I’ve gotten my getting down from my walking-around weight of 186ish to 170 pretty good: it’s not hard or terribly uncomfortable. I also know that a lot of HS/College Wrestlers cut all the time.
I’m not asking about how often you can do a cut without causing serious damage, I’m asking about as someone who is not a pro (getting paid for this), and who is interested in general health in addition to being competitive at an amateur level.
I ask because I’ve done this cut twice in the last month, and I can feel it catching up to me. I’m thinking Mid-Aug at the earliest before I’d want to do it again. But I’d like to hear recommendations at to number of times a year/frequency for general health.
As long as you rehydrate properly I wouldn’t really worry about it. I was never really worried about frequency, only coming down in weight comfortably, hydrating properly, and getting a good meal after the weigh in.
[quote]goldengloves wrote:
As long as you rehydrate properly I wouldn’t really worry about it. I was never really worried about frequency, only coming down in weight comfortably, hydrating properly, and getting a good meal after the weigh in.
most college wrestlers worth a shit will do it twice a week.
I did it 2x a week- 8-12 lbs and I was a sub 150lb athlete
cut to 130 or 125 and ‘walked around’ at 138 to 140
for bigger tournaments til I couldnt I would cut to 118.5 or 119.5
you feel like shit and all I can say is you just get over it.
now that might have been extreme- and certainly not healthy-
but that is what I needed to do to start and win.
[quote]goldengloves wrote:
As long as you rehydrate properly I wouldn’t really worry about it. I was never really worried about frequency, only coming down in weight comfortably, hydrating properly, and getting a good meal after the weigh in.
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