ADJUSTING BODY MASS IN SPORTS
ADJUSTING BODY MASS IN SPORTS

Author(s): Viorel DORGAN, Gheorghe BRANIȘTE
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Sports Studies
Published by: CEEOLPRESS
Keywords: body mass; quantitative parameter; classification; artificial distribution; taxonomy; ideal body mass;
Summary/Abstract: Human body mass is a quantitative parameter which varies constantly throughout life. In fairly large selections, individuals can be found with limited valuables of body mass within specific limits of this integral parameter, but, most times, the specific limits of body mass are not fixed exactly: variations of this index in adult humans are always to be taken into account. Quantitative characteristics with variable values can be presented in a certain order, for example, from the lowest to the highest values [Dorgan, 2008; Fung, 2020]. When attempting to assign these body mass values to certain classes or groups, the lack of natural classification criteria was noted. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out an artificial distribution according to external criteria. Thus, the allocation of athletes to GCs is an artificial act of classification based on agreements and compromises but also on empirical requirements and data from sports practice. No artificial classification meets the requirements of the science of classification – taxonomy. For this reason, researchers tend to approximate existing classifications at least to their scientifically founded variants. This goal is also pursued in the present paper. In our opinion, a solution to this problem can be approximated if the methods of determining the natural, in a certain sense ideal, individual body mass of man are determined.

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