Does anybody here know how to cut weight?

Never done it myself but fighters use the water loading method to cut weight. You basically manipulate water and carb intake, initially drinking stupid amounts of water, your body gets used to excreting a certain amount of fluid, so when you then restrict water intake your body is fooled into still excreting large amounts of fluids and you lose a ton of water weight and end up with that dry shredded look.

Fitness models and actors will use the same method to get shredded for a photo shoot or a film scene.

 

I was a active amateur boxer for a few years and had to make the limit for lhw (81kg) which I never failed, other then that I did a lot of fitness and usually do a diet every summer for fun. I have plenty of experience on that. I weight my food intake everyday, and always count calories.
This is actually the easiest method to lose weight. If you count calories and go very methodical about your weight loss, you will have less hunger and feel the best cause you can eat the most.
I can get easy below 10% fat and still perform very well at sports, but it is almost impossible to keep such a low body weight for more then a couple months.

I dont know what your goals are, there is a little bit of a difference in making weight at boxing or just for health reasons.

 

I would not recommend to go for any weight bulling tactics in amateur boxing, since the weight in is on the same day as the fight. Your goal should be to come in at your leanest, with the most muscle mass, without eating to little which is a 3 month prep.

you can pretty much estimate that by your height. If youre anywhere near 6 foot middle weight should be your goal.

 

i don't box but i'm incredibly lean (muscle).
love to know what my body fat ratio is, but it's very good.
i'm very tall, very active, and eat a LOT.
i've never calorie counted but i've educated myself on nutrition, and together with a serious cardio routine, i'm a ball of lean muscle every day of the year.
the game changer for me was eradicating my cravings (bad fats, excessive salt, sugar, alcohol) and just living a clean and active lifestyle.

i'm 52 years old now and i just get a buzz from being in top shape.
yoga has been a massive game-changer for me too. absolutely love it.

 

Drugs and medicine. My friend used to buy something from a pharmacy, that would make him pee all night before the fight so he could make the light weight limit, he was a welter usually. Others go into the sauna to lose water, but thats not a good strat for the amateur game, cause your body needs more them 24h to recover from dehydration and in amateur fights you will fight most often a few hours after your weight in.

 

Happy to hear that. But it is really tough to maintain a body fat level below 10% year around. If you want to you can make a Dexa scan or so to estimate it. At 52 that would be a tremendous accomplishment.

 

i dont really think any of that is to smart. The only good way I could think of is to cut out any carbs 3 days prior to the weight in and absolutely eat zero salt and drink a ridiculous amount of water, something around 8-10 liters, so you have to pee every 30 minutes.

your diet then basically consist out of veggies, fruit, oil and protein( no cheese or salted meat) this will cause your body to flush out a very big amount of water, probably something around 1-2 kg of weight can be cut, maybe even 3.

 

Diuretucs is the short cut way. Canelo and Chavez Jnr excelled at it until it became too dangerous.

 

If this should be asked in forums, then it is not good. coach and team should help with plan and advisory etc.
Fighter usually does have gameplan 1 - 2 weight classes he will compete next year.

Ammy usually is trying to maintain low bf %. water cut still is done, depends from plenty of variables.
One stuff is that if you are going short ammy fight, it will be different than for long fights.
You may taste it by doing 8, 10 rounds sparring.

How much you need to cut? i.e your weight walking around while training ofc and weight you wish to get for weight ins?
I hope this is for ammy.

 

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When I had to cut weight when I boxed I did what Buddy McGirt and other pros did at my gym. It’s not the healthiest thing but it worked. We would rub this stuff on called Albolene all over which essentially closes off your pours, a similar stuff today is called sweet sweat. Then some would use plastic wrap on the body, then sweat suits, then a rubber/vinyl suit over that. Then work out for 15 to 18 rounds and when you took everything off the water weight drop was substantial. Myself I never did the plastic wrap I was a heavyweight so sometimes I’d only have to drop a quick 5-10 to get to the 200lb limit. My best advice though is if you are looking to maintain weight for competition is to stay in shape and close to your weight by living as clean of a life as you can and cardio.Going up and down in weight a lot is not healthy, your body is yours to maintain and you only get one of them. Plus as you get older it gets harder to drop excess weight.