Our Untangled Minds

S2:E8 Strategic Advantage or Deadly Tactic: Weight Cutting in Wrestling with Dr. Sergio Alvarez, MD

Episode Summary

Emergency and Sports Medicine Physician, and combat sport aficionado Dr. Sergio Alvarez, explains wrestlers' drastic weight cutting procedures and their physiologic effects on the body. Rhabdomyolysis, hyperthermia, and in some cases, death, is it worth it just to drop a weight class? Hosted by our M2s: Youssef Aref and Cameron Casillas