25) | 75.6 ± 10.6 | 19.3 ± 2.5 | ||
High level athletes (n = 20) | 81.6 ± 5.4 | 7.1 ± 5.4 | NR | Brandão et al. [22] |
Practitioners (n = 10) | 83.3 ± 3.8 | 7.8 ± 2.5 | NR | |
State level athletes (n = 20) | 68.1 + 8.5 | 12.0 + 4.3 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Carmo et al. [92] |
High level athletes | Bioimpedance—Moon et al. [88] | Diaz-Lara et al. [20] | ||
Novice—white to blue belt (n = 24) | 75.7 ± 9.3 | 9.3 ± 3.7 | ||
Expert—purple to black belt (n = 32) | 77.4 ± 11.3 | 9.1 ± 4.6 | ||
Brown or black belt (n = 10) | 83.8 ± 12.1 | 16.1 ± 10.1 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Joel et al. [52] |
Brown or black belt (n = 10) | 83.1 ± 10.1 | 16.6 ± 8.0 | ||
Practitioners—men (n = 8) | 78.9 ± 7.9 | 19.4 ± 5.2 | NR | Lorenço-Lima et al. [93] |
Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 10) | 70.3 ± 5.9 | 6.8 ± 2.4 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Mazzoccante et al. [37] |
High level athletes (n = 49) | 77.3 ± 6.5 | 15.7 ± 4.0 | Bioimpedance | Pietraszewska et al. [94] |
High level athletes (n = 10) | 70.0 ± 3.3 | 14.1 ± 2.9 | Thorland et al. [95] | Pinho-Júnior et al. [96] |
Practitioners—purple to black (NR) | 78.7 ± 7.9 | 9.5 ± 1.9 | NR | Tinsley et al. [97] |
High level athletes (n = 11) | 83.1 ± 8.7 | 10.3 ± 2.6 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Andreato et al. [8] |
Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 12) | 75.4 ± 8.8 | 9.2 ± 2.4 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Andreato et al. [98] |
Athletes of different competitive levels | Tipton and Oppliger [99] | Arruda et al. [99] | ||
Feather (n = 3) | 69.8d | 10.5d | ||
Light (n = 1) | 47.0 | 5.3 | ||
Middle (n = 3) | 81.6d | 9.8d | ||
Medium heavy (n = 4) | 87.6d | 12.5d | ||
Heavy (n = 1) | 90.0 | 14.6 | ||
Ultra heavy (n = 2) | 95.0d | 14.5d | ||
All (n = 14) | 82.8 ± 9.1 | 11.4 ± 3.6 | ||
Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 155) | 78.2 ± 8.5 | 15.9 ± 6.1 | Thorland et al. [95] | Brito et al. [9] |
High level athletes (n = 9) | 68.0 ± 2.8 | 12.7 ± 3.5 | Thorland et al. [95] | Santos et al. [100] |
State level athletes (n = 21) | 78.1 ± 9.4 | 14.3 ± 4.8 | NR | Souza-Junior et al. [101] |
Beginner athletes—white and blue belt (n = 7) | 74.9 ± 5.9 | 8.7 ± 3.8 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Coswig et al. [21] |
Experienced athletes—more than purple belt (n = 7) | 79.0 ± 4.1 | 9.1 ± 3.0 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | |
High level athletes (n = 7) | 77.9 ± 3.5 | 9.0 ± 2.6 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Andreato et al. [23] |
State level athletes (n = 7) | 72.2 ± 25.0 | 9.1 ± 3.1 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | |
High level athletes (n = 8) | 79.4 ± 9.5 | 8.4 ± 2.3 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Gomes et al. [24] |
State level athletes (n = 5) | 72.4 ± 7.7 | 9.8 ± 2.4 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | |
High level athletes (n = 106) | 76.0 ± 15.2 | 15.8 ± 6.1 | Thorland et al. [95] | Roas et al. [102] |
State level athletes—purple to black belt (n = 5) | 93.8 ± 13.7 | 19.9 ± 4.3 | Jackson and Pollock [87] | Rigatto [103] |
State level athletes—purple to black belt (n = 7) | 80.4 ± 16.6 | 12.2 ± 5.7 | ||
High level athletes (n = 7) | 78.9 ± 12.2 | 9.8 ± 4.2 | Guedes and Guedes [104] | Del Vecchio et al. [3] |
Female | ||||
Practitioners (n = 8) | 56.3 ± 10.0 | 24.2 ± 3.6 | Lorenço-Lima et al. [93] | |
Athletes (n = 14) | 61.0 ± 11.5 | 19.3 ± 6.3 | Slaughter et al. [105] | Roas et al. [102] |