Background: pencak silat is one of the martial arts sports that requires good
physical endurance. Physical endurance in athletes is an important factor that is
very influential in improving the performance of athletes in sports. Factors that
affect physical endurance in athletes include food intake, nutritional status, and
healthy lifestyles such as smoking
Objective: determine the relationship between the level of adequacy of food intake,
nutritional status of smoking behavior to physical endurance in INSEBA pencak
silat athletes Brebes branch
Method: the research design used in this study was a cross-sectional study. The
study used a total sample technique of no more than 100 people
Results: showed no relationship between the level of adequate food intake and
physical endurance (p = 0.742). There was no association between nutritional
status and physical endurance (p = 0.087). There was a relationship between
smoking behavior and physical endurance (p = 0.001).
Conclusion: there is a relationship between smoking behavior and physical
endurance