How Do Retired Sumo Wrestlers Lose Weight?
A case study on a retired yokozuna wrestler
6 min readOct 3, 2020
Sumo wrestling is by no means an easy sport, and perhaps hardest of all is afterwards, when a wrestler decides to retire.
When a sumo wrestler decides to retire, a return to a normal lifestyle means a return to a normal weight — no easy feat when you’ve been trained to gain weight. While sumo…
