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DAN GABLE was the Kansas state high school champion in 1964, 65, and 66 before wrestling for the University of Iowa four years with a record of 181-1. He won the Olympics in 1972 and coached Iowa State University for 16 NCAA national championships between 1976 and 1997.
Are YOU the next DAN GABLE?
Are YOU the next DAN GABLE?
Wrestling and weight-loss Coaches and wrestlers often believe that the best wrestling weight is below preseason weight to achieve a competitive advantage.6,12 To compete at the lowest possible weight class, wrestlers have been known to use unsafe practices leading up to a competition, including excessive vigorous exercise, fluid restriction, vapor-impermeable suits, and hot environments (eg, sauna), in addition to laxatives, emetics, diuretics, and self-induced vomiting.6,12,18 Unfortunately, such practices can have a negative impact on cardiovascular function, thermal regulation, renal function, electrolyte balance, body composition, muscular endurance, and strength.
Collegiate wrestlers regularly used dangerous weight-cutting practices before 1997, when the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) changed the rules for weight management following the deaths of 3 healthy collegiate wrestlers. Occurring within 35 days of one another, these deaths were the result of dangerous weight-cutting practices. All 3 athletes had relied on similar methods for rapid weight loss, which promoted dehydration through perspiration. In addition to severely restricting food and liquid intake, the athletes increased their water loss with the use of vapor-impermeable suits while wrestling or working out in heated environments.2 In all 3 cases, this led to multiorgan failure.
As a result of these deaths, the NCAA developed new rules, guided by the following 3 principles:
--Aimee Gibbs, Joel Pinkerman, Jon Sakiva
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Collegiate wrestlers regularly used dangerous weight-cutting practices before 1997, when the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) changed the rules for weight management following the deaths of 3 healthy collegiate wrestlers. Occurring within 35 days of one another, these deaths were the result of dangerous weight-cutting practices. All 3 athletes had relied on similar methods for rapid weight loss, which promoted dehydration through perspiration. In addition to severely restricting food and liquid intake, the athletes increased their water loss with the use of vapor-impermeable suits while wrestling or working out in heated environments.2 In all 3 cases, this led to multiorgan failure.
As a result of these deaths, the NCAA developed new rules, guided by the following 3 principles:
- Eliminate weight management practices that could have an adverse impact on the health of the athlete. To ensure compliance, the incentive for unhealthy weight management practices must be minimized.
- The competition itself should be the focus of the sport, not weight control.
- The new rules should be practical, effective, and enforceable.
--Aimee Gibbs, Joel Pinkerman, Jon Sakiva
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Miesha Tate wrestled in high school and won the (boys) 2005 Washington State Championship. She won Nationals at 158 in the World Team Trials.
While going to college her friend invited her to a mixed martial arts club, where she garnered a 5-1 amateur record. In 2007 she began her pro career and on April 4, 2009 she defeated Liz Carreiro in Freestyle Cage Fighting to win the FCF Women's Bantamweight Championship.
While going to college her friend invited her to a mixed martial arts club, where she garnered a 5-1 amateur record. In 2007 she began her pro career and on April 4, 2009 she defeated Liz Carreiro in Freestyle Cage Fighting to win the FCF Women's Bantamweight Championship.
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Cary Kolat was coached by his dad in Pennsylvania from the age of six or seven. In high school he won four state championships and went undefeated 137-0. He captured two NCAA titles in '92 and '93, then went on to wrestle international and to coach for four colleges. He went to the Sydney Olympics and won gold in the Pan American games twice, finally ending up at Campbell University in 2014. You can see his wrestling instructional website with over 2000 techniques at www.Kolat.com. Watch him below at 14 years old win the state title by a pin.
Cary Kolat was coached by his dad in Pennsylvania from the age of six or seven. In high school he won four state championships and went undefeated 137-0. He captured two NCAA titles in '92 and '93, then went on to wrestle international and to coach for four colleges. He went to the Sydney Olympics and won gold in the Pan American games twice, finally ending up at Campbell University in 2014. You can see his wrestling instructional website with over 2000 techniques at www.Kolat.com. Watch him below at 14 years old win the state title by a pin.
Outstanding back flip while in a match (not practice):
THIS is what it takes!
On behalf of coach Wayne Branstetter...
