Volume 94, Issue 3 - My High School Journalism

Little Dodger, Fort Dodge Senior High
Nov. 5, 2010 Sports 16
Weight
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work out and sweat a lot,” said Rogers.
Rogers thinks the key to making weight is to keep water
weight down.
Junior Ben Schnurr is also trying to cut 10 pounds. He wants
to work out when possible, eat healthy and to be focused.
“I’m going to work hard to cut weight after football season
is over. I eat frozen cool whip. Its light weight and just one
spoonful fills me up,” said Schnurr.
One dilemma with Rogers and Schnurr was with them being
on the football team and with wrestling being their second
hand sport. The prblem was if the football would have continued
into further rounds how much time would consume.
Wrestling consumes a lot of energy that a normal body isn’t
used to.
If football players were still in season
and trying to cut weight it would be very
difficult for them to play their current position.
“I wouldn’t want the football players/
wrestlers to be cutting weight while they
are still in season with their first sport.
They need to be 100 percent focused on
football. I don’t think it would be fair to
the coaches and players and could lead
to serious injury if they were not participating
at full strength,” said head wrestling
coach Bobby Thompson.
Along with Schnurr and Rogers junior
Nate Lentsch has a strict routine to stick
with. Lentsch has some worries. He is
scared that he won’t pass the necessary
tests required to wrestle.
When he was in cross country his main
focus was his legs it’s a hard transition
because wrestling uses the whole body.
“Being in another sport keeps my
stamina up and makes me able to work
harder for longer periods of time. Makes
my body stronger,” said Lentsch.
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Another issue that plays along with cutting
weight is the risk of injury or dehydration.
Strength and conditioning specialist
Bryan Jacuette fears that kids don’t
understand that weight loss is unhealthy
and they need to understand what
weight loss is needed. Its water weight
versus muscle weight, you don’t want to
lose muscle mass its fat that needs to be
gone, Jacuette said.
He also said that when you take certain
elements, like food and water, out
of your body it puts additional stress on
yourself. When an athlete drinks water
the body will retain it because it doesn’t
know when the next meal or fluid will be.
His advice is not to binge eat and eat
calorie dense foot. Try pasta and a salad
opposed to a cheeseburger and fries.
Thompson is also against weight cutting.
He believes that wrestlers should lift
weights opposed to cutting.
“They need to lean up through their diet
and proper exercise,” Thompson said.
He advises wrestlers to wait until the
BMI tests and that will determine what a
person can lose health wise.