Sweating It Off

mjd4040 · 08-Mar-06, 03:38 PM

Okay this is somethign that I have wonered about for a long time. When a fighter/wrestler works out in sweatsuits not to cut weight but they work out in them to burn fat I think. The same thing as sitting in the Sauna. When you get out of the Sauna and rehydrate yourself (drink water or whatever) aren't you gaining that weight right back. If so why would you waste your time in the Sauna.

**cursor** · 08-Mar-06, 04:35 PM

When I sauna, it's not with the intent of sweating off the fat ... 'cause it just doesn't work that way.

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SNPiccolo5 · 08-Mar-06, 06:30 PM

IF... you were doing that to burn FAT, then drinking water wouldn't gain it all back. However, if one gains it all back just by drinking water- then that clearly shows that the weight lost was no fat, but instead water. Some wrestlers will actually dehydrate themselves a lot using techniques you mentioned so that they can get into a lower weight class- not very healthy IMO.

There are, as Cursor mentioned, other benefits to the sauna.

-Tim

etothepii · 08-Mar-06, 10:54 PM

If you happened to watch the UFC's reality show (season one), there was a fighter who had to lose 20 lbs over night in order to meet weight for the weigh in. He did it. After the weigh in, he drank it right back.

**cursor** · 09-Mar-06, 05:51 AM

Wow ... talk about unhealthy! I wonder what the real risks of such drastic dehydration are.

killerduck · 09-Mar-06, 06:28 AM

thats obviously bull crap. if you lost that much water in one day you would pass out or die.

mjd4040 · 09-Mar-06, 09:37 AM

i did see that. he did lose that much weight in order to ake weight for the match.

etothepii · 09-Mar-06, 09:54 AM

Boby Southworth. Either he did it, or for some reason, they faked the whole thing. I can't think of any reason to fake it. It may have been an exaggeration. Maybe he lost 17 or 18 pounds, and they rounded up?

**cursor** · 09-Mar-06, 11:01 AM

Maybe he lost 22 and they rounded down ...

**maverick** · 09-Mar-06, 11:10 AM

Whether the numbers were fudged or not, Joe "Diesel" Riggs before the most recent UFC event (which I watched, AWESOME! No more Couture though

) weighed in at made his weigh-in at 170 pounds. 36 hours later he was a said to weight 202! The only reason this is even slightly believable to me is because this 170 weight class fighter used to fight in the super heavyweights (300+). He's about the biggest, most solid 170 I've ever seen.

Maxgain · 09-Mar-06, 05:52 PM

Symptoms of early or mild dehydration include:

flushed face
extreme thirst, more than normal or unable to drink
dry, warm skin
cannot pass urine or reduced amounts, dark, yellow
dizziness made worse when you are standing
weakness
cramping in the arms and legs
crying with few or no tears
sleepy or irritable
unwell
headaches
dry mouth, dry tongue; with thick saliva.

Symptoms of moderate to severe dehydration include:

low blood pressure
fainting
severe muscle contractions in the arms, legs, stomach, and back
convulsions
a bloated stomach
heart failure
sunken fontanelle - soft spot on a infants head
sunken dry eyes, with few or no tears
skin loses its firmness and looks wrinkled
lack of elasticity of the skin (when a bit of skin lifted up stays folded and takes a long time to go back to its normal position)
rapid and deep breathing - faster than normal
fast, weak pulse

In severe dehydration, these effects become more pronounced and the patient may develop evidence of hypovolaemic shock, including: diminished consciousness, lack of urine output, cool moist extremities, a rapid and feeble pulse (the radial pulse may be undetectable), low or undetectable blood pressure, and peripheral cyanosis. Death follows soon if rehydration is not started quickly.