The Ultimate in Martial Arts

eXcessiveForce · 06-09-2008, 09:57 PM

I used lots of ways to cut weight when I had too.

One was getting into a bathtub with the water as hot as I could stand it, and putting a board over the top. It held all the heat in and you'd drop.

Usually I didn't have to cut weight, but one time I didn't pay attention and came in 12lbs overweight. I lost it all in 30 minutes of running with almost the whole teams coats on in the heat room, under the heat vent. Bad thing is the coach got me put into the higher weight class and couldn't get me back in to my weight class after he changed it. He didn't think I'd be able to drop the weight. Needless to say I got my butt beat all day long, I was wiped out and wrestling with people much bigger than me.

jubaji · 06-10-2008, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by bashy

I'm also in the don't cut weight bandwagon, if your already at the minimum 7% body fat cutting water just demolishes your strength. your better off just getting a tougher workout routine to get your self in shape for the next weight class. Remember that as you train your always going to gain weight from your muscle tissue getting bigger so trying to reverse that process just seems stupid to me.

Like I said before, if you have some time (say 12 hours or so) to recover cutting can give you a significant advantage at the level where the competition is pretty tight.

OnegaishiMasu · 06-13-2008, 10:24 AM

When I wrestled in high school in Maine, just a few years back, cutting weight was a pretty normal thing, but not extreme by any means.

Wearing sweat suits and running, spitting into a cup on the busride, etc. Now they have the bodyweight indexes that tells them how much weight their are allowed to cut.

As I am also a referee, we are required to stop someone from cutting weight if we see it.

In my opinion, shedding a pound or two before the match wont hurt, its all water anyway. Its the 10-20 lbs that kids try to lose that end up getting them killed.

jubaji · 06-13-2008, 02:52 PM

"Killed" is not particularly common. Its more a matter of long term health effects.

IPON · 06-28-2008, 04:03 AM

I didn't have to cut that much....actually it was going up in weight if needed that was an issue. But I remember chewing gum/spitting or holding hands under warm water (not sure how but it worked) was good for 1/4 lb or so

Bill_1 · 07-24-2008, 06:17 PM

I had trouble staying off the chips/cookies. I went from 121 to 116 and wrestled 119 pounds. I just didn't drink pop or much water and didn't have any snacks. I just ate what was for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

jubaji · 07-24-2008, 06:30 PM

Why would you go to 116 if you wrestled 119?

Bill_1 · 07-24-2008, 06:32 PM

My scale was pretty old,I wanted to have some breathing room. After that meet I gained 1-2 pounds.

JadeDragon · 12-17-2008, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jubaji

Bah! Kids today are too pampered and protected!

I agree. kids are to pampered now days. When I wrestled in high school and we would be running before we did our exercises the coach would smack us with these leather straps that kept the wrestling mats rolled up if we weren't running fast enough for him. As we would run/jog past us he would whip it at our thigh or ass as we passed him.

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Originally Posted by Tant01

My daughter just broke her nose... She gets clean clothes and an icepack.

Spoiled brat. I should have made her finish the day in her bloody outfit.

That's what the Tide marker is for. To get out those stains right away so you can go back to what it is your doing.

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Originally Posted by jubaji

Its the weakening of society, I tell ya!

Our society has gotten weak. It's from a combination of things such as watching to much Mr. Rogers, home schooling, putting kids in time out rather than spanking them, and try to be to compaaaasionate towards others feelings (being P.C.)

xSTAYinSHADOW11 · 08-25-2009, 01:04 AM

Unless you have some insane number to cut like 17 pounds, simply not eating or drinking much at all is the best way to do it. If the hunger gets to you that bad, it helped me to sip a bit of wine or vodka to make the aches go away.

jubaji · 08-25-2009, 01:12 AM

17 is not 'insane' depending on how much time you have, and using alcohol while cutting is pretty stupid.

Bjjexpertise@be · 09-03-2009, 08:22 PM

I'd just like to say I managed to cut from 166 to 147 in 2 days. Just happened!

06-09-2008, 09:57 PM	#16 (permalink)
eXcessiveForce Excessive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,991 Groans: 0 Groaned at 1 Time in 1 Post	I used lots of ways to cut weight when I had too. One was getting into a bathtub with the water as hot as I could stand it, and putting a board over the top. It held all the heat in and you'd drop. Usually I didn't have to cut weight, but one time I didn't pay attention and came in 12lbs overweight. I lost it all in 30 minutes of running with almost the whole teams coats on in the heat room, under the heat vent. Bad thing is the coach got me put into the higher weight class and couldn't get me back in to my weight class after he changed it. He didn't think I'd be able to drop the weight. Needless to say I got my butt beat all day long, I was wiped out and wrestling with people much bigger than me. __________________ eXcessiveFORCE. If you must use force, make it excessive. www.b-prime.com A success and achievement community

06-13-2008, 02:52 PM	#19 (permalink)
jubaji Registered Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: koko Posts: 10,108 Groans: 0 Groaned at 38 Times in 38 Posts	"Killed" is not particularly common. Its more a matter of long term health effects. __________________ Optional signature you may use to appear at bottom of your posts.

06-28-2008, 04:03 AM	#20 (permalink)
IPON Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 1,573 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I didn't have to cut that much....actually it was going up in weight if needed that was an issue. But I remember chewing gum/spitting or holding hands under warm water (not sure how but it worked) was good for 1/4 lb or so __________________ A person who is said to be proficient in the arts is like a fool. Because of his foolishness in concerning himself with just one thing, he thinks of nothing else and thus becomes proficient. - Hagarkure

07-24-2008, 06:30 PM	#22 (permalink)
jubaji Registered Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: koko Posts: 10,108 Groans: 0 Groaned at 38 Times in 38 Posts	Why would you go to 116 if you wrestled 119? __________________ Optional signature you may use to appear at bottom of your posts.

08-25-2009, 01:12 AM	#26 (permalink)
jubaji Registered Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: koko Posts: 10,108 Groans: 0 Groaned at 38 Times in 38 Posts	17 is not 'insane' depending on how much time you have, and using alcohol while cutting is pretty stupid. __________________ Optional signature you may use to appear at bottom of your posts.

06-13-2008, 10:24 AM	#18 (permalink)
OnegaishiMasu Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Orono, ME / Arlington, VA Posts: 7 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	When I wrestled in high school in Maine, just a few years back, cutting weight was a pretty normal thing, but not extreme by any means. Wearing sweat suits and running, spitting into a cup on the busride, etc. Now they have the bodyweight indexes that tells them how much weight their are allowed to cut. As I am also a referee, we are required to stop someone from cutting weight if we see it. In my opinion, shedding a pound or two before the match wont hurt, its all water anyway. Its the 10-20 lbs that kids try to lose that end up getting them killed.

07-24-2008, 06:17 PM	#21 (permalink)
Bill_1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I had trouble staying off the chips/cookies. I went from 121 to 116 and wrestled 119 pounds. I just didn't drink pop or much water and didn't have any snacks. I just ate what was for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

07-24-2008, 06:32 PM	#23 (permalink)
Bill_1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	My scale was pretty old,I wanted to have some breathing room. After that meet I gained 1-2 pounds.

08-25-2009, 01:04 AM	#25 (permalink)
xSTAYinSHADOW11 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Unless you have some insane number to cut like 17 pounds, simply not eating or drinking much at all is the best way to do it. If the hunger gets to you that bad, it helped me to sip a bit of wine or vodka to make the aches go away.

09-03-2009, 08:22 PM	#27 (permalink)
Bjjexpertise@be Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: florida Posts: 2,023 Groans: 4 Groaned at 1 Time in 1 Post	I'd just like to say I managed to cut from 166 to 147 in 2 days. Just happened! __________________ Mike Brewer's 2008 Athleticon Challenge!!! 45563 Pushups Completed 45563 Situps Completed

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