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wrestling, weight control and a frustrating friend - 4/8/2008 2:15:26 PM

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I was surfing through some posts in various places here and came across one about weight control, whether or not it's healthy for a master to enforce it on their submissive, etc. It reminded me of a friend I have who does submission wrestling, who also lets her father control EVERYTHING she eats and how she exercises. In order to "help" her make weight (30-40 pounds under what she is naturally), he'll basically put her on a starvation diet and order excruciating exercise regiments so she'll improve her wrestling somehow... but instead it just puts the idea in her head that she's fat, which she isn't.

I guess it's no different than a stage mom... but it's frustrating to watch. I've told her how much I despise the notion of her going on a de-tox diet that has her on sugar water and lemons for two weeks before a tourney... how is it any different than an anorexic? Unlike the men in her sport, this constant roller coaster of weight change is wearing out her metabolism to the point where she's confessed herself that she's afraid she won't be able to have children. It's heartbreaking to watch this woman who should be living out on her own by now, who claims to be a feminist, who has hopes and desires beyond wrestling basically bow down to the misguided will of her father... What would I say to her to realize the damage she's doing?

Does anyone have any insight to the world of wrestling that could justify this? I know it's her passion, wouldn't want her to give it up but what would be a healthy way to suggest she go about it?
-C

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RE: wrestling, weight control and a frustrating friend - 4/8/2008 2:32:39 PM

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In high school I was a 'mat maid' (don't ask!) and also had a bf who was a wrestler.
It was downright sadistic what those guys went through.
And yes, they had some very weird diets.

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RE: wrestling, weight control and a frustrating friend - 4/8/2008 2:58:17 PM

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quote:

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In order to "help" her make weight (30-40 pounds under what she is naturally), he'll basically put her on a starvation diet

That is not healthy. Better put her in an ice cold bath instead.

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What would I say to her to realize the damage she's doing?

It aint healthy.

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I know it's her passion, wouldn't want her to give it up but what would be a healthy way to suggest she go about it?

Take ice cold baths, or wrestle for fun, or wrestle in a heavier class.

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RE: wrestling, weight control and a frustrating friend - 4/8/2008 3:02:16 PM

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RE: wrestling, weight control and a frustrating friend - 4/8/2008 3:52:58 PM

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Does anyone have any insight to the world of wrestling that could justify this? I know it's her passion, wouldn't want her to give it up but what would be a healthy way to suggest she go about it?
-C

Unfortunately the only wrestling world I have experience with is the world of professional wrestling, i.e. Smackdown! & RAW. And the guys I've worked with have all done crazy diets themselves. There's a LOT of pressure, especially in the semi-pro/amateur circles, to have the perfect body, perfect tan, perfect gimmick, et cetera, which is why so many of them get on the gas. Really, it's sad. It's like the male version of wanting to be a supermodel with the stress and the Hell that you put yourself through.

I do know that submission wrestling breaks down matches into different weight classes, so it could be a matter of trying to keep her within the featherweights instead of moving her up to the next class. It sounds like he's trying to keep her a featherweight for whatever reason, maybe because he's afraid that she'll get hurt otherwise? Either way, what he's doing is bordering on abuse in my book.

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RE: wrestling, weight control and a frustrating friend - 4/8/2008 5:42:20 PM

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My son did wrestling for a while. Healthy teenage boys doing two hours of exercise daily need more than a salad and a yogurt for meals. Thankfully he did basketball this past winter.

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