Episode 151 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition‘s We Do Science podcast! In this episode, Laurent Bannock discusses 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

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Key paper(s) discussed / referred to:

• Making weight in combat sports
• The magnitude of rapid weight loss and rapid weight gain in 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