Research Article

Examination of Weight Loss Profile of the Male Wrestlers Participating Turkey Seniors Freestyle Championship

Volume: 5 Number: 2 December 31, 2020
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Examination of Weight Loss Profile of the Male Wrestlers Participating Turkey Seniors Freestyle Championship

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the male wrestlers participated in the championship in Turkey's senior age categories according to weight category of the weight loss profile. The research group of the study consisted of 153 wrestlers participated in the seniors’ free style Turkey wrestling Championships. The average age of the volunteer wrestlers participating in the study was 23.38±4.26 years. In the research, “Athlete Weight Loss Methodology and Effects Scale” developed by Yarar, Eroğlu, Üzüm and Polat (2016) was used. The vast majority of the wrestlers stated that they did not prefer to use pills such as laxatives, diets and diuretics. In the diet sub-dimension, reduction of fat consumption is the most preferred answer for weight loss methods. According to the findings obtained in the study, in the comparison between the sub-dimensions weights, only difference was found in the “I decrease the carbohydrate consumption” responses in the diet sub-dimension. There are differences between both light weight and medium weight wrestlers and heavy weight wrestlers (p<.05). Consequently, wrestlers generally focus on weight reduction strategy such as fat reduction, fluid loss, food and carbohydrate consumption reduction. However, these issues are very important in terms of adequate and balanced nutrition. With the idea of physiological and psychological factors that impact athlete’s performance is affected by such factors, for reaching the peak performance, it can be beneficial to organizing seminars by experts about weight control and weight losing methods for performance athletes and coaches, making these seminars compulsory for coaches who educate competent athletes, especially in individual sports.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Sports Medicine

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2020

Submission Date

September 22, 2020

Acceptance Date

October 21, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 5 Number: 2

APA
Çimen, K., & Göral, K. (2020). Büyükler Serbest Stil Türkiye Şampiyonasına Katılan Erkek Güreşçilerin Kilo Düşme Profillerinin İncelenmesi. Journal of Sport Sciences Research, 5(2), 188-201. https://doi.org/10.25307/jssr.797727

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