"Making Weight in Combat Sports" with Dr Carl Langan-Evans and Joseph Matthews PhD(c)

Episode 151 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "Making Weight in Combat Sports" with Dr Carl Langan-Evans (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) and Joseph Matthews PhD(c) (Nottingham Trent University / Birmingham City University, UK).

Discussion Topics Include:

• Overview of Combat Sports and weight classifications
• "Extreme Rapid Weight Loss" and "Rapid Weight Gain" in combat sports
• Metabolic regulation and exercise physiology relevant to combat sports
• Energy Availability, Relative Energy Deficiency, the Male and Female Athlete Triad
• Combat Sport Nutrition: an overview of the science and application into practice

Podcast Episode Transcript: Download PDF Copy

Key Paper(s) Discussed / Referred to:

• Making Weight in Combat Sports
• The Magnitude of Rapid Weight Loss and Rapid Weight Gainin Combat Sport Athletes Preparing for Competition:A Systematic Review
• Extreme Rapid Weight Loss and Rapid Weight GainObserved in UK Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Preparingfor Competition
• Combat Sport Nutrition: A Pragmatic Case Study in an Elite Mixed Martial Arts Athlete
• The Psychological and Physiological Consequences of Low EnergyAvailability in a Male Combat Sport Athlete

Related Podcast Episodes:

• #148 - "Relative Energy Deficiency: Research to Practice" with Dr Nicky Keay
• #136 - "Energy Availability: From Health to Performance" with Jose Areta PhD
• #134 - "Nutrition Behaviour Change for Professional Weight-Making Athletes" with Dan Martin PhD

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