O culturismo é um esporte que enfatiza a aparência física, a configuração e o formato corporais, buscando assim a excelência estética. A cineantropometria é uma ferramenta fundamental para guiar o curso do treinamento no culturismo. No entanto, existe escassez na produção de trabalhos científicos para essa população. O objetivo deste trabalho é descrever a composição corporal, o somatotipo e a proporcionalidade de 23 culturistas finalistas do Campeonato Brasileiro de Culturismo do ano de 2000. Os atletas foram avaliados momentos antes da competição e as seguintes variáveis determinadas: peso total, estatura, nove dobras cutâneas (triceptal, subescapular, biceptal, peitoral, axilar média, supra-ilíaca, abdominal, medial da coxa e medial da perna), dois perímetros musculares (braço fletido e perna) e três diâmetros ósseos (umeral, biestiloidal e femoral), conforme a metodologia proposta pela International Society for the Advancement of Kineanthropometry (ISAK). Os atletas apresentaram idades entre 20 e 56 anos e peso corporal entre 57,4kg e 105,8kg. O somatório das nove dobras cutâneas (S9DC) variou entre 38,4mm e 70,2mm. O somatotipo encontrado foi de 1,8-8,1-0,7, classificado como mesomorfo balanceado. O percentual médio de gordura foi de 9,65%, usando o protocolo de Faulkner, proposto pelo Grupo Brasileiro de Cineantropometria. O peso de gordura encontrado foi de 7,29kg. Quando comparados ao Phantom, os atletas estudados apresentaram maiores: peso corporal (Z = +1,66), perímetro de braço (Z = +5,26) e perímetro de perna (Z = +1,91). Conclui-se que os culturistas brasileiros de elite estudados apresentam baixo percentual de gordura e grande peso muscular, quando comparados com o modelo de Ross e Wilson (1974), sendo a sua estrutura corporal semelhante à dos culturistas da elite internacional.
Doping in sports world and in the subculture of professional and recreational bodybuilding athletes is very much known and also studied by the academic and scientific community. However, a new problem, which we defined as cosmetic doping, was introduced some decades ago and has grown in importance in Brazil in recent years. It is the systematic injection of oily substances by intramuscular routes, known as ADE (liposoluble vitamins A, D and E), with the purpose to enlarge the muscle volumetrically, what could lead to necrosis, physical deformities or even death. This article introduces the history of the cosmetic use of body fillers and the review of the possible deleterious and lethal effects that could result as a consequence of the use, as well as the mechanisms that are involved after the injection of these substances. Moreover, simple methods for potential observation of its use in athletes are presented. This paper also suggests that health professionals should report cases when these users are submitted due to their complications, since the studies and cases documented until the present time are only a small part of a reality of public health that tends to considerably increase.
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