#487: Weight Cutting in Combat Sports – Jordan Sullivan
Sigma Nutrition Radio
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How to Avoid Performance Downsides on Weight Loss
Athletes often use strategies that have been used for just a few days in the lead up to weigh in. They're literally the opposite of what the athlete should have been doing, hopefully, for the previous couple of months. The things that can probably most have the highest risk of compromising them on fight day are long time spent in a bath or a sauna. In 24 hours, there's a very good chance you could replace 80%, 90% of those carbohydrates with something else and not be able to do it all at once. So we need to do things that not only allow you to make weight, but preserve your performance as well.
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