Comments on: What do you lose when you have low body fat?

By: Patrick M

Patrick M — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:24:14 +0000

generally they are losing water weight to make a different weight class and it is only for the weigh in. Usually rapid weight loss like that is almost all water weight and empty digestive tracts. It would be minimal amounts of fat or muscle.

By: DonA

DonA — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:11:06 +0000

They would probably be sacrificing some muscle mass as well as fat.

By: yaaaa

yaaaa — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:20:04 +0000

water and muscle mass
they wouldnt loose fat

By: heartfruitsalad

heartfruitsalad — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:26:54 +0000

I believe boxers often dehydrate to loose weight before a match (not that I’d recommend it). So in that case they are losing water mostly. But loosing muscle is certainly a possibility.