Water Cut Powerlifting Reddit

My first water cut with a 2 hour weigh in as well worked better than i expected and i cut about 5kg instead of the 2 i needed and it was awful.

Water cut powerlifting reddit. Very different approach to 10l until 1 day out and cut all water 16 18 hours out. Most other guides have you tapering water say 10l for 5 4 and 3 days out then 5l 2 days out then 2l 1 day out and cut all water 12 hours before. I am currently on a lean bulk eating slightly above maintenance. I weighed 84kg before bed and woke up at 82kg.

What r powerlifting isn t this is not a place for. Obviously powerlifting is a strength oriented barbell sport. There seemed to be somewhat adequate interest in a water cut protocol based off my question on the daily so here you guys go. A post doesn t have to violate a rule to not meet our criteria.

Glycogen and muscle water comes off quick and is replaced way easier plus you get to eat steak and eggs instead of sucking for a week. From what i ve read it also differs in timing of of sodium and water manipulation. Hot new top rising. A place to discuss the sport of powerlifting and the training of the lifts a place to post theory discussion and information that will make us better lifters.

My two cents don t throw a cut on top of a meet you weren t really planning on beforehand but if you re going to anyway try a zero carb cut instead especially with only a couple lbs to lose and 2 hour weigh in. Right now i weigh 131lb without water cutting. Popular all random users askreddit news funny gaming aww todayilearned pics tifu worldnews gifs mildlyinteresting showerthoughts videos jokes science movies explainlikeimfive futurology books. With all of that in mind there is a relatively simple way to drop some water weight and not have it affect performance in.

Log in sign up. Posted by 1 year ago. I ve not got a tonne of experience only done one meet but i did a water cut for a two hour weigh in and did a couple of hot water baths on top of all the other normal water cutting stuff the night before. I ve tried both and the latter.

A place where mods will delete any post we feel is not a good fit regardless of any sidebar or faq statements. Press j to jump to the feed. I don t think a 3 4 cut is hard but i do see people do a lot of silly things in order to make weight. Archived comments are locked.

Going into a competition emaciated and feeling like i have worked my way back down to my birth weight is going to not only increase the risk of injury it is also going to make me suck at moving heavy things. The goal is to keep liquids calories and bodyweight as high as possible until the exact weight in moment. A subreddit for the sport of powerlifting. I have a meet coming up in 12.