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Post by austinslater on Aug 22, 2006 21:32:03 GMT -5
Hey guys I need to weigh in on saturday for the washington state championships. Im about 214 right now in the morning and need to weigh 209. how can I make weight and load up in a couple of hours to keep my strength? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Austin
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Post by Mr. Espey on Aug 23, 2006 0:40:17 GMT -5
Sweat it out... then drink Pedialyte after you make weight. There is no other way.
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Post by Brian Kehler on Aug 23, 2006 2:35:48 GMT -5
Yup... it's only 5lbs too. not too hard at all.
immediately cut out sodium, sugar, dairy... start shedding water now with dietary change... vitamin B6 is a diuretic.. or you could just get an actual diuretic... see where you're at friday... then hit a sauna, hopefully iits only a few pounds... weigh in sat morning and pound the pedialyte
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Post by Will Sarty on Aug 23, 2006 4:10:38 GMT -5
I tried "shredded" last year to make weight and worked really good. Dropped 20 pounds in a week. Its a Diuretic though so now with the drug testing at the World level it will test positive so be careful if you go this route. The supplement says only take for 2 days at a time so 7 days out i took it for 2 days...took 3 days off and took for an additional 2 days prior to weigh ins. Still had to sweat some off in the shower but in the end made weight.
Kehler. Thats very interesting about Vitamin B6. How effective is this and would it show in a WADA test where it acts as a diuretic
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Post by austinslater on Aug 23, 2006 6:48:48 GMT -5
Thanks guys I appreciate the advice!
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Post by austinslater on Aug 23, 2006 7:22:23 GMT -5
Is gatorade a suitable alternative to pedeolyte? If not what is the difference between the 2?
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Post by Mr. Espey on Aug 23, 2006 10:48:44 GMT -5
Use pedialyte dude... it is meant for re-hydration.
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Post by nikstraub on Aug 23, 2006 14:18:50 GMT -5
I doubt you would feel a dramatic strength decrease with losing 5 pounds austin.
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Post by austinslater on Aug 23, 2006 21:57:24 GMT -5
Pedialyte it is.  I was hoping I could wuss out and take gatorade instead. Thanks for the advice guys. Looking forward to a good tourney. Austin |
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Post by Brian Kehler on Aug 24, 2006 0:30:56 GMT -5
B6 just acts as a diuretic, a mild one. the RDA for B6 is something like 2 or 3mg.... but there have actually been studies that show taking an excessive amount of B6 (40mg + ) over a prolonged period of time can raise natural GH levels by up to 40%.
Granted a that level it can also cause neural paralysis... which only lasts the duration of supplementation. B6 is actually used to treat carpal tunnel in some cases... hense the neural involvement.
as far as the diuretic part goes, it helps with water retention... but i wouldn't count on it to shed a large amount of water... few lbs... would help... and would NOT test positive on any test.
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I was hoping I could wuss out and take gatorade instead. Thanks for the advice guys. Looking forward to a good tourney.