Along with learning and refining the technical aspects of their sport, boys and girls wrestlers must also focus on another facet that’s just as important: monitoring their weight. There are 14 weight ...

When most people hear of athletes “cutting weight,” they picture plastic sweat suits, starvation and misery. Inside Ohio State wrestling, achieving competition weight looks more like careful planning ...

Before a Buckeye basketball game, Ohio State players shoot around and stretch to get ready for their performance. Before a wrestling match, some OSU wrestlers lose weight to get ready for their ...

“Strength training increases muscle mass, which in turn improves how the body uses insulin and helps move glucose out of the blood and into cells for energy,” says Lettenberger. “This can lower blood ...