Cutting is that easy?

RE: Cutting is that easy? (Nm0ney34)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:18:52 GMT

I was referring to mostly water weight, which is what everyone already elaborated on.

They train and fight at a higher weight but cut down to a targeted weight to give themselves an advantage...

One of my friends used to get big ol meals in and drink pedi-a-sure's those childrens vitamin drinks to get his weight back up.

ORIGINAL: BodyBuildingNovice

yea but that's not what I meant.

THey are 185 and they got 1 week to bring it to 170.. they've been slacking for the whole week long so they end up 2 days to go down 10 pounds, OMG ! IMPOSSIBLE I GOTTA MAKE THE WEIGHT! so they put their jackets on, hop on the treadmill or bike and just get going till they can't move anymore, 2 days after they do the weight.

Here people keep saying they'd like stuff to go faster but they take 2 whole seasons to cut/bulk?

If you do the maths, something is wrong...

2days 10 lb cut vs 2 seasons cut? hmm

RE: Cutting is that easy? (BodyBuildingNovice)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:47:14 GMT

u think it's hard to get inside the ufc?

RE: Cutting is that easy? (HEARTS)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:02:17 GMT

ORIGINAL: rippedchick

ORIGINAL: David1991

rippedchick what do you compete in?

so you dont find that cutting that much weight hurts performance/strength?

MMA and no not really.

No because you generally have time to put it back on and have a few good meals between weigh ins and the tournament, fight or match.

RE: Cutting is that easy? (rippedchick)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:48:37 GMT

ORIGINAL: David1991

rippedchick what do you compete in?

so you dont find that cutting that much weight hurts performance/strength?

MMA and no not really.

RE: Cutting is that easy? (David1991)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:28:28 GMT

rippedchick what do you compete in?

so you dont find that cutting that much weight hurts performance/strength?

RE: Cutting is that easy? (rippedchick)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:11:39 GMT

ORIGINAL: David1991

ORIGINAL: HEARTS

I used to wrestle and now do powerlifting so I've cut weight like this before. It's all water weight, and sometimes when you have no water left there is senna(herbal laxative).

I Just cut until I'm 2-3 lbs away then the rest of the weight will float off if i'm careful about eating and drinking the rest of the day. When I cut it usually consists of running with all of my swetpants and sweaters on with parachute pants and a windbreaker on top. I lift at 165 and usually weigh in at 162-163, but during the competition I weight around 170.The most I've dropped is 15 lbs in 1 day. But I have friends that have dropped 30 or more in 2 days.

wow they must lose so much muscle.
doesnt that hurt your lifts when you powerlift though? i would think it would be more beneficial to stay in your weight class and build strength there

It's better to train in a weight class and then cut 1-2 weight classes down. You gain a good bit of it back by the time you're in the ring as it's water weight and you can get in plenty of water and 2-3 meals between weigh in and fight depending on when they are.

One of the guys I train with (who's really good) trains at 177-182 and then cuts to 155 to fight. It's almost unfair how badly he beats on these guys who train at 160-165 and cut to 155.

I personally train at 125 but can cut down to the lowest class -105- for females for weigh in. By the time I step in the ring I'd be 118 at least.

RE: Cutting is that easy? (boomersooner1331)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:48:34 GMT

ORIGINAL: connelly

yah definitly water weight..but thats still a hella lot of water to lose in 2 days..

nah, you've actually got alot of water in your body. alot more than you think

RE: Cutting is that easy? (HEARTS)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:01:49 GMT

I only have to cut around 6 lbs for lifting and don't really lose any strength when I do.

RE: Cutting is that easy? (David1991)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:55:30 GMT

ORIGINAL: HEARTS

I used to wrestle and now do powerlifting so I've cut weight like this before. It's all water weight, and sometimes when you have no water left there is senna(herbal laxative).

I Just cut until I'm 2-3 lbs away then the rest of the weight will float off if i'm careful about eating and drinking the rest of the day. When I cut it usually consists of running with all of my swetpants and sweaters on with parachute pants and a windbreaker on top. I lift at 165 and usually weigh in at 162-163, but during the competition I weight around 170.The most I've dropped is 15 lbs in 1 day. But I have friends that have dropped 30 or more in 2 days.

wow they must lose so much muscle.
doesnt that hurt your lifts when you powerlift though? i would think it would be more beneficial to stay in your weight class and build strength there

RE: Cutting is that easy? (HEARTS)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:07:41 GMT

I used to wrestle and now do powerlifting so I've cut weight like this before. It's all water weight, and sometimes when you have no water left there is senna(herbal laxative).

I Just cut until I'm 2-3 lbs away then the rest of the weight will float off if i'm careful about eating and drinking the rest of the day. When I cut it usually consists of running with all of my swetpants and sweaters on with parachute pants and a windbreaker on top. I lift at 165 and usually weigh in at 162-163, but during the competition I weight around 170.The most I've dropped is 15 lbs in 1 day. But I have friends that have dropped 30 or more in 2 days.

RE: Cutting is that easy? (jpolito830)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:49:48 GMT

My good friend is an MMA fighter...To cut weight, he doesnt eat, drinks very little, puts on a plastic sweat suit and rides a bike in the sauna for an entire day. They literally carry him to the weigh in. He has dropped about 20 lbs in a day, but puts it all on the next day.

RE: Cutting is that easy? (David1991)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:33:26 GMT

lol are you serious? its all water weight, could be **** like twisted said, and muscle. just a small amount of fat

and twisted you think everyone is on steroids. i think your on steroids and just want a good cover

RE: Cutting is that easy? (connelly)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:15:46 GMT

yah definitly water weight..but thats still a hella lot of water to lose in 2 days..

RE: Cutting is that easy? (boomersooner1331)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:28:01 GMT

ORIGINAL: BodyBuildingNovice

Hey everyone!

Ok I might become obnoxious with that show but on the UFC i see the people cutting before their fights from like 185 to 170 in 2 days, that blows my mind because all they do is put a sweater on and hop on a bike and whatnot and just make their weight to fight.

Who does sometime I hear people on the forum saying they bulk on winter n cut for summer etc etc? why not bulk all time and just cut when you need to? Everyone has a bike, everyone has a sweater....

Is it because the ufc way they lose muscle on the process or anything? I don't understand, hmm

hahaha no dude. they lose water weight. they sweat it all out so they can make their weight. they don't actually lose fat or anything

but cutting can be easy, it just depends on how disciplined you are. i can drop 10 pounds in 2 weeks or so.

but they're losing water weight, not fat

RE: Cutting is that easy? (BodyBuildingNovice)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:06:31 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVNOiGBrBEo&feature=related

no roids there but I see where you're going

(nevermind the music)

PS: at 4:55 till the end is a really funny part