In Japan, the life of sumo wrestlers is very hard. Generally, at the age of 65,438+05 or 65,438+06, I live in a dormitory-style house called "Sumo Training Department House" and endure the painful training in hell. Get up at 5 o'clock every morning for training, and if the players ranked lower, train early. Turn off the lights at eight or nine in the evening and rest, and train six days a week, day after day, year after year.
Because sumo wrestlers mainly rely on their weight to get competition opportunities, the heavier the sumo wrestlers, the more advantages they have. Therefore, sumo wrestlers' daily life is to eat and practice to fatten themselves up.
Sumo wrestlers get up at five or six in the morning and go straight to training without breakfast. Starting training without breakfast can improve their exercise effect, and eating too much exercise is very uncomfortable.
Then at noon 1 1: 30, start eating the first big meal with 5000-7000 calories. At lunch time, sumo wrestlers will eat sumo hot pot (Shouxi Shaoguo). This high-protein soup contains chicken, beef or fish, and various vegetables, such as tofu, cabbage, mushrooms, onions and eggs.
In addition to a hearty meal, sumo wrestlers will also supplement 10 bowls of rice and several bottles of beer. Alcohol can increase appetite and store fat in the abdomen. Sometimes, it may be 100 sushi rolls.
After lunch, they will sleep for 2-4 hours. Taking a nap is necessary for them, because it can restore their physical strength, or make them exercise more and eat more. After the nap, there will be another round of training, stretching and massage.
Eat the same 5000-7000 calorie meal for dinner as at noon. This big meal can provide them with calories for morning training and exercise, so that they can exercise on an empty stomach in the morning. After eating a big meal, I began to sleep.
The average Japanese sumo wrestler's body mass index (BMI) is 56 (considered morbidly obese), and his weight is between 300 and 400 pounds (136-180kg), which is 2-3 times that of adults.
According to research statistics, the average life expectancy of sumo wrestlers is shorter than that of Japanese nationals 10- 15 years, and most sumo wrestlers will die before the age of 70 (the average life expectancy of Japanese men is about 83 years).
They usually suffer from diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis and other joint problems (caused by obesity).