Trey+Keeley+&+Ryder+Punke

__Weight Cutting vs. Reflexes__ By: Trey Keeley & Ryder Punke __**//Problem://**__ Does cutting weight affect basic reflexes?

__//**Background:**//__ Wrestling is a combative sport in which there are 14 weight classes at the highschool level, in Illinois. Wrestlers will drop massive amounts of weight in a little amount of time to make one of these weight classes. The more weight wrestlers lose to fit the desired weight class, the bigger the advantage they have. There are many ways for a wrestler to cut weight, they can either have a good diet which allow over a long period of time, or they can lose massive amounts of weight during a very short period of time. Losing massive amounts of weight in a short period of time is referred to as **"cutting weight"**, or sometimes just **"cutting"** Wrestlers will lose large amounts of water weight in a short period of time, which often leads to dehydration. "Dehydration symptoms generally become noticeable after 2% of one's normal water volume has been lost. Initially, one experiences thirst and discomfort, possibly along with loss of appetite and dry skin. This can be followed by constipation. Athletes may suffer a loss of performance of up to 50%,and experience flushing, low endurance, rapid heart rates, elevated body temperatures, and rapid onset of fatigue." (Haggerty). Dehydration is a very big problem for wrestlers losing weight. Dehydration can make every aspect of your life difficult. When you are cutting weight, you continually have to keep losing water weight even when you are dehydrated. ` What would be classified as a short period of time? You should make clear what the testing period is compared to a real-life wrestling situation. Meghan Rest
 * //__Hypothesis:__// ** If someone loses a mass amount of weight in a shorter period of time than usual, then their reflexes will decrease from what they were before the weight cut. Clarify what drastically, shorter and down actually mean. Ms. Miller


 * //__Materials:__//** Paper-$6, Computer-$300, Wrestlers, Pencils-$2, Colored Pencils-$2, Scale-$450, AirDyne Bike-$540, Treadmill-$250

// __**Material Budget:**__ //$1550

__//**Methods:**//__ 1: Find Wrestlers 2: Record weight that wrestler is when he is not dieting/cutting weight 3: Find BMI before they start diet/weight cut 4:Sit down at computer and have them do the tests on [] 5: Record results of test before diet/weight cut 6: Record each wrestler's method of losing the weight 7: Have weekly tests and weekly weigh ins 8: Record results weekly 9:Record desired weight the wrestler plans on going 10: Observe the way they actually lose the weight 11:Record weight at weigh ins Would this experiment depend greater on the individual? Metabolism, personal body type, etc? That may be a limitation or factor in your tests. Meghan Rest Safety __//**Precaution:**//__ Every person in these have signed forms that state that we are no way involved in forcing them to lose the weight. All participants are anonymous. These are real wrestlers actually losing weight to participate in a wrestling event.

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 * Wrestler || BMI || Weight || Attempted Weight || Week 1 Weight || Week 1 Results || Week 2 Weight || Week 2 Results ||
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__//**Bibliography:**//__

Haggerty, Maureen. "Dehydration." The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. 3rd ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 1120-1123. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 18 Oct. 2013.

You should include more sources in your bibliography. - Sam Schnibben

How do you plan on testing their reflexes? -Alexa Thompson You might want to have them lose the weight all the same ways. -Alexa Thompson

What reflexes are you testing? Include in the methods of how you will test them and what you are testing. (Emily Cassulo) It seems like you are just finding there weight before they start cutting weight, and then finding there weight after they are done cutting weight. Be more specific of the how the BMI/weight of the wrestlers will effect the reflexes. (Emily Cassulo)