UB wrestlers explain the dangers of unnatural, sudden weight loss
November 03, 2015

 

For some, it's hitting the sauna with several layers of clothing on or wearing a plastic suit and running.

For others, it's not eating at all -drinking only water for days on end.

All with the goal to sweat out excess weight.

It's called cutting weight, or "crashing," in the wrestling world. The time varies within a couple weeks to a month, but it's the process for a wrestler to lose weight in effort to get down to their allotted wrestling weight. It's a process that can be done correctly and has been completed by several amateurs.

Still, wrestlers as young as high school attempt to crash in order to make weight - by any means necessary. Buffalo sophomore wrestler Colt Cotten believes it's the notorious pre-conceived notion that gives crashing a bad name.





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