By dehydrating yourself through the avoidance of liquids, you can lower your weight. Many boxers use this strategy prior to weigh-ins.
As with caloric restriction, liquid restriction is dangerous. The body needs water, and by purposefully not ingesting water, you are increasing the risk of injury during training and competitions and subjecting yourself to acidosis. Some boxers engage in fluid restriction for three days prior to weigh-ins. Often used in combination with fluid restriction, extreme sweating rids the body of its liquid weight.
Boxers use a number of methods to provoke sweating. One example is overexercising. Boxers may engage in extremely intensive interval training or cardio only for the purpose of sweating out water weight.
Exercising to the point of exhaustion can cause fainting and heart attacks in extreme circumstances. When boxers cut weight, they do it to gain a size advantage over their rival.
In the world of professional fighting, size really matters. The bigger a fighter is, the harder he or she hits. The harder the hits, the more exhausted the opponent becomes.
A pugilist who masters how to effectively cut weight will always have the upper hand. No matter what technique is used, there are many risks that are linked to losing large amounts of weight in a short amount of time. Some of them are poor performance, increased blood pressure, elevated heart rate, and even increased risk of injury. It is important to keep in mind that cutting weight should never be tried without medical supervision and an experienced coach.
Since our bodies are mostly made of water, when dehydration occurs, it puts the body in a massive state of shock. As a result, everything stops functioning the way it should, and weakness, tiredness, and brittleness start to kick in. Even performing simple tasks becomes hard. Pugilists need to make sure they know exactly how much weight they can cut and put back in order to ensure optimal performance. It is a shame to see an experienced fighter cut too much weight and lose the match because of this.
Cutting weight becomes even more dangerous in amateur fighting. Amateur boxers are expected to make weight and fight within a few hours of weigh-ins. Because of the short amount of time between the weigh-ins and the competition, these pugilists need to make sure they take every precaution they can in order to avoid cutting too much weight, for both health and performance purposes. Practicing any sport on a professional level is both beautiful and terrible.
Behind every victory and excellent performance, there is a lot of hard work, discipline, tears, and sweat involved. Even though boxers can maintain their weight constant by having the right diet, they often need to lose weight before a match. Do NOT try to maintain your new weight - the only reason to do this is to hit a weight class target at a specific time. It is not a general purpose weight loss plan. As soon as the weigh-in is over you will re-hydrate immediately and all of the weight you quickly lost is going to come back even quicker as your body absorbs every drop of water you give it.
So - if you think you are going to follow this protocol to cut the fat off your abs - you're out of luck. There are better, safer, and easier ways to do that that won't make everyone around you want to kill you.
Sweat a lot. This is where the pictures of garbage bag clad boxers sitting in saunas comes into play. I wouldn't recommend that, but you do want to sweat out as much as you can. Quickest and easiest way to sweat is to take super hot baths where you submerge every part of your body less your nose for 10 minutes at a time. You sweat when it's hot, but you sweat a lot more when its hot and humid. The bath prevents your perspiration from cooling you off so it accelerates the sweating.
Then one to two days before the weigh-in you start sitting in the sauna as well to put the finishing touches on your rapid weight loss. And there you have it - in just five days you'll have lost more weight than you humanly thought possible. And you'll be a train wreck John Berardi of Precision Nutrition used Nate Green as a test subject to refine this super fast weight loss method for boxers and fighters.
You can download the nicely summarized, step-by-step, day-by-day weight loss plan. If all went well and you're still alive then immediately after the weigh-in you need to put back on the weight you lost so you get that advantage you were looking for and also so you get back all of the power, strength, and energy your deflated body no longer has.
Your body can only absorb about 1L 2. Given that you have about 13 hours before the fight - you can theoretically put back on about 28lbs via 13L of water.
And iif you can give those numbers for consumption, it would be great! Thanks for the question here…when we say each gram of carbs holds on to 2. Likewise, when each gram of carb is depleted from the body, 2. Lose grams of carbohydrate from the body through exercise and a low carb diet, and close to grams of water disappear too. Cool, huh? I used to get a 3 pack of Boost in tetra pack form and just drink all 3 with the same straw without unwrapping the block of 3 immediately after getting off the scale.
Since you are manipulating sodium levels, I thought there might be a difference. Distilled water has always seemed to have had a stronger flushing effect. Also could green tea or coffee be substituted for a portion of the water so long as the same totals are reached?
Or is the fluid to be completely limited to water? And cutting is stressful enough. If you win a fight, you have to fight the next day. So the tournament are often from wednesday to sunday and there is weight in every day! I cut weight from 73 kg to 67 kg its app 13 pounds.
But i start 3 weeks before and loose the last 1 kg in sauna. The biggest example that comes to mind is Anthony Johnson. He would rag-doll guys because of the huge size advantage. Very interesting article. How does this apply to smaller fighters, like flyweights? Is the amount of water they are drinking less than a pound fighter? I am and needing to cut 6 pounds in five days. Any help is greatly appreciated! I used a similar strategy for a photo shoot a couple of years back, interesting to hear of the use of this strategy in a different context.
Have you done any tests to compare your strength after rehydration, with your strength at a natural weight of lbs? Test strength at this weight, compare it to your strength after your above rehydration? We tested this exact thing, Daryl. This was such an interesting article especially to note the strength levels not lost during this process.
Do you have a similar article with respect to bodybuilding as I did read that the process is similar but with important differences so as to not have water sit under skin but be ushered into the muscle bellies. Thank you so much for all of your responses. Hello, I am a teenager who competitively fights, and I was wondering if it would be the same procedure for someone around my age. And if it is safe to cut weight for someone around the age of 16 — 18?
But take heed: trying to do this on your own without a coach can be extremely dangerous. After years of cutting, that number goes way up. I know some athletes who can do 35 pounds in a week! Firstly great article very interesting. Where you literally get weighed and the step on the mat….
The performance loss — and potential for heat exhaustion — is just too high. I think Nate covered the details in the post above. Hey i was just wondering what the physical activity level was like during that five days? I ask because most guys doing this process would be in preparation for competition. Thank you!
Wade, the activity was very low. Most guys getting ready for a UFC fight would should be in the same situation. Pro weightlifters take diuretics, often Lasix. Lasix is probably the most-dangerous of all the drugs athletes use, and has killed numerous bodybuilders.
Natural testosterone and, worse, DHT or over-the-counter testosterone precursors, can have unpleasant side-effects. Oral anabolic steroids stress the liver. Injectable anabolic steroids, by contrast, have never been demonstrated to be dangerous to healthy ADULT men in any study, never been implicated in a death, and may have health benefits because they are less toxic than the natural testosterone they displace.
They ARE dangerous to high-school athletes as they disrupt normal growth. Simply having more muscle, however acquired, is life-shortening due to increased metabolic demands, mitochondrial oxidation, cardiovascular stress, and the down-regulation of FOXO-dependent repair pathways caused by muscle growth.
Thanks for great contribution to a great article! When i read about this article i got very enthusiastic and impressed and found out i got to try it. So this is my 3 day. Day 1 i weighed in at Today day 3, morning am weighing My diet consist of chicken fillets 3 times a day with chilli and pepper and a bit of lemon juice. I have obviously followed the instructions down to a tee, and not sheeted along the way. My question is:why do i only marginally loose weight? By this point the guy in the article had lost quite a bit.
What am i doing wrong? I weigh lbs but I would like to cut up in the gym and get down to about lbs. Is this a good method for me to use to lose weight? Interesting stuff Tim! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful tips and facts to us. It reminds me a bit of CCD. I am just curious, do you think that body composition was altered at all? This is a very detailed and very interesting post. Most often than not they end up losing the fight. Anyone being deprived with water is surely going to get cranky and weak.
I am not one to do this normally and I also do not know exactly where I should post this question but I need some suggestions or help for this stupid condition — I sweat too much. I guess some people call it hyperhydrosis? Problem for me is I sweat in my face and chest so much that it is embarassing during social situations. People think I am nervous or something.
Considering that you have so many body hacks and have studies the human body, can you or anyone recommend any foods or ways in which I can stop sweating?
Any help would be appreciated. Had always heard of cutting weight but never realized it was so drastic. Loved the notes from the diary and the nose dive, especially the last day. Very cool look at how they do it. He was noticeably smaller in those after photos. The cutting definitely seems like hell.
On the other hand, the recovery period sounds like fun. I have a fair amount of experience cutting weight, and I just completed this cut for competition, and it worked well for me. Great article. How can this weight loss method be tweaked to provide rapid weight breduction without actually dehydrating?
Afetr reaching your goal weight, what would then be the secret when adding back carbs to avoid bouncing back? It is really hard work for the boys who really wanted to be fit like that in those pictures posted. If you are just determined and persistent in everything I am sure that you can really loss weight for pounds or even more. For all body builders they do the same dehydration routine bodybuilders use before a competition.
Hi guys,i was just wondering can a girl do this not in to sports in any way just to loose some weight? Definitely not recommended. I looked at the protein shake contents and that attributes to eating mg sodium The protein shake ends up having like 15g of sugar. This is way too much isnt it, is this absorbing alot of water therefore not making me expel said water. Diet as i may say as a nurse, is rather uncomplicated yet very dangerous to once health when done wrong. Dehydration can jeopardize your health specially if you did this without any supervision with a specialized doctor.
It can bring your heart to stop, a possibility of long term effects of illness, hypertension can be triggered and comatose in some instances. Overall I would say its dangerous yet very intriguing. I would assume that day 1 that there would be somewhat of a gain considering the initial amount of water being consumed, then loss as the fluids are flushed during the week.
What effect does this rapid weight cutting have on your blood pressure, and other health indicators, such things as blood work, liver function, etc? What effect would it have on a cholesterol test? Hi guys, great case study, thanks for sharing. Is osmolality the regulated variable here??? If so, would it not fall to within normal ranges after the excess water is pissed out, thereby reducing diuresis? If there is further pissing, there must be some residual effect of ADH, or perhaps some other explanation?
Any idea of how much water is actually lost through this residual process? I have a fight next Saturday June 15th. Im currently this morning, I need to weigh Saturday at 5pm and expect to fight around 8pm.
I know I shouldnt cut a lot of water but dont want to train extremely hard this week as im trying to recover as it is. I plan to do my regular training Monday and Tuesday and take off the rest of the week to rest.
I started at pounds and have lost them in the last few weeks naturally but have seemed to hit a plateau. What protocol would you suggest I use doc. Not sure if it was asked, too many comment to read them all, but is the intervals for the sauna and hot baths.? How many times do you go in and out and how long do you stay in and how long are the breaks in between.? Hey guys does anyone knows if fighters outside of mma like in K1 organisations or others MT,kick boxing organizations do the same thing?
I very curious if Buakaw,Masato or Souwer do the same thing. I was just wondering if an IV would be a good idea after weighing in to help replenish the water lost in the cut. I am an amateur mixed martial artist and am cutting down to lbs for the first time I usually fight at I walk around at about lbs but hold a lot of water weight so I believe the cut is very possible.
Thank you for your post!!!!!!! My reaction every time Tim posts a new post. Always enjoy a new post from you Tim, whether it be about health or wealth. I want to try some of these techniques at a slower pace to achieve gradual weight loss.
Will this work for Boxers as well? For re-hydration, pedialite, salt etc…Any way to use your biggest oragan aka your skin, help you rehydrate?
I tried this protocol last week and dropped 19 lbs Sunday — Friday 9 am weigh in. Amazing article. My question is how can you or more importantly, is it possible to train while cutting weight like this? Or does this only work when not training. Does gsp do any training during this time or for five days is he just cutting while sedentary. According to this process…. Also, just after weigh ins, you suggest 1 big meal, etc.
Hey thanks for putting this up im 13 years old and want to lose weight in a week can i do this dehydration thing and not put my weight on in the 24 hours after the week? Hello Dr. I was just curious as to why or if it is more efficient to do it this way and slowly decrease your water intake or if on the 4th day, rather than drinking.
I dont mean any disrespect and this article is tremendous, but, I dont understand why you suggest that you will do your best to answer questions, etc.
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