Weight Loss in Wrestlers Student’s Name Institution’s Affiliation Weight Loss in Wrestlers Wrestlers spend a great deal of time and resources trying to gain weight and build muscle which is good for their career. Unfortunately, some try to lose weight shortly before competitions in order to compete in lower weight classes with much muscle and increase their chances of winning. These dangerous practices have been gaining traction among high school wrestlers and thus becoming a subject of concern among parents, health professionals, and educators (Oppliger, Case, Horswill, Landry, & Shelter, 1996). The wrestlers end up using dangerous methods of ‘cutting weight' that adversely...
Words: 275
Pages: 1