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Originally Posted by thingstodo
Oops...I must have touched a nerve. Sorry about that! But I also just can't agree.
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Oh, no, I'm not offended at all. We're just talking. You didn't personally attack me, so I'm not cranky in the slightest.
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Originally Posted by thingstodo
What you said rarely works that way. The person dropping 8 lbs. of water is nearly dehydrated with low electrolytes and minimal fuel and they can't think properly. The other person is feeling good. Any weight advantage is usually trumped by by those factors. You just can't rehydrate fast enough. And only the pro boxers have a day between weigh-in and the bout; everyone else does it prior to the competition.
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All my experience with this is in a MMA format, which does weigh-ins the day before as well. Under the proper supervision of a doctor\trainer, an athlete can drop 8 lbs. of (mostly) water weight and rehydrate and replenish electrolyes to be able to perform at their elite level. I don't know of a quantitative figure on that I can point to, so I guess I'll just point to all the athletes that cut weight and are functioning correctly.
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I agree with your link almost completely (people can get used to cutting weight and the body will adjust somewhat to help). However, I was talking about professional athletes under the supervision of nutritionists and doctors, not "student-athletes".