A term used in boxing and other fight sports where a fighter, in order to compete in a lower weight division, will attempt to "drop weight", loose legitimate weight whether it be fat or muscle, and possibly "cut weight", loose weight by dehydration.
"Cutting weight" is considered by some to be less than honorable, since after the official weigh in, sometimes days before the actual fight, competitors will rehydrate themselves and end up at their real weight, which places them above the upper limit of that particular weight class.
The advantage of cutting weight is that once the fighter passes the weigh-in, he/she is free to regain that weight for the fight, as there are usually no further checks, and thus will be a heavier, more powerful fighter, in a lighter weight division.
The disadvantage to cutting weight and dropping weight in general is that if the fighter fails the weigh-in, he/she is disqualified and cannot compete. Also, a fighter may not be able to fully recover from dehydration by the time of the fight and will be weakened as a result.
"Cutting weight" is considered by some to be less than honorable, since after the official weigh in, sometimes days before the actual fight, competitors will rehydrate themselves and end up at their real weight, which places them above the upper limit of that particular weight class.
The advantage of cutting weight is that once the fighter passes the weigh-in, he/she is free to regain that weight for the fight, as there are usually no further checks, and thus will be a heavier, more powerful fighter, in a lighter weight division.
The disadvantage to cutting weight and dropping weight in general is that if the fighter fails the weigh-in, he/she is disqualified and cannot compete. Also, a fighter may not be able to fully recover from dehydration by the time of the fight and will be weakened as a result.
Did you hear Little Mac dropped down to the 156 to 170lb weight division? He said he cut weight from 175lbs all the way down to 170lbs, but he should be back up to 175lbs for the fight. He's gonna tower over every other welterweight.
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Gym members, often men (and in rare occasions women), who roam in packs and have loud conversations (on subjects ranging from women to beer to women). Often dead weighters will hold court near the section of the gym where the free weights can be found. They are often in good physical shape despite the average age of a dead weightier being 38. They are considered loud and annoying and intimidating to anyone outside of their peer group. More often than not, dead weighters will have an unexplainable close relationship with a aerobics instructor at said gym, with whom they flirt with shamelessly (despite that the dead weighter is often old enough to be her father.)
"Did you get to the Y today"?
"Yeah, but I didn't get to work on my hamstring because a bunch of dead weighters were hanging out on the Nautilist talking about car engines."
"Yeah, but I didn't get to work on my hamstring because a bunch of dead weighters were hanging out on the Nautilist talking about car engines."
by JeremyJB July 3, 2008
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Get the make weight mug.Exactly like "hogging" or hooking up with a fat chick. My brother always hooks up with bigger girls after a few beers. He said he was going to bang the weights, so I assumed it was slang for chasing chubbies.
by Sir Pukesalot March 5, 2011
Get the Banging the weights mug.a verbal request and implied challenge to use heavier weight on exercise apparatus (i.e. a bench press or squat rack) in an over-crowded gym to gain sole usage of the respective equipment.
Tron walked into the gym wanting to bench press, however, all of the benches were full. Luckily for Tron, there was mad weak-sauce on one of the benches. Tron approached the low-life weak-saucer and issued a weight check. Having successfully lifted an exponentially larger amount of weight, the weak-saucer had no choice but to call off troops and recede to a corner to accept his shame.
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