Pat (Pmt3523)
Junior Member
Username: Pmt3523
Post Number: 10
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, October 13, 2008 - 4:36 pm: |       |
I posted this question in the Nutrition forum earlier, but I decided that it also has relevence here in the Coaching forum.
It is almost a well-known fact that wrestlers are known for fasting for days to make weight for weigh-ins. I know, from experience however, that this is a very counter-productive method of losing weight. I know that it is better to eat a slightly smaller amount of calories per day than you burn per day over the course of approximately five meals.
Knowing this, I have two questions. Are there quicker ways than others to find how many calories a person may burn in a day for someone who is not used to counting calories? Second, any advice on how to convince the wrestlers that fasting is not near as efficient as eating the correct number of calories? Most wrestlers that I deal with are convinced that fasting is the best way. |
