Hey everyone Its been almost a year since my last fight. I posted about it here back then. I lost by the way. Long story short, set of events threw my mental state off and I ended up fighting his fight instead of mine. Guy bigger and more powerful, and there I stood, freaked out and trading blows and kicks. It was embarrassing and it was also the first fight my girlfriend watched. I go to grad school and sometimes have a job, so I cram as much as training as I can. I really respect the knowledge base and training methodology that Boxing has honed down to a science, so I like posting here for advice. I've been working on things I learned from my last loss. One of the things was my punching power. My technique sucked compared to now (I'm sure it still sucks but I can feel my blows being a lot heavier) but I was recently told I should cut down even further and fight @ 155. About my body type: Big head, stocky body, medium length legs and short arms. A lot of my weight is in my legs. I have very thick bones also. I look malnourished at 165. My "walk around off-season" weight is 175-180, my "in shape" weight is 170. I stand 5' 9" I sweat a lot; get me running 1 mile and I'll be drenched, even though I can totally run much more. Guy who recommend me to drop another weight class recommended me sweat training to lean down the muscles. He says it is a good way to maintain all the musculature while slimming myself further. Run and train with long sleeves or sweater and drink even more water afterwards. Here in the kickboxing world I feel we lack a lot of the "old school knowledge" that boxing has unless you're training under a legitimate thai kru in Muay Thai. I don't, so I wanted to pick your brains apart about sweat training. So please tell me, what are the benefits, what are the drawbacks, and how I can use it to my maximum benefit? Thanks in advance!
There are no benefits to dehydrating, none at all. It's done to make weight right before a fight. The downside is that you impair the bodies control mechanisms that maintain its temperature, and your workout will suffer. The best way to go to a lower weight is to fix your diet and train hard.
What's the point dehydrating yourself during training? You're only gonna drink water and rehydrate, unless you plan to spend 6 weeks without drinking much water and end up in a coma. The only time fighters should be dehydrating deliberately is to lose weight for a weigh in, and even then I don't think that's worth it for amateur boxers. If you're in shape and lean at 170, you can't fight at 155.
