Quote Originally Posted by Fantana View Post
LIL_IRON_MIKE


By dropping in weight will you loose power? This question has many variables which will need to be discussed, assesed and accounted for. DAA as I teach in my classes.


First of all, weight means a lot of things. It means water, fat, muscle, etc, there is only 1 thing you want to be looking at loosing (burning off) and that is FAT. You want to keep as much muscle as possible, while burning off your fat.

So you need to get your body fat accounted for. Now, if you have a big belly, and cannot see the bicep muscle line, your going probably to be over 25%, so your clinically obese.

Anyway, get it measured.

If you just drop without monitoring your body fat, you will end up loosing a lot of muscle and retaining fat and loosing power.

Cant be bothered writing all this out, PM me for more
So when it comes to weight loss there are a lot of factors to consider but how do they all come together? I just have a few questions that have been bothering me.

(1) We know that power comes from the muscle in a boxer's body but how would water and fats affect the power, speed and overall performance.

(2) In addition to muscles, water and fats, it was mentioned that the bone structure as well is a factor, why?

(3) In the de la hoya vs pacquiao match, de la hoya was considered dehydrated. When a boxer is unable to make weight, is draining water from the body a last resort? How big of a factor is water to our weight.

Thank you!!!