Amateur or professional sports at any level, provides an opportunity for discussion before the race: the weigh-in of athletes.

We assume that in the combat sports physical contact is a predominant component, if: power = mass x acceleration there will be hard to see how a few Kg could lead to a major disparity between the two athletes.
Depending on what you try generally to reach the weight where you can express an optimal performance.
Choosing a category (link) rather than another depends on its structure, how to choose a dress. In other words the category that, for him, will “sew” better morphology will be yours: great boxers like Rocky Marciano or Mike Tyson, although it didn’t stand out in stature, showed a natural predisposition to the maximum.

Although it is only right for lent you maintain a low percentage of body fat, lose weight excessively for a category maybe lower involves, besides one mental stress, also declines of athletic performance and possible health effects. Vice versa also increase muscle mass at all costs with an advantage in terms of force could have negative implications, for the athlete, in terms of agility and quickness.

What are the factors affecting weight management?

1. Training: according to the Protocol adopted can range from an implementation of caloric expenditure, with increased fatty acid oxidation and subsequent weight loss or weight gain anabolic adaptations to a functional.
2. Nutrition: the factor that plays the most important role in relation to its weight. Proper nutrition is not limited only to achieve an optimal ratio between lean and fat mass but, through its direct correlation to Bioenergetic processes and systemic, even to the maximization of the performance.
   Eat well and train well represent the best way to get to the race in top form.

When should I intervene on the weight?  A great teacher (Octavio Tazzi) reportedly said: “El pes itself fà to tavula (the weight is at the dinner table)” this is to say that the inspection should take place on a daily basis, through a balanced diet and treated but unfortunately in practice often acts with different methods:

• rapid decline (from 1 to 7 days before): is the decrease in caloric intake and of glycogen coupled with a phase of gradual decrease electrolyte (sodium and potassium) take in order to eliminate the excess fluid. The water represents between 50% and 60% of our body is dehydration and possible induced hyperthermia (sauna, Turkish bath) allows a substantial loss of Kg. This method is not suitable for everyone and can be very dangerous: the drastic reduction of liquids with altered electrolyte balance creates cardiovascular, nervous fatigue and decreased sweating and reduced ability to disperse heat. Only professional athletes can use this mode, proceeding within 24hours after the weight to one being charged for restoring balance to Hydro-citrate and glycogen stores.
• moderate decline (from 7 days to 3 weeks before): represents a condition milder than the previous followed by a maintenance phase and consists of a reduction in caloric intake or the change of energy sources, lessening the carbohydrates in favor of lipids. It’s a great method that does not stress the athlete and is used in view of the close match (a few hours) and scales in cases of athletes who have a decent amount of excess mass.
• gradual decline (from 3 weeks to months before): when the athlete is for various reasons to having to miss a very substantial amount of body fat and too drastic diets would result in non-reversible performance dips in the short term.

The decrease in weight according to DIY approaches are often unsuccessful and not exempted from contraindications, nutrition is a science, and as such should be handled by professionals through a daily route designed and made to measure.
The victories are built day after day, with one goal, to preserve the physical health of the athlete.