Make Weight Smart: The Ketogenic Approach for Boxers

Make Weight Smart

The Ketogenic Approach for Boxers

Making weight should never destroy performance.

For too long, fighters have relied on extreme weight cuts, dehydration, starvation, and last-minute panic just to make the scales. But there is a smarter and more structured approach.

Make Weight Smart is a practical guide to safe and effective weight management in boxing and combat sports. Written by Andy Hodges, this book combines real coaching experience with evidence-informed nutrition and performance principles to help athletes improve control, recovery, and consistency.

This is not a crash-diet book.

It is a guide to understanding how the body fuels performance — and how fighters can manage weight without sacrificing strength, focus, or health.

Inside the book, you will learn:

• Why traditional “weight cutting” methods often fail
• How ketosis and fat adaptation work in combat sports
• The role of carbohydrates, fats, hydration, and electrolytes
• How to manage fight camp nutrition more effectively
• Safe approaches to fight-week preparation
• Rehydration and recovery strategies after weigh-ins
• How coaches, parents, and athletes can build healthier habits around making weight

Written in a simple, coach-led style, this book is designed for:

• Amateur and professional boxers
• Combat sport athletes
• Coaches and trainers
• Parents supporting young athletes
• Anyone interested in structured weight management for performance

Whether you compete in the ring or coach from the corner, Make Weight Smart offers a practical and realistic approach to making weight without unnecessary suffering.

🥊 Train smart.

🥊 Make weight smart.

🥊 Perform at your best.