weight cutting

[Dustin C.]

I'm not a fan of weight cutting, seems...... shady, i know a lot if not everyone does it.
Me personally i never have cut weight for any competition and never had any problems handling myself.

Do you cut weight, how much and what do you think it does for you? I just dont get it

[Aikijiujitsu]

Dudes like Anthony Johnson and Thiago Alves would do so much better at middle weight walking round at 220 and cutting to 170 is just not healthy.

[Daniel Valdez]

I cut between 2 to 10 pounds for MMA and 1-5 for jiu jitsu competitions if its a big one.

[AJ Camacho]

I would only consider cutting 5 pounds for BJJ and at most 10-15 for Judo.

[Randy Butler]

Im debating on that right now. Im thinking about trying to lose about 8lbs for NAGA. I walk around at 190 and im thinking about dropping to 179. Not sure yet.

[AJ Camacho]

As long as you start cutting 2-3 weeks out it's fairly easy to make it without having to kill yourself. I usually go high protein and less than 100 carbs a day to drop weight. There's a lot of health gurus here though so I'm sure they'd have smarter and healthier recommendations that would ensure that you retained your muscle mass.

[Dustin Lou]

i cut 10 pounds for naga. it sucked but i felt like i had to since everyone does.

[Ryan Cook]

100 calories? Did you mean 1000? 100 is like half a pop tart.

[AJ Camacho]

100g of carbs. I usually don't limit my calories.

[Patrick Carey]

I cut 10 pounds for competition and it was really easy.

I have started to practice weight cutting to see how much I can safely drop and how much of a performance drop I take.