Weight cutting

[farrella]

in response to preventing dangerous weight cuts why don't they just establish a minimum allowable water percentage? Do they not do this bc it will vary from person to person (I can't imagine it would vary that much) or is it hard to accurately measure water percentage in the body? I find this also a surmountable task. I am not advocating for it or against it I just wonder why the people who would be trying to prevent these extreme weight cuts would not suggest this. Thanks for any insight I may be missing or unclear on.

 

[DeadlyDuddly]

in response to preventing dangerous weight cuts why don't they just establish a minimum allowable water percentage? Do they not do this bc it will vary from person to person (I can't imagine it would vary that much) or is it hard to accurately measure water percentage in the body? I find this also a surmountable task. I am not advocating for it or against it I just wonder why the people who would be trying to prevent these extreme weight cuts would not suggest this. Thanks for any insight I may be missing or unclear on.

You just want to prevent Conor returning to featherweight and continue watching him get beat up ? Don't you ?

 

[Kgeorge]

Yes you are right they can check water percentage... very easy to test and could save the fighters a lot of trouble. Similar to how they test for bodyfat but just for water instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioelectrical_impedance_analysis

 

[farrella]

Then why don't they consider this as an option?