Is that true? It wouldn’t surprise me. When I was competing in that weight category sport I had a very skewed view of what I considered overweight (for me).
99% of the population would have considered me lean as fuck when I thought otherwise.
Unironically yeah. There’s more ways for a girl to pick up a restrictive eating disorder (family pressure, wider social pressure, more sports that care about weight like gymnastics and dance) but men can absolutely still get one and this is the most common way. And I really should have specified restrictive because binge eating disorder is pretty common in both sexes. Although orthorexia is also kinda coming into vogue for both sexes.
Imo weight class should be determined by an average of a bunch of weigh-ins for weeks or months before an event. Then, on the day of the event, allow some tolerance over the max weight but only if the average stays under. If the average creeps up into the tolerance zone, then they go up a weight class. Make the weight classes based on healthy habits rather than basically cheating in an unhealthy way to make weight a day before, then bulking back up to whatever weight for the actual fight.
Not that I have any stake in any of that, so my say isn’t really relevant.
There’s no good solution IMO. There’s a way to game everything. Ultimately it boils down to: You don’t want hefty people fighting little people. A 24 hour weigh in causes a small number of folks to go to extremes and a weigh in just before fighting could have someone fighting dehydrated.
Nearly everyone runs a 6 or 8 week run up to a fight where they’re constantly losing weight. For me it was pure numbers. e.g. I’m 7KG over fighting weight with 6 weeks to go. It’s a 1000 calorie a day deficit with maintenance days here and there and shift 2 - 2.5 by making weight.
You’ve 24 hours to rehydrate and it’s enough IMO.
The trouble comes when you’ve lads trying to shift 5KG in 48 hours. It causes death. Maybe a weigh in 3 days out then another with 24 hours to go would work. Tough nut to crack though.
Though trying to fight dehydrated is a much bigger mistake than dehydrating yourself for a weigh in and photo op, which might discourage some from doing it if they are going to lose anyways. But there will absolutely be some that will try anyways. I’d say they could watch for those and ban them from whatever league it is, though I have a feeling it’s more likely to go in the hunger games/squid games direction than safer with the current political climate.
Yeah totally agree on everything there. We would step off the scales and immediately start rehydrating. I personally wouldn’t eat until my piss was basically clear and at that stage you haven’t had a good meal in two days at least.
And your brain won’t work because it requires at least 110 grams of carbs to function normally. Then you might start saying things like “if you’re only eating protein you don’t need fibre”
Fair enough, that being said, eating exclusively protein is still likely to result in death from nutrient deficiency, kidney overload, protein poisoning, the list goes on.
Plus anything that was in your intestines / bowels. There’s no fibre in there at all.
I used to have to “make weight” and water and empty intestines are the short version of how it’s done.
Oh hey that’s the main way men get eating disorders!
Is that true? It wouldn’t surprise me. When I was competing in that weight category sport I had a very skewed view of what I considered overweight (for me).
99% of the population would have considered me lean as fuck when I thought otherwise.
Unironically yeah. There’s more ways for a girl to pick up a restrictive eating disorder (family pressure, wider social pressure, more sports that care about weight like gymnastics and dance) but men can absolutely still get one and this is the most common way. And I really should have specified restrictive because binge eating disorder is pretty common in both sexes. Although orthorexia is also kinda coming into vogue for both sexes.
I was going to say, sounds like the shit the wrestlers used to do back in high school. Always seemed wildly unhealthy.
Imo weight class should be determined by an average of a bunch of weigh-ins for weeks or months before an event. Then, on the day of the event, allow some tolerance over the max weight but only if the average stays under. If the average creeps up into the tolerance zone, then they go up a weight class. Make the weight classes based on healthy habits rather than basically cheating in an unhealthy way to make weight a day before, then bulking back up to whatever weight for the actual fight.
Not that I have any stake in any of that, so my say isn’t really relevant.
There’s no good solution IMO. There’s a way to game everything. Ultimately it boils down to: You don’t want hefty people fighting little people. A 24 hour weigh in causes a small number of folks to go to extremes and a weigh in just before fighting could have someone fighting dehydrated.
Nearly everyone runs a 6 or 8 week run up to a fight where they’re constantly losing weight. For me it was pure numbers. e.g. I’m 7KG over fighting weight with 6 weeks to go. It’s a 1000 calorie a day deficit with maintenance days here and there and shift 2 - 2.5 by making weight.
You’ve 24 hours to rehydrate and it’s enough IMO.
The trouble comes when you’ve lads trying to shift 5KG in 48 hours. It causes death. Maybe a weigh in 3 days out then another with 24 hours to go would work. Tough nut to crack though.
How about not damaging children’s bodies for meaningless high school sports?
Three things:
I was just relating my experience with making weight so jog on pal.
Though trying to fight dehydrated is a much bigger mistake than dehydrating yourself for a weigh in and photo op, which might discourage some from doing it if they are going to lose anyways. But there will absolutely be some that will try anyways. I’d say they could watch for those and ban them from whatever league it is, though I have a feeling it’s more likely to go in the hunger games/squid games direction than safer with the current political climate.
Yeah totally agree on everything there. We would step off the scales and immediately start rehydrating. I personally wouldn’t eat until my piss was basically clear and at that stage you haven’t had a good meal in two days at least.
Sounds conplicated, how about we just try more runnin’ in a trash bag.
If you’re only eating protein you don’t need fiber.
And your brain won’t work because it requires at least 110 grams of carbs to function normally. Then you might start saying things like “if you’re only eating protein you don’t need fibre”
Gluconeogenesis is a thing. So while correct, it doesn’t have to be dietary carbs.
Fair enough, that being said, eating exclusively protein is still likely to result in death from nutrient deficiency, kidney overload, protein poisoning, the list goes on.
But thats not as funny.
All those negatives notwithstanding, you still don’t need fiber in your diet if you’re only eating protein.
I mean if you just eat steak and eggs you’re not going to shit. As I said earlier it was a tactic we used for making weight.
Not shitting is a great way to get colon cancer.
Though a fruit only diet, that’s funny.
Oh god your poor anal tract.
Why?