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#487: Weight Cutting in Combat Sports – Jordan Sullivan

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The Risks of Cutting Weight

The risk first reward when you're an amateur is not the same when you're a professional. You need to understand what Israelad Asanya and Alex Volkonovsky do probably doesn't apply to you. Even if you do it in all of the right ways, there's still going to be a huge risk of fluid volume depletion. It can change the balance of electrolytes in your blood which means you can slip into a coma at any time. That can cause organ failure or even brain shut down. I'd say 9.9 times out of 10, unless you're a high level professional, it's probably not worth that risk doing the numbers that the very, very top level guys

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