ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)1992
Applied physiology of amateur wrestling.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Different Rapid Weight Loss Strategies and Percentages on Performance-Related Parameters in Combat Sports: An Updated Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Physical fitness factors to predict male Olympic wrestling performance.European journal of applied physiology · 2011Trial
- Physiological and performance adaptations of elite Greco-Roman wrestlers during a one-day tournament.European journal of applied physiology · 2011Trial
- Flexibility in Wrestlers, Taekwondoists, and Non-Athletes During the Developmental Ages: The Effects of Sport, Age, and Sex.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Examination of oxygen saturation and heart rate levels of female freestyle wrestlers according to the physiological load created by the competition.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Rapid weight loss and combat athletes: a study on psychological resilience and mechanical hyperalgesia.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Advice on Regulating Body Mass in Wrestling from the Most Cited Combat Sport Literature-A Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Review
- The Reliability of Specific Physical Fitness Assessments in Elite Female Chinese Wrestlers.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
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- Compositional Aspects of Beverages Designed to Promote Hydration Before, During, and After Exercise: Concepts Revisited.Nutrients · 2023Review
- What Determines the Competitive Success of Young Croatian Wrestlers: Anthropometric Indices, Generic or Specific Fitness Performance?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- Motivation Profile of Youth Greco-Roman Wrestlers; Differences According to Performance Quality.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Assessment of Standing Multi-Frequency Bioimpedance Analyzer to Measure Body Composition of the Whole Body and Limbs in Elite Male Wrestlers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence of rapid weight loss in Olympic style wrestlers.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2022Article
- Proposed framework for forecasting heat-effects on motor-cognitive performance in the Summer Olympics.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2021Article
- Body Composition and Physical Fitness Profiles of Elite Female Japanese Wrestlers Aged <12 Years until >20 Years.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Physical Fitness and Anthropometric Measures of Young Brazilian Judo and Wrestling Athletes and Its Relations to Cardiorespiratory Fitness.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Muscle contraction velocity, strength and power output changes following different degrees of hypohydration in competitive olympic combat sports.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2016Article
- Electrolyte supplementation during severe energy restriction increases exercise capacity in the heat.European journal of applied physiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
The general physiological profile of the successful wrestler is of one having high anaerobic power (mean range of 6.1 to 7.5 W/kg for arms; mean range of 11.5 to 19.9 W/kg for legs); high anaerobic capacity (range for arms 4.8 to 5.2 W/kg; range for legs 7.4 to 8.2 W/kg); high muscular endurance; average to above average aerobic power (range 52 to 63 ml/kg/min); average pulmonary function (range 1.90 to 2.02 L/kg/min for VEmax); normal flexibility; a high degree of leanness (range 3.7 to 13.0% fat) excluding heavyweights; and a somatotype that emphasises mesomorphy. Training methods include wrestling, and nonwrestling activities for increasing strength and power (i.e. resistance training), and to improve cardiovascular fitness (i.e. endurance training). Unfortunately, data on the isolated effects of wrestling on fitness and the type of training programme most effective for success in wrestling are scarce. The practice of weight loss is commonly used by wrestlers to enhance performance. Rapid weight loss has profound adverse effects on the wrestler's physiology but little effect on strength or anaerobic power performance as measured in the laboratory. In contrast, muscular endurance appears to be impaired by the rapid weight loss. Current research on weight loss and performance in wrestlers has taken 2 directions: (a) towards nutritional treatments to prevent suboptimal muscular endurance, and (b) towards the development of programmes to estimate minimal weight based on body composition techniques and thereby prevent weight reductions.
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