Weight Management in College Wrestling

**kr1963** · 02-06-2010 07:01 PM

A couple of basic & interesting articles about the Penn State wrestling program & what their guys are doing during the season to control their health & weight.

Making the cut
Weight management keeps Lions healthy
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive...eps_lions.aspx

Always managing their weight
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/blogs/b...ir-weight.aspx

The weigh-in procedure: What wrestlers do the day of a match
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/blogs/b...-what-wre.aspx

**vaisforlovers** · 02-06-2010 08:03 PM

Interesting read. I think this is pretty commonplace among successful D1 schools.

Pretty indicting of Sunderland if he really let guys cut their weight that badly and wasnt able to figure out that might be why he had an illness/fatigue/injury problem.

**arm-spin** · 02-07-2010 05:08 PM

Sounds they are doing a good job, though this system assumes that all wrestlers are in 'reasonable" weight classes for their body size. I can't imagine, say, Mo Lawal using this system to get to 84 kg.

**MMA_Brad** · 02-08-2010 12:00 AM

My team should really read this. It's so annoying to hear them talk about how much they have to cut or how much they cut last night like its a game.
I'm so sick of hearing about it.