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http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/The-Crusade-to-End-Extreme-Weight-Cutting-118955
Excerpt:
“We’ve reached out to different experts all over the world who specialize in fields like dehydration so we can educate our fighters and explain why certain things are not good for them,” Novitzky added. “It’s important that they are aware of the short- and long-term effects of extreme cuts and how it will inevitably affect their performance if they continue to use extreme methods. Since I’ve been accumulating the numbers, there has been a significant drop off in those kinds of weight-cutting methods. UFC 209 was a perfect example of that. The fighters really didn’t have a lot of weight to lose for the card, but when you have a high-profile pullout like Khabib, those things tend to be overlooked.”
Novitzky remains confident that the UFC’s Performance Institute will help weight management education spread throughout the sport. With nutrition experts only really available to fighters with the most financial resources, he claims the new campus will grant all UFC competitors access to similar consultations at no cost of their own. Novitzky hopes UFC fighters will become further enlightened at the campus and take what they have learned back to their respective teams -- a development that could facilitate broader education on weight management across MMA.
“I’m really excited about the new campus that we will be opening in Las Vegas,” he said. “It should be open next month, and it’s going to include a performance unit. The facility will have the latest and greatest training equipment. There will also be two full-time nutritionists on the staff. That’s going to allow us to bring in our athletes, whether it’s at the beginning of their training camp or at the end of their training camp.
Read more at http://www.sherdog.com/news/article...eme-Weight-Cutting-118955#7sEORE4bmeOiUG5r.99
Excerpt:
“We’ve reached out to different experts all over the world who specialize in fields like dehydration so we can educate our fighters and explain why certain things are not good for them,” Novitzky added. “It’s important that they are aware of the short- and long-term effects of extreme cuts and how it will inevitably affect their performance if they continue to use extreme methods. Since I’ve been accumulating the numbers, there has been a significant drop off in those kinds of weight-cutting methods. UFC 209 was a perfect example of that. The fighters really didn’t have a lot of weight to lose for the card, but when you have a high-profile pullout like Khabib, those things tend to be overlooked.”
Novitzky remains confident that the UFC’s Performance Institute will help weight management education spread throughout the sport. With nutrition experts only really available to fighters with the most financial resources, he claims the new campus will grant all UFC competitors access to similar consultations at no cost of their own. Novitzky hopes UFC fighters will become further enlightened at the campus and take what they have learned back to their respective teams -- a development that could facilitate broader education on weight management across MMA.
“I’m really excited about the new campus that we will be opening in Las Vegas,” he said. “It should be open next month, and it’s going to include a performance unit. The facility will have the latest and greatest training equipment. There will also be two full-time nutritionists on the staff. That’s going to allow us to bring in our athletes, whether it’s at the beginning of their training camp or at the end of their training camp.
Read more at http://www.sherdog.com/news/article...eme-Weight-Cutting-118955#7sEORE4bmeOiUG5r.99