Weight cutting strategies in weightlifting - with Paul Campbell

🏋️‍♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cutting-weight-100508006 🏋️‍♀️Weightlifting is contested in weight classes, making it essential to strategically select the most optimal weight class for each athlete. Whether aiming for qualification status, team selection, or improving competitive standings, various practices are employed to fit athletes into specific weight classes, often lower than their normal or optimal weight.Rapid weight loss practices are utilized to bring lifters down a weight class, but the frequency of their implementation remains unknown. Additionally, we don't really know which strategies, such as sauna use or water loading, are most popular? In this interview, Paul Campbell discusses a study surveying rapid weight loss practices in Olympic weightlifters and powerlifters. This study is part of Paul's PhD research and addresses questions he encountered as an athlete himself.Enjoy!Original research paper:Gee TI, Campbell P, Bargh MJ, Martin D. Rapid Weight Loss Practices Within Olympic Weightlifters. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. 2023 Oct 1;37(10):2046-51.https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2023/10000/rapid_weight_loss_practices_within_olympic.18.aspx Mentioned study in powerlifters:Campbell P, Martin D, Bargh MJ, Gee TI. A comparison of rapid weight loss practices within international, national and regional powerlifters. Nutrition and Health. 2023 Sep 11:02601060231201892.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02601060231201892Join Evidence Strong Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrongWatch the episodes on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9L-_m0WGD_7xV0sf87Zy7oMVDdtqR3bGWeightlifting research infographics:https://evidencestrong.comPaul Campbell:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-campbell-a545b3100/Follow Evidence Strong:https://www.instagram.com/evidence_stronghttps://twitter.com/EvidenceStrongAll the content is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical, nutritional, coaching, or financial advice, nor does it substitute for advice from your health care professional/provider. Any actions you will take, changes you will make to your nutrition, training or health care, are on your own responsibility and not mine.

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