Losing_Weight

Losing Weight Losing Weight "Wrestling is a sport where one has to fit a particular weight class," said Dr. Sam Voight (Scheiber, 1998). Wrestling, as a sport, depends on weight more than any other. For centuries wrestlers have been losing significant amount of weight so that they can wrestle a weight class lower than they should be wrestling. This is referred to as “cutting” weight. Fasting, fluid restriction, running or jogging, rubber suits, sweating in saunas, vomiting, and diuretics are the most frequent forms of weight loss among wrestlers. These methods are used in combination of one another or singularly. The consequences of “cutting” weight are overlooked by the majority of wrestlers. By subjecting himself to rapid weight loss, the wrestler could have or develop reduced muscular strength, decreased performance times, lowered plasma and blood volume, reduced cardiac functioning, impaired body temperature regulation, increased electrolyte loss, and/or his normal growth and development could be affected (Roller, 2003, p. 34). With so much of your health at stake, what would cause you to just ignore the consequences' “The logic in wrestling is to make the lowest weight you can in the weigh-ins, which are 24 hours before weight, wrestlers, wrestler, cutting, cut, sport, wrestling, lose, even, coaches, 1997, much, class, body, because, 2003, though, school, over, mentally, lower, loss, high, edge, believe, about, wrestle, way, think, match, make, losing, indestructible, feel, every