Monday, April 18 HealthDay News)-fast weight loss in the days before a wrestling can increase confusion, but has no effect on strength, a new study finds.
US Researchers investigated the physical and mental effects of "Weight cutting" in 16 collegiate wrestler. Ten days before in the competition, which were wrestler weighed and underwent psychological and strength tests. You can then lose a desired amount of weight before the game, using methods such as exercise, calorie restriction and fluid deprivation.
The wrestler were weighed again in the days before the game and the psychological and strength tests were repeated on the day of competition.
The wrestler up to 8 percent of their body weight lost, and the mean weight loss was about six pounds. Although they had 10 days to lose weight, they lost almost all their weight in the two days before the match.
The researchers found that the lost wrestler, at least 4 percent of their body mass had significantly higher levels of confusion on the day of competition. There was no increased confusion for those, less than 4 percent of her body lost mass.
Body mass reduction had no effect on other mental functions or grip strength or lower body makes, said the researchers at the California State University, Fullerton.
The study is published in the April issue of the journal of strength and conditioning research.
It is common that wrestler is a body mass before a meeting in an attempt to win a reduction in competitive advantage in their weight class, but in "a sport which requires fractions of a second decision, that make the wrestler reason justifying higher State of confusion and tension can affect performance" researchers in a journal press release noted.
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The US national institutes of health has more about safe weight loss.
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