Anthropometric and physical fitness traits of four-time World Greco-Roman wrestling champion in relation to national norms: A case study

Abstract

Mirzaei B, Curby DG, Barbas I, Lotfi N. Anthropometric and physical fitness traits of four-time World GrecoRoman wrestling champion in relation to national norms: A case study. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 406-413, 2011. The purpose of the present investigation was to describe the anthropometric and physical fitness traits of a four-time World senior Greco-Roman wrestling champion (age: 24 years, height: 167 cm, weight: 61 kg) in relation to national norms. The anthropometric traits included body weight, height, sitting height, arm-span, and the physical fitness traits included flexibility (sit-and-reach, trunk-and-neck extension and shoulder-and-wrist elevation tests), maximal oxygen uptake (Gas analysis method), muscular endurance (pull-ups and bent-knee sit-ups), muscular strength (bench press, squat), agility (4×9 m shuttle run), speed (40-yd sprint), bilateral visual reaction time and body composition. The major results are as follows: body fat (%): 8.4; body weight (kg): 61; height (cm): 167; sitting height (cm): 89; arm-span (cm): 174; sit-and-reach (cm): 45; trunk-and-neck extension (cm/cm): 0.64; shoulder-and-wrist elevation (cm/cm): 0.54; maximal oxygen uptake (ml·kg -1 ·min -1 ): 56; pull-ups (reps): 50; bent-knee sit-ups (reps/min): 77; agility (s): 7.6; speed (s): 4.57; bilateral visual reaction time (ms): 229; 1RM weight lifted in the bench press relative to body weight (kg·kg -1 ): 1.39 and 1 RM weight lifted in the squat relative to body weight (kg·kg -1 ): 1.83. The present study indicated that measures of the squat, speed and agility tests of the subject were higher than Iranian national norms for 55 kg senior Greco-Roman style wrestling. The measures of bench press and trunk and shoulder flexibility tests were lower than the national norms. In other tests, no major difference was observed between the results of the subject's tests and national norms.

Academic Youth’s Health Behavior

“…One of greatest features of wrestlers is the strength of upper and lower body (1RM) chest press and squat were 72.88 and 100.27 kg respectively. All the aforesaid amounts were less than Mirzaei et al's findings [23] and followed the national norm of Iran [3].…”

“…Mirzaei et al stated that the flexibility record among various weight range was very close to each other [3]. However, in a case study Mirzaei et al reported the sit and reach test as 45cm [23]. In contrast, some experimental researches concluded that when the wrestlers' muscle strength increases, their flexibility does not decrease [22].…”

Differences in Some Physical Fitness and Anthropometric Measures Between Greco-Roman and Freestyle Wrestlers

“…They reported that the arm-span of the subject was 7 cm more than his height. Because having long arms is a mechanical advantage in Greco-Roman wrestling, this trait may one of the reasons for successful performance of the wrestler in techniques such as the reverse lift and gut-wrench (9). Mirzaei and Ghafouri (2007) studied the physiological profile of Iranian senior Greco-Roman wrestlers.…”

Trainability of Body Composition, Aerobic Power and Muscular Endurance of Cadet Wrestlers

“…Frequent changes in wrestling rules during last ten years, especially rules related to duration of competition has exposed various physiological requirements of this Olympic sport with a lot of challenges including interference of aerobic and anaerobic energy systems, recovery between two competitions and measuring and evaluating physical fitness factors [13]. The factor that makes this matter more complicated is considering wrestling as a sport which need weight classification.…”