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Originally posted by coachjw:
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Originally posted by Scooby:
I watched that TV show about Ultimate fighting the other night. Its a competetion and anyways- They had a guy lose 20 pounds in 24 hours- just to make weight- ouch. Seems like he went though alot more then anyone I had seen and the doctor said he was fine and wasn't that bad in the dehydration department

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Let me clear a few things up. When you dehydrate your body you are not losing weight, you are cutting weight. I promise you it will come back as soon as you start replenishing your fluids. Ultimate fighters and boxers alike will do this to their bodies about once every three months (sometimes less than once a year) on the professional level. Then, they will have up to 24 hours to recover. In that time they may actually gain back every bit of the 20 pounds they have cut, giving themselves what they perceive as a real advantage. Wrestlers do it once to twice a week. I would not suggest subjecting your body to that form of abuse.
Coach- I was commenting on the dehydration and not the weight lose per say. There is a huge difference and I understand that but saying a kid will dehrydrate during practice if no water is given is just hard to figure when you watch something like the Boxers cutting 24 lbs in 24 hours and not dehydrate. I know it could happen but it has to be more then an hour and 30 minutes I would think. if the wrestlers drinks all day long he should be fine in practice.