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Because losing weight too fast might hurt muscles more, coaches and wrestlers should be careful about how they cut weight before competitions.

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Acute muscle damage as a metabolic response to rapid weight loss in wrestlers

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Wrestlers who quickly lost weight before training had more muscle damage than when they trained without losing weight, so coaches and athletes should be careful about trying to lose weight too fast.

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Acute muscle damage as a metabolic response to rapid weight loss in wrestlers

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DOI: 10.2478/bhk-2024-0010

Similar Assertions

When wrestlers quickly lose 5% of their body weight before a match and also train hard, their muscles show more signs of damage than when they train just as hard without losing weight.

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Losing 5% of body weight quickly makes muscle damage worse than just training hard without losing weight.

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Even without losing weight, intense wrestling-style training can cause measurable signs of muscle damage in wrestlers.

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