Basically how long before a weigh-in should someone start to reduce water intake before a weigh-in to dry out ??? For example if today was Friday morning and weigh-in is at 3pm in the afternoon on Saturday when should one reduce or stop liquid intake to 'dy out'. Should it be all day on Friday or reduce fluid intake from late Friday afternoon. Cheers
Non-pro athlete like you(I suppose) drying out without doctor check-ups can land you a perfect house 6 feet underground:hi:
If you want to dry out for an amatuer fight it'll end with you being drained in the fight and losing.
not really, I dry out to a certain an extent for almost every fight. Not ideal but I always feel fit in the fight. The question is how much weight? I never have to sweat off more than three pounds before a weigh in but I might begin cutting down on fluids about 6 hours before the weigh in.
cutting weight in the amateurs is dumb, a few pounds is ok but at most you will have a few hours to rehydrate yourself and that just aint long enough so i wouldnt recommend any more than a few pounds, i have brought my weight down by cutting down on calorie intake 2 weeks before and still have enough to have s big bowl of porridge and pint of water 3 to 4 hours before a weigh in
We had a guy scheduled to box at our event next week and just got a call from him yesterday....last week he took a fight and lost a lot of weight (via DRYING OUT) and he had no energy, couldn't keep his hands up, ended up getting stopped. A week later, he was still having headaches so he went and got an MRI, apparently he was so dehydrated that he got a massive concussion and his brain is one big bruise. Done with boxing forever. Can't do it ever again. So you tell me how 'fun' drying out is. It's stupid.
I agree with you to a certain extent Amy, but if its a little bit of weight it may have to be done. Say I'm on 93kg, and after training very hard I can't really go lower. I'd be much beter to drop the 2kg by cutting down water intake, than getting in at superheavy. I usually cut down water intake on the night before a bout and skip dinner, have a light breakfast the next day, weigh in and drink up, but I was always the last bout on the program so I had around 4 or more hours after weigh in.
Well when you dehydrate yourself, you're also dehydrating your brain. Then someone is punching you in the head and there's no cushion. And in the amateurs, there isn't enough time between weigh-ins and the bouts to rehydrate properly.
That's reasonable. A pound of two to make another weight class isn't too bad. But these guys that do it for 3 or 4 days and drop 7-10 pounds is bad.
7 to 10 lbs is crazy. I'd say 7lbs in a week is the most you would ever want to do and no more than 3 pounds before the weigh in.