How do boxers gain 14+ lbs in one day?

dont forget they also use drips, like those drips u get in hospital , put it through their veins and it rehydrates even quicker as well as eating and drinking water at the same time.

You should see Hatton and see how gaunt his face was at the v.s Pac weigh-in and on the same nite a couple of hours later he was already rehydrated and went on the Late Night Craig Furguson show. Look how different his face was in just a couple of hours its crazy with this Drip method.

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK3j-IXQDPo

 

It appears that basically he did all his cutting in 3 days...21.5 lbs in 3 days? My god.

 

Eating a lot of red meat i guess??:huh damn 14 lbs is a helluva lot of weight to gain,,,.....

 

90lb dumbbells pressed over head while seat for five reps.

 

Yes, because at that time Kermit was nothing but muscle. Very easy for him to dry out. He routinely lost 5lbs a night in his sleep. This underlines the importance of staying in shape year round. We went to training camo to prepare for a fight, not to lose weight.

 

:good

 

Cool stuff. Man, running 8 miles in 48 minutes is a 6 minute mile pace which is crazy fast.

 

Most fighters generally go into an off season mode.

Quite amazing that he was able to pull that off and remain healthy on fight night. That's a lot of weight to lose and gain.

 

What Kermit did was easy. Very minimal amount of time spent in a depleted physical state. Kermit was near fighting shape year round. Guys that have problems are guys like Fernando Vargas, or Ricky Hatton. Guys that go into training camp carrying a lot of bodyfat. Training camp for them becomes more about losing weight instead of preparing for a fight.

 

Since i got a scale, i weigh myself regularly just for the heck of it. I've had days where i weigh 174 lbs 9PM at night and i weigh myself 2PM the next day and i'm at 168 without eating nothing. And i'm like, "How's this possible?" But it just happens. Other times i would weigh myself before a beer fest/food fest and i would put on 6 lbs or so. Weight fluctuates a lot. People just don't realize it.

 

probably the wrong forum for this question but **** it: is there any resources you can suggest for an intense, boxer's workout? i've been having trouble losing that last couple of pounds and leaning up for a while now and any advice would be appreciated :good

 

At that time he was something special. Dedicated year round. Let me also state that he did that run cross country... not on a flat track.

 

So it is just a myth that Boxers should not do weight training? I always thought this was avoided to prevent a boxer losing flexibility and agility associated with bulking up from heavy weight training.

 

**** off! that's nuts

 

Yes that is a myth. Perpetuated by old time trainers. If you put two athletes of equal skill and will against each other... the stronger will always win.
As I stated earlier... at that time Kermit was in the gym year round. So he was always boxing (pad work, speed bag, reflex bag, heavy bag, distance running, interval sprints, and of course weight training.) It was his boxing regimen that kept him loose.