08 Aug Quick tip #13: Five Weight Cutting tips

By: Brian Carroll

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For the complete guide to making weight the safest and most effective way possible, check out Brian’s weight cutting ebook “Cutting Weight”. The tips below are merely a tease from the book. Get the book here: Cutting Weight AND 10/20/Life Combo!

Enjoy these tips safely and at your own risk. Consult your Doctor.

Cutting weight can be DANGEROUS and is NOT suggested when health issues could be present, you’re a weak-minded individual or those who don’t enjoy being a little uncomfortable.

When properly executed, you can lift in a lighter weight class with zero damage to strength levels. Get the book to see EXACTLY how it’s done.

1. Make sure you carb deplete one week out. Do not decide you want to pile on the cherry pies less than one week before weigh-in. The amount of stored glycogen could come back to bite you in the ass. Start the week out with a high rep workout to deplete glycogen stores with reps 15 or more.

2. Water load. I outline this in “Cutting Weight” to a T and makes the cut easy as hell. Water loading plus carb depletion is much easier than simply sweating the weight out or other drastic measures at the last minute.

3. Don’t panic if the weight is slow to come off. Trust the process and prep the body to take care of the rest. The way I outline the cut, it preps your body to release it slowly over the week, then the majority the day before weigh in, mostly the evening before.

4. Have a meet like scale to monitor your weight all week. Don’t be THAT guy whose scale is 6 pounds LIGHT and off in the weeds the night before the cut and doesn’t make weight. Synch up the meet scale and your scale as soon as possible so there is no guess work. This really matters!

5. Don’t make weight early. If you happen to have the weight ‘fall off’ more than 12 hours before weigh in — eat and drink! DO NOT be dehydrated for any longer than necessary. It’s dangerous and can hurt your performance. It takes time to master, but being the lightest necessary for the shortest amount of time possible, greatly reduces your health and performance risks. Be slow to consume too many carbs, but have some fluid and some fats and monitor your weight closely.

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Brian is a retired world-class powerlifter with over two decades of world-class powerlifting. From 1999 to 2020, Brian Carroll was a competitive powerlifter, one of the most accomplished lifters in the sport's history. Brian started off competing in bench press competitions 'raw,' then, shortly into the journey, he gravitated toward equipped lifting as there were no "raw" categories then. You only had to choose from single-ply (USPF) and Multi-ply (APF/WPC). Brian went on to total 2730 at 275 and 2651 at 242 with more than ten times his body weight in three different classes (220, 242, 275), and both bench pressed and deadlifted over 800 pounds in two other weight classes. He's totaled 2600 over 20 times in 2 different weight classes in his career. With 60 squats of 1000lbs or more officially, this is the most in powerlifting history, regardless of weight class or federation, by anyone not named David Hoff. Brian realized many ups and downs during his 20+ years competing. After ten years of high-level powerlifting competition and an all-time World Record squat at 220 with 1030, in 2009, Brian was competing for a Police academy scholarship. On a hot and humid July morning, Brian, hurdling over a barricade at 275lbs, landed on, fell, and hurt his back. After years of back pain and failed therapy, Brian met with world-renowned back specialist Prof McGill in 2013, which changed his trajectory more than he could have imagined. In 2017, Brian Carroll and Prof McGill authored the best-selling book about Brian's triumphant comeback to powerlifting in Gift of Injury. Most recently (10.3.20) -Brian set the highest squat of all time (regardless of weight class) with 1306 lbs – being the first man to break the 1300lb squat barrier at a bodyweight of 303 lbs.

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