I fully understand your concern about giving up weight, especially at the lighter weight classes where four pounds likely makes a difference. I think that you might be a little surprised at how many kids give up the same amount of weight at other weight classes too. Some kids just don't seem to want to cooperate, and mine is one of them. I am talking about kids that don't weigh much over a weight class and their parents choose to wrestle them at the next weight class up. I am sure (actually I know) that other parents/wrestlers work to knock off a couple of pounds every week to make the next weight class down. By time they hit the mat, four pounds difference is not a stretch at all. The one difference is that come post season, these wrestlers and their parents have the opportunity to work off that extra pound to get to that lower weight class if they choose to do so.