When Drew Kelly was in high school, wrestling weigh-ins were 13 hours before each meet. It led to a dangerous routine of constant weight fluctuation. “Right after 6 a.m. weigh-ins, we’d go get a big ...

In 2016 and 2017, the Trojan football team played its final game a week after wrestling practice started, giving wrestlers virtually no time before the team's first matches in early December.

For centuries, the pressure to “make weight” has been a norm in wrestling. The number on the scale determines one’s ability to compete and live out their dream on the mat. Weighing in an ounce over ...

Weight-cutting, the practice of temporarily shedding pounds prior to pre-competition deadlines, is something of an accepted evil in wrestling. It’s “our first opponent,” Lopez said.

In wrestling and combat sports such as boxing and MMA, weight classes were devised to match similarly sized opponents. Athletes are required to weigh-in before competition to ensure they are ...

Wayzata High School wrestling coach Eric Swensen grew up in a wrestling environment that promoted unhealthy weight habits. He wants a different experience for his son Logan, shown warming up ...

Maintaining weight is critical to a student-athlete’s success in the sport, but health experts and coaches alike warn of potential dangers that unsafe diets or practice habits present.

Three years ago the governing body that oversees Iowa's high school wrestling program instituted rules for weight loss among athletes.

It's also what makes the leaner weight class unique. In wrestling, the larger the weight class, the slower the pace. In the larger weight classes it can be more of a feeling-out process.