PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - N Maffulli
TI  - Making weight: a case study of two elite wrestlers.
AID  - 10.1136/bjsm.26.2.107
DP  - 1992 Jun 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 107--110
VI  - 26
IP  - 2
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/26/2/107.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/26/2/107.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med1992 Jun 01; 26
AB  - Two mature elite Sambo wrestlers were studied during a 22-day pre-European Championship period, during which they were to lose weight and maintain their top physical performance characteristics. During this time the athletes underwent intensive training coupled with a hypocaloric diet. Both lost approximately 8% of their initial body weight, while maintaining their pre-weight loss maximum oxygen uptake, anaerobic threshold and maximum isometric strength. These variables therefore increased when expressed relative to the lower body weight. Isometric endurance and short-term sprinting ability, however, were compromised by the weight-loss regimen, decreasing by up to 7% and 13% respectively. Following a well-planned weight-reduction programme coupled with serious training, aerobic power and isometric strength were unaffected and/or improved, but prolonged anaerobic exercise performance was impaired.