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<blockquote data-quote="Saintjay" data-source="post: 466952" data-attributes="member: 55969">The British Army do it as standard for there boxing teams. Units such as the Royal Anglian regiment with a strong boxing tradition do it in the form of sweat runs. You run in a bin bag T-shirt, hoodie and wool hat. It is all based on burning fat and sweating to death losing fluid to make your weight.I am sure most modern fitness coaches would have a fit as it&#039;s based on fluid loss and can make you very ill but they still do it because yes it works wonders but can be dangeous. Most of the lads that do it have a high standard of fitness to begin with as infantry soldiers, I would not recommend it for people just hoping to lose wieght as a starting point. As soon as you take on fluid the weight starts to go back.&nbsp; So you have to restrict your fluid intake. Having boxed at light weight in the Anglians I would avoid it.I found this brief article to sum it up.For decades, many people have used sweat suits, garbage bags or saunas&nbsp; in order to lose weight quickly. You will lose weight in the form of&nbsp; sweat, which is water and electrolytes, but you will gain it back as&nbsp; soon as you eat again or drink water. This myth seems to have spread&nbsp; through the wrestling, boxing, and other sports gyms where guys need to&nbsp; lose a few pounds in order to make a weight class. But sweating&nbsp; excessively has no useful purpose in health weight loss. The dangers of&nbsp; sweating to lose weight are severe -- they include overheating&nbsp; (heatstroke), extreme loss of electrolytes (kidney damage/death), and&nbsp; other cardiovascular related emergencies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saintjay, post: 466952, member: 55969"] The British Army do it as standard for there boxing teams. Units such as the Royal Anglian regiment with a strong boxing tradition do it in the form of sweat runs. You run in a bin bag T-shirt, hoodie and wool hat. It is all based on burning fat and sweating to death losing fluid to make your weight. I am sure most modern fitness coaches would have a fit as it's based on fluid loss and can make you very ill but they still do it because yes it works wonders but can be dangeous. Most of the lads that do it have a high standard of fitness to begin with as infantry soldiers, I would not recommend it for people just hoping to lose wieght as a starting point. As soon as you take on fluid the weight starts to go back. So you have to restrict your fluid intake. Having boxed at light weight in the Anglians I would avoid it. I found this brief article to sum it up. For decades, many people have used sweat suits, garbage bags or saunas in order to lose weight quickly. You will lose weight in the form of sweat, which is water and electrolytes, but you will gain it back as soon as you eat again or drink water. This myth seems to have spread through the wrestling, boxing, and other sports gyms where guys need to lose a few pounds in order to make a weight class. But sweating excessively has no useful purpose in health weight loss. The dangers of sweating to lose weight are severe -- they include overheating (heatstroke), extreme loss of electrolytes (kidney damage/death), and other cardiovascular related emergencies. [/QUOTE]

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