The Weight Loss Journey For Wrestling

Some athletes do extra things to help them win, whether it be for a football player doing extra work outs, or taking steroids to a baseball player staying late from practice to work on his hit. In wrestling, some people do drastic things to help them be the best. “Kyle Talley of St. Mark’s, a state champion at 145 pounds last year, now wrestles at 152 pounds, about six pounds lighter than his natural weight” (Tresolini). Many wrestlers use unhealthy ways to cut weight; … “of 713 high school wrestlers studied in Wisconsin, almost half revealed weight cutting habits that included two or more forms of bulimic-type behavior such as food and water deprivation, laxatives or induced vomiting” (Tresolini). While

The sport forces a wrestler to go out on the mat and put out their best performance and show their strength is madly impressive. Coach Evans once said, "you can't just wait for things to come your way, you have to go and take it." In order for a wrestler to get what they want, they have to put in work and go out and get it. Dedication is a huge factor in wrestling. Throughout the season, wrestlers have to cut down weight for at least four to five months and make their weight class two times a week. Often times, wrestlers will wrestle off-season, to help stay in shape, as well as, improving their

Athletes spend more than 40 hours a week practicing, leaving little time to keep up with academic commitments. For NCAA executives, administrators and support staff who start feeling the burn around hour 42, they should remember that their student-athletes’ jobs are not only intellectually demanding but brings them to the limits of their physical endurance as well. If this situation was on any other job, it would take the world by its throat. College is when students look for their first to support them for four, or more, long years. On top of working for that long, they travel across the country almost twice a week. That takes a lot of strength off your body and to replenish their energy they constantly need proper meals. A 250 pound, 6 foot football player is not going to live off ramen for their health and to stay fit to perform at their fullest capability for the school to

No one is forcing these athletes to do these sports. Sports are different and the injuries are different in every single athlete there is. Some athletes may get injured some may not. Some may have life threatening injuries or injuries that are really serious and some may have some minor injuries that is not really that serious. Injuries varies in the different types of players. They are doing this on their own. Just because a college athletes performs doesn't mean that a paycheck should be given.

Throughout my life I faced a lot of challenges. I had to overcome the obstacle that was on my way. The obstacle made me stronger and made me the person who I am right now a ambitious and hardworking student. The problem shaped me up because I know that I have to work for what I want and to not depend on no one, this made me more independent. Also, I learned from my mistake and try to do better.

In addition to the pressure to reduce weight, athletes are often pressed for time, and they have to lose weight rapidly to make or stay on the team. As a result they often experience frequent periods of restrictive dieting or weight

I possess a diverse set of leadership skills these skills have been tested many times throughout my young adult life. At UT Austin I plan to continue taking leadership roles that better me as an individual and better the people around me alike. My main leadership role has come my junior and senior seasons of wrestling. I took on a leadership role as a junior because our senior class was very small. Now as a senior, I became a captain. My main responsibilities as leader on the team is to set a good example for the underclassmen while also keeping them accountable to their word with their actions. Wrestling is a grueling sport that takes complete focus four months out of the year and to become great that focus must continue throughout the

If an athlete is willing to do everything in his power to help his team succeed, then he should not be ashamed of that. The choices made by the participants should be exactly that, their choices. The acceptance of risk is strictly up to the user and should not be forced upon them by a higher authority. Professional sports should be looked at for what they are, a money-making

A big part of wrestling is cutting weight. Wrestlers cut weight all the time, but what are the effects of them cutting weight. Most of us know why wrestlers cut weight. They cut weight to wrestle a lighter weight class with smaller guys. Some wrestlers don’t know what kind of long-term effects that cutting weight is causing them.

As demonstrated by such famous gymnasts as Kathy Johnson and Nadia Comaneci who have struggled with eating disorders themselves, women's gymnastics seems "designed for the disease" ("Dying for a medal" 1994). In the 1992 NCAA survey, 51% of the gymnastics programs that responded reported this illness among its team members, "a far greater percentage than in any other sport" ("Dying to win" 1994). Unfortunately, the real number is probably even higher.

Today I learned what grit is, grit is when you make a goal and no matter what life throws at you, you have to stick with it. My sisters has had many bad things happen to her in her lifetime. She has shown grit through all of it. When times she could of just threw in the towel and quit, she took everything bad in life and moved on with in. Like when she found she was going to have a baby at the age of 17. Also when her 2 year old son fell really ill and the Dr.s still don’t know what is wrong with him. He had to stayed 74 days in Iowa City and still has to go back every Monday, and when that was happening she found out that she was going to have baby in June. Many times she could've just gave up, but she had grit. Grit has made me become more

As my fourth year begins on my school’s wrestling team, anyone can see that I love the sport. However, there is one aspect of the culture that negatively affects both me and my teammates: the rapid weight loss techniques that are commonplace in wrestling.

Wrestling good hook I struggle with losing weight with wrestling because. You sweat you feel like you have the world on you.

Throughout life, various obstacles exist in order to reinforce or break a person. Influences also exist to either guide people or lead them astray. Whichever way a person decides to confront these obstacles will solely come down to them. Whether a person decides to learn from their mistakes or continue commit them will have an everlasting effect on that person's life. Looking back at the obstacles I have overcome these past years allow me to confidently say I have grown as a person. Micro or Macro, each life experience has helped shape me to the person I am today. Furthermore, my life experiences have greatly influenced my progress and have enabled the creation of my resolve.

My own parents reminding me, “You can do better,” just once a month while growing up cascaded into my love for learning and pursuit of knowledge. A meaningless entry level job exposed me to reality and caused me to develop a plan to become something more while still reinforcing that idea of never forgetting where I came from. Interactions with as few as five to ten people were enough to make me hesitant and guarded. These little things will continue to haunt and encourage me as I progress towards whatever it is I am to be in this world. I have goals and I have plans to meet those goals. All that is left is to see how the trifles take me