Thread: how much can you dehydrate safely?

you've never done it before? weigh ins are 24hrs before the fight? how much time do you have before you need to cut? see where I'm going with this? you need to provide way more information before you can get a legit answer here. truth is your first cut 10lbs of water is going to really deplete you. especially since you are already pretty small. give more information and plenty of guys around here are going to be able to help you out

remember that when you have to drop water weight before a fight it comes at the cost of decreases levels of hydration all over the body. this reduces the rate at which the muscles can generate/re-generate ATP efficiently and also reduces the level of hydration in the meninges which is the membrane in-between the brain and skull making it easier to suffer a concussion and knock out blow.

Originally Posted by bio-chem

you've never done it before? weigh ins are 24hrs before the fight? how much time do you have before you need to cut? see where I'm going with this? you need to provide way more information before you can get a legit answer here. truth is your first cut 10lbs of water is going to really deplete you. especially since you are already pretty small. give more information and plenty of guys around here are going to be able to help you out

the weigh ins are 24hrs before the fight, and i am not fighting till February now so i have a long time to cut even more fat off of me but was just wondering in case i have to do it as a last resort

Originally Posted by LAM

remember that when you have to drop water weight before a fight it comes at the cost of decreases levels of hydration all over the body. this reduces the rate at which the muscles can generate/re-generate ATP efficiently and also reduces the level of hydration in the meninges which is the membrane in-between the brain and skull making it easier to suffer a concussion and knock out blow.

how long does it take the body to rehydrate? i have 24 hours after i weigh in
thanks for your info

you can re-hydrate in terms of fluids but some medical studies have shown that it can take from 4-48 hours before muscle glycogen levels are restored.

some people prefer to stay closer to their fight weight to avoid most of the side effects that come along with having to make weight.

Sweat it All Out: Cutting Weight for Strength Sports | Athletic Performance Revolution

Basically, you need to figure out how much you can rehydrate in the time you have between the weigh-in and the fight. You want to be able to fully re-hydrate by the time the fight starts.

You want to lose that in water weight? That seems crazy. There was a guy who I used to workout with who did some kind of martial arts and would sit in the sauna at the gym to lose weight before fights, but never more than a couple of pounds.

Originally Posted by gtbmed

Sweat it All Out: Cutting Weight for Strength Sports | Athletic Performance Revolution

Basically, you need to figure out how much you can rehydrate in the time you have between the weigh-in and the fight. You want to be able to fully re-hydrate by the time the fight starts.

thanks! i was looking everywhere for something like that but couldn't find anything

Originally Posted by vortrit

You want to lose that in water weight? That seems crazy. There was a guy who I used to workout with who did some kind of martial arts and would sit in the sauna at the gym to lose weight before fights, but never more than a couple of pounds.

yea my friend does it but never re hydrates or eats enough for the next day so he always seems really drained, so i wanted to see how much you could cut without feeling like that