I know a guy that does the same thing. I honestly believe his lifts suffer on meet day because of it. Perhaps he's not doing it right. I wouldn't know. I do know the "back room" of the gym was covered with his blood due to numerous failed IV attempts the night before a meet, and he put up his worst totals in years at that oneWouldn't bother me in the least. I always compete at my training weight.
I know one guy in particular that drops tons of weight the week prior to the meet through water manipulation, weighs in, then goes nuts with food/water/bacon, etc.
I think he'd be better off just competing at his normal weight.
Just my $0.02
I haven't had to do any water manipulation in a long time. 7lbs doesn't really require much. Just sit in a sauna for a bit the night before and you'll be fine.
I'm thinking I'll probably use Lasix for mine.
My coach had me do a 10 lb water cut about 6 months ago, then in January I did a 20 lb water cut. The 20 lb cut went better than the 10 lb cut because I knew more and stayed on top of the details. On the last day I cut 6 lbs to make weight, by wearing a plastic garbage bag and blasting my heat on my 6 hour drive, then when I got to my hotel, soaking in water so hot it almost burned me for 15 to 20 minute sessions over another 3 hours.
We didn't use Lasix -- it was an all natural cut and the only diuretic I used was dandelion root. I did get the sh*ts after (though not as bad as after my 10 lb cut) -- turns out the re-hydration and re-feeding was the hardest part of the cut! The next day I had a spectacular competition.
PM me if you want to know the protocol.
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