UNCONVENTIONAL ALTERNATIVES FOR WEIGHT LOSS FOR WRESTLING ATHLETES

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https://doi.org/10.61164/ztr99d12

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Weight Reduction; Dehydration; Wrestling; Unconventional methods

Abstract

A widely discussed and very common subject in the life of the Wrestling athlete as well as in that of combat sports athletes, in the search for a better performance in fights, is weight loss. Therefore, this literature review aims to show weight loss alternatives with a focus on wrestling athletes who are high school students and also college students. In addition to bringing isolated alternatives, this study seeks to show the combination of some of these alternatives for a better result at the time of weight loss, such as the combination of high-intensity training with dehydration and diet. Rapid weight loss (PRP) usually lasts three weeks or less, and is based on severe restriction in food intake, fluid intake, strenuous exercise, training in rubberized clothing, use of saunas, induction of vomiting, and often the use of pharmacological agents such as laxatives, stimulants, and diuretics. To be a curiosity, in a study with 45 fighters from all combat sports, some PRP methods stood out for their frequency of use, such as: running (91.1%), saunas (55.6%), rubberized clothing (48.8%), cycling (33.3%), swimming (24.4%) and diuretics (11.1%).

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  • SÉRGIO LUIZ CARLOS DOS SANTOS, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados

    Sérgio Luiz Carlos Dos Santos, Pós Graduado em Jornalismo Esportivo - Universidade Unyleia Brasília, Professor na Universidade Federal do Paraná de 1997 até 2019, aposentado pela Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados. Pós-doutorado em Educação Física na Universidade de Barcelona (UB), área de pesquisa em Ciências do Esporte. Desenvolveu a Metodologia de Detecção de talentos Esportivos e pesquisa nesse campo de conhecimento em esportes coletivos e individuais. Desenvolveu com o Grupo de Pesquisas do CETE o software Game Map - Sporttec destinado a descobrir talento, inicialmente na modalidade do futebol. Autor de13 livros e capítulos, atualmente o 14 livro está entrando no prelo, e diversos artigos científicos. Ex-Professor convidado dos cursos de Mestrado e Doutorado na Universidade de Barcelona. Resumo Currículo Lattes. Desenvolveu os Jogos de Oposição aplicados aos esportes de combate com ênfase ao desenvolvimento Biopsicossocial. Pós Doutorado em Ciências do Esporte - Universidad de Barcelona. Fisiologia e planejamento Esportivo. Doutorado e Mestrado em Pedagogia - Facultad de Educación - Universidad de Barcelona. Pós-Graduado na University of Tsukuba, Japão, bolsista do "Mombusho"; (Ministério de Educação do Japão) Licenciado em Educação Física pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Tem experiência em GestãoAcadêmica e Pública.Gestão Universitária (Exerceu cargo de Chefe de Departamento de Educação Física em duas gestões).Gestão Pública (exerceu os cargos de Diretor de Esportes nas Prefeituras Municipais de Presidente Prudente e Adamantina no Estado de São Paulo).ORCID 0000-0003-2432-8134

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2026-01-20

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UNCONVENTIONAL ALTERNATIVES FOR WEIGHT LOSS FOR WRESTLING ATHLETES. (2026). Revista Multidisciplinar Do Nordeste Mineiro, 1(02), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.61164/ztr99d12