Im not so sure if I agree with the whole rubber suits thing. As a coach its my job to tell my kids that they shouldn't be doing it and if they get caught they won't be allowed to wrestle. However as a wrestler I know that it happens everyday of the season and will continue to happen. Wrestlers often get a bad rap because ever so often one of us dies from being irresponsible about the amount of weight that is lost. Losing water weight is good in the short run, im talking about losing about 5-6 pounds during the week to make weight for saturday. But trying to lose 10+ water weight pounds is not smart. I had guys on my team in high school that routinly came into practice on monday 8+ pounds over weight and had until thursday morning to get it off and they would do it. I tell all my wrestlers now that they have to make the decision on how they lose their weight because im not their babysitter. But I also tell them that they better be ready to face the consequences of their actions if they make the wrong decision. The best way to lose permanent weight is drink a lot of water eat very little carbohydrates and workout really hard.