How To Make Weight For Boxing And Other Combat Sports

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How To Make Weight For Boxing And Other Combat Sports With Sports Nutritionists, Matt Hind And Connor Nowaczyk

Today on HealthAide chats, Dr Khurram Akhter speaks to Matt Hind and Connor Nowaczyk who run a bespoke sports science service that helps athletes achieve excellence through specialist nutrition & physiological support.

They currently work with both amateur and professional boxers on the national and international stage, helping to optimise training recovery and adaptations, sustainable weight loss towards fight night and enhancing fight night nutrition protocols.

Matt and Connor can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/company/prime-health-performance/

Content in this video is for informative purposes only and does not serve as medical advice. Please see your usual medical practitioner for a review or further information, prior to starting any training regime or treatment plan.

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(0:00) Intro

(1:33) What is the process you go through with a fighter at the start of a training camp?

(2:49) Tools of the nutritionist

(4:06) At the start of a training camp, what metrics are you measuring?

(7:14) How do you do body composition testing?

(9:04) What is dexa analysis?

(10:03) Do you look at a fighter’s current diet to work out how to improve things?

(11:35) How do you divide and time your macros?

(22:54) Should you use electrolytes when rehydrating?

(24:29) After losing fat over the first 4 weeks, what happens next?

(33:59) What are the risks of water loading?

(38:40) What supplements do you recommend?

(46:51) What supplements should you take for general health?

(53:32) What should you eat after the weigh-in?

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How To Make Weight For Boxing And Other Combat Sports