10th planeteers, What are some good ways of cutting weight? I have 3 weeks until my competition, and want to loose around 5-10 pounds. Any advice will be appreciated!
Carlos
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10th planeteers, What are some good ways of cutting weight? I have 3 weeks until my competition, and want to loose around 5-10 pounds. Any advice will be appreciated!
Carlos
I should stress it is my first competition, and I've never had to cut weight before!
water, water, water. Week of the weigh ins increase water intake to 2 gal a day for mon/tues, cut down to one gal wed, half of it thurs, very little if any after that (assuming weigh ins are sat and same day). If weigh ins are day before you could do other things, but 5-10 lbs isn't really that much
if you are 5-10 out now, just make your food portions smaller and eat 5-6 x a day and I think the weight will come off prior to the last week. Of course I don't know how active you are of how much cardio you are doing, that will have a lot a influence.
Rolling hard 2-3 times a week. Probably gonna run on my off days. I'm 5'9 181lbs was gonna try to drop 15 to jump down a weight class, But feel like that might be a stretch.
nah....you'll be fine. Cut the food portions down, increase the frequency of the smaller portions, clean up the diet as needed and drink the water.
the running will help a ton
Three weeks is plenty of time if you're just cutting 10% of your bodyweight and are 170lbs or less. I'd start Eat 6-8 small, lean protein, quality carb, meals per day. Make sure your daily calorie intake is a little less than your daily calorie expenditure *this is key.* Also lots of rolling and/or a disease free sexathon 3-4 times a week will yield you good-great results. Let us know what your progress is like buddy.
wrestler here, lost 10 pounds in two weeks with diet and working out
eat 6 times a day. Only protein and good carbs(veggies)
nothing else, alternate what you eat
so protein, carb, protein, carb,
eat a piece of grilled chicken, egg whites, or fish, maybe london broil.
any veggie is good for the carbs, do not eat any type of bread, or pasta, just stick to veggies.
look up tabata training, it is the best interval training, and lasts only 8 minutes
roll everyday, don't stop till you puke, keep rolling till you puke again, wipe your face,
rinse, wash, repeat.
Here's a great article on it. I used it for my second MMA fight, and although the weigh ins were 5 hours before my fight, I was able to cut 10 lbs easily, and felt great when I stepped into the cage. http://www.grapplearts.com/How-to-Cut-Weight.html
I can't emphasize the importance of the recovery beforehand if you choose to go the fluid loss route. You've gotta eat small portions of carbs w/ even smaller amts of protein every 30 minutes until your match. I also used an herbal laxative which lost me 2-3 lbs the morning of.
i think you should take a big dump and make yourself vomit before weigh in's. don't know if this works but at least it's another option!
Thanks for the advice and videos dudes! I will keep everyone posted and hopefully have some dope videos from the comp...
Are you weighing in the morning of the tournament of the night before? I'll cut a couple pounds if weighins are the night before but day of i'm showing up Al-natural. Had a horrible day of weight cutting experience, it's just not for me. A combination of eating much leaner with grill chicken and veggies, no bad carbs at night, and portion control mixed with the water trick and someone can easily loose 15-20 pounds. I'm 5 10"/160 and cut to 145 in 5 days for MMA.
andre galvao's book drill to win lays out a good diet plan. it basically changed the way i eat in general. if you have access to that book id check it out. it pretty just lays out what "the kza" said.
Eliminate all drinks besides water, and maybe lowfat milk. Eat chicken, fish and vegetables, make sure you have enough fiber. Also chew gum between meals to keep you from snacking. Smaller portions and eat breakfast. Working out is a must of course. And I like to go and eat sushi the night before weigh ins. Its a satisfying meal that is very light.
stop being a puss and just compete at 180lbs with me. t-minus 2 weeks!!!
I especially like the part about tricking your body into pissing more.Quote:
Originally Posted by tremper
For those interested in the hows and whys of rapid weight cutting for competition, I offer the following.
Before I start, I am not for rapid weight cutting. I am one of the few out here who think it is bad for the sport and that it is not good for young athletes to strain themselves repeatedly through dehydration. That said, it happens and will continue to happen... so people should understand how it works and how to do even extreme weight cutting safely. Plus coaches and athletes should know that HARMFUL DRUGS ARE NOT NECESSARY for rapid cutting and great results can be obtained without further risk caused by many diuretics.
DISCLAMER: Extreme weight cutting can kill you! Be smart, it's not just your performance that can suffer!
see the study at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00051388.htm
The best articles on extreme weight cutting and understanding the science behind it I have ever come across recently are by Timothy Ferris (who for the world sanshou championships who cut from 187 to 165 at weigh in and then fought at 193 the next day. That's a drop of 22 lbs in 24 hours and a gain of 28 lbs. in about 20 hours.
He does a good job explaining it so that any of you coaches out there can get a better understanding of the mechanisms of weight cutting through safe dehydration and re-hydration. Obviously you do not have to take his methods to this extreme.
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog...to-cut-weight/
The second is the article referenced by Ferris in the above: How to Cut Maximum Weight for Competitions with a 24-Hour Weigh In -
By Matt Kroczaleski
Matt went from 250 to 219 (a loss of 31 pounds) in 24 hours and then put it all back on again in less than 24 hours while cutting weight for the Arnold 2007 lifting competitions. His method of cutting is detailed in the following article:
http://www.elitefts.com/documents/cu...t_for_comp.htm
For those of you involved in high levels of competition that justify these measures, you can engineer an extreme weight advantage for your matches.
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