wrestling=cutting weight

ok so i'm getting ready for wrestling season and that means cutting weight, extreme weight cuttage. like dropping from 169lbs at 23% to 145 to 152. i'm leaning more to the 152 because i'll be stronger at that weight. so i eat fruit for breakfast, half a protein bar for a snack, and a small salad for lunch, then another half, then a protein shake.

i'm thinking about adding a muscle to make sure i get my vitamins and what not, and taking definition too give me that little bit of water weight advantage. any comments on wht else would help me cut, and if there are any ohter wrestlers who could give me some advice. i'd be very grateful

or even the cla gels or zip

I used to live in college with an NCAA division I Southern Conference champion back in my undergrad days.

Let me shoot him an email and see what he recommends. He was always cutting weight and I am sure he has a trick or two.

Off the top of my head, I would say stay away from stuff that is going to cause you to retain water like creatine...but that is a no-brainer, you probably already had that one

yessir, thanks a ton for the sent email.

Avoid salt too the last few days before stepping the scale. You may use distilled water for drinking, but it will dry you out and give cotton mouth if you are working out/wrestling.

If your body is off, slightly dehydrated etc anything like that, grab pedialyte or however you spell it. Gatoraid is high fructose corn surup garbage water. Kind of like coke and pepsi but without carbonic acid, phosphoric acid, and caf.

To drink day of or between matches, I don't trust most water these days. You can buy a drink mix for wrestlers on certain websites that make you salivate and replenish electrolytes. I went to Detroit a few weeks ago and went against a well known heavy weight national pro champion. The city water seemed like 50% sewage and 50% pool water; I had no energy, hated the taste, and got cotton mouth. Bottled spring water seems predictable enough during the day of the match.

The week or more before your meet or match I would eat a bowl or two of Kashi Cereal and other sources of fiber daily. Play around with this, and you will know when you have had too much fiber. For older grapplers (OG's) or college level this helps us sometimes with 5-10 pounds. I move from 208 to the sub 199.9 easily without dehydration in one week.

Also, I don't care what ANY coach says technique wins, not a few pounds. If you don't fit the weight class, move up one and adapt. This is your time to grow into a man, not deprive your body of nutrients. Keep on working and a Division I school is around the corner.

I hope my spelling wasn't too off, it is quite late.

Brings back the memories!

My fav was chunk light tuna in plain salad. Greens only. The greens filled up the stomach space and tuna gave me the protein. Hot sauce was the dressing. This has some salt in it but I didn't have to cut that much so water retention it wasn't an issue for me. Plus I only really had to do this in the preseason. Once I made weight I was able to maintain it.

Well after all those abusive workouts I bet you didn't put it back on! lol

I often train D 1 college wrestlers that want to fight MMA, and I'm always amazing at their workouts.. although they like mine too.

For Clarion, PA.

Early AM, 2 hours of conditioning.

Afternoon, 2 hours of wrestling drills, live from positions, and sometimes conditioning such as wind sprints and carrying your buddy on your back on and down huge flights of stairs.

5 days a week.

Oh the day of our youth!

Wow, nothing that crazy. Just regular practice in a windowless room that was maybe 30' by 30' with no air circulation. It was like the world's nastiest sauna.