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Is Wrestling the Hardest Sport?
If wrestling isn't the most difficult sport in the world, it's one of the most exhausting. To succeed at the highest levels in wrestling, you need a combination of physical power, speed, technical skill, mental toughness and endurance. In 2012, the United States Olympic Committee ranked it the fifth most difficult out of 60 sports.
Cutting Weight
Where wrestlers truly embrace the grind is in keeping constant control over their weight. Since wrestlers often need to cut a substantial amount of weight prior to a tournament, they prefer to stay as close to their competition weight as possible throughout training. Keeping up your strength and fitness levels…
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Pressures of wrestling can exacerbate mental health issues
Millhof has since learned how to live with the stressors that almost took his life. He spends each day coaching a high school team in his native Georgia, giving back to the sport which has given him so much in life. He is a wrestler, a coach, a soon-to-be husband, but above all, a survivor.
Wrestling has come a long way since 3 weight-loss related deaths in 1997
"I would encourage kids to wrestle," he said. "Not only for the physicality of it, but for the mental preparedness it teaches you about discipline. Even though it is a team sport per se, there is nobody out there on the mat to help you.
Common Wrestling Injuries and How to Prevent Them
...wrestling has grown in popularity in high schools and colleges. It’s estimated that more than a quarter of a million students participate in the sport. But rigorous practice and intense matches can result in both minor and serious injuries.
What Are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Wrestling?
To succeed in competitive wrestling, you need to nurture a rare blend of functional strength, speed, endurance, technical skill and mental fortitude. On the other hand, injuries are commonplace, making wrestling one of the most difficult sports in the world. Still, there are distinct advantages to choosing wrestling over other sports.
Wrestling builds fitness beyond the mat
Wrestling’s popularity dates back to 15,000-year-old cave paintings in France and as an iconic sport in the ancient Greek Olympic Games. Today, the sport continues to be a good way to help youth learn teamwork and responsibility, and be active and practice balanced, healthy lifestyles. Youths of any age, skill-level and body-type can start wrestling and see improvement with training.
A Wrestling Culture That Helps Keep Boys Away From Fighting
Dagestan, a mostly Muslim region in the south of Russia on the northwest coast of the Caspian Sea, is known for the stark beauty of its mountain landscapes, for its many small ethnic groups, for a violent and long-simmering Islamist insurgency — and for its wrestlers. Thousands of young boys here dream of becoming famous and honored wrestlers, like the many lithe and muscly Olympic champions who came before them.
Alternatives to rapid weight loss in US wrestling
Amateur wrestling at the high school and collegiate level in the United States often involves exercise and thermal dehydration as well as food and fluid restriction to "make weight". Available evidence suggests this is the opposite of what is optimal for high-intensity exercise performance.
Inside a Brutal Night of Amateur Wrestling
We spoke to the spandex gladiators about the past, present, and future of wrestling in Quebec.
Is Pro Wrestling’s Boom Too Good to Believe?
Fake fights are making real money, but industry leader WWE still looks vulnerable
Many diagnosed with autism have found wrestling is right sport
That’s one of the most appealing aspects of amateur wrestling. It’s a sport that is open to all types of individuals. Males and females. Individuals of every height, weight and body-build. Athletes dealing with hearing or vision loss, missing limbs or other physical aspects that might be considered “limitations” (or even “deal-breakers”) in other sports. Add autism to that list.
Newbie Guide to Wrestling Rules
In modern times wrestling has lost some of it’s luster, living in the shadow of more popular sports such as football, baseball and basketball. Unfortunately its theatrical evil-cousin “professional” wrestling has also overshadowed the art form of true wrestling.
Pro wrestling is an art form
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Styles Of Wrestling
Two basic styles of amateur wrestling are generally employed around the world: freestyle and Greco-Roman. Other forms of wrestling are common within different cultures. Amateur wrestling is highly popular in the United States in colleges and universities, secondary schools, and athletic clubs. In addition to national championship matches, thousands of regional and local tournaments are held each year. Olympic Wrestling The basic rules and scoring procedures for freestyle and Greco- Roman are the same, as determined by the Fédération Internationale de la Lutte Amateur (FILA), the international wrestling federation.
Sumo wrestlers eat up to 7,000 calories a day, yet don't typically suffer from symptoms of obesity
But as soon as the exercise stops, so does its benefits. When sumo wrestlers retire, they have to seriously cut calories or they become at risk for cardiovascular disease. That might explain why retired wrestlers reportedly die an estimated 10 years younger than the average Japanese citizen. So while the thought of eating 7,000 calories a day might be appealing, you probably shouldn't. Unless you're spending most of your day trying to topple a 400-pound man.
Sumo Wrestling’s Healthy Secrets
FOR MANY OF US, sumo wrestling is a shoving match between two enormous men in diapers and top buns. They’re considered “athletes,” sure, but their only job is to be fat and to slam into each other. Yes, they’re burlier than an NFL linebacker. But top sumo wrestlers also have the speed off the block of a sprinter, the flexibility of a yogi, and the mental stamina of a Trappist monk. Professional sumo doesn’t have weight classes, meaning a 600-pound wrestler can face off against someone 200 pounds. Still, it’s not enough to be the heaviest guy in the ring.
What is your opinion on the health risks of the sport of wrestling?
Wrestling builds strength and endurance throughout the entire body, and is great for mental discipline as well. In most cases, the benefits outweigh the risks, but things do happen...
When Wrestling Is 'Physical Theater,' Fans See Art In The Ring
Jeff Melton is an unabashed fan of professional wrestling. As part of Morning Edition's exploration of how fandoms help shape identity, our producers spent a night amid the smoke, strobes, spandex and screaming fans at a pro wrestling match with Melton, 40, and his friend Adrian Rohr, 42, who had traveled four hours from Charlotte, N.C., to Atlanta. For Melton, wrestling offers not only an escape from stress but also a way to connect — with other wrestling fans like Rohr as well as with the storylines in the ring. Here, Melton, in his own words, shares how wrestling has been a part of his life since growing up as a Jehovah's Witness.
Why do wrestlers so often die young?
Some past performers were part of a generation who made unhealthy and poor personal lifestyle choices - WWE statement
Why pro wrestling is the ‘most universal artform we have’
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Wrestling With Their Weight ... Literally
Anywhere from one-quarter to two-thirds of high school wrestlers use fasting, excessive exercise, unbalanced diets, and voluntary dehydration as techniques to help them achieve a fighting weight, according to some estimates.
You won’t believe how hard they once worked to make professional wrestling ‘real’
As WrestleMania nears, Tampa’s retired grapplers recall the days when they put fans in sleeper holds and had to stay in character around the clock.
Is Wrestling the Hardest Sport?
If wrestling isn't the most difficult sport in the world, it's one of the most exhausting. To succeed at the highest levels in wrestling, you need a combination of physical power, speed, technical skill, mental toughness and endurance. In 2012, the United States Olympic Committee ranked it the fifth most difficult out of 60 sports.
The Web's Best of Amateur Wrestling
Welcome to the web's largest collection of links, photos, gifs and more related to amateur wrestling! Begun in 1997, this site is the reference for all aspects of man's oldest and best sport.
Trackwrestling
Trackwrestling.com began as an effort to help tournament managers seed wrestling events, but has since grown to do so much more. The site now guides tournament managers through each step of running a wrestling event and allows fans not in attendance to view results online and in real-time as each new bout sheet is entered.
National Wrestling Coaches Association
Preserving, protecting and promoting amateur wrestling since 1928.
National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum
America’s Shrine to the sport, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum is a private nonprofit institution whose mission is to honor the sport of wrestling by preserving its history, recognizing extraordinary individual achievements, and inspiring future generations.
Wrestling History
Wrestling is considered man’s oldest sport and was apart of the ancient Olympics. Wrestling styles and various forms are as different as the cultures that exist here on Earth. Scholars believe wrestling and its many cousins derived as a defensive mechanism to stay alive, thrive, and flourish. Not only was wrestling used as a combative tactic to preserve life, it was also used to strengthen the mind, body, and spirit.
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