Скачать или смотреть You don't need to cut weight for your first BJJ competition

I’d avoid this if it’s your first time competing!

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What are your thoughts on weight cutting in BJJ? What about for first-time competitors? Comment below 👇

I’ve done 60 tournaments so far at blue belt, and I’ve been around the block with weight cuts, getting gold at no-gi Pans and silver at no-gi Euros and Master Worlds, all at a weight class below where I normally compete… but this was an intentional “optimization” on my part. I’ve done cuts where I’ve felt amazing, losing 10-15 pounds without affecting my performance, and I’ve don’t brutal cuts where I just ended up hurting myself. Weight cutting is not user-friendly.

IMHO, there are merits to weight cutting in certain contexts, but, you don’t have to cut weight, even later on in your comp journey. You especially don’t need to cut weight for your first few tournaments. There’s so much else to worry about already, that trying to add a weight cut on top of everything is probably just gonna hurt your performance in the beginning (wrestlers tho, y’all different…)

Weight cutting is a controversial topic that deserves a full video (if you’re interested in this video, lemme know), but for now I wanted to just give some advice on the topic to anyone who’s gonna start competing and thinks they have to cut weight: you don’t!

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