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The ISSN Guidelines, in Plain English

The 2025 ISSN combat sports position stand — weight cuts, weigh-ins and the recovery window — summarised into two readable pages. One email gets you this AND the hour-by-hour Rehydration Protocol, straight away.

  • PDF 1 — The ISSN Guidelines, in Plain English: the four numbers that matter, the shape of the 24 hours, and what the guidelines are not.
  • PDF 2 — The Rehydration Protocol: the same guidance turned hour-by-hour. 24-hour weigh-in on one side, same-day on the other.
  • Both include the safety lines most protocols skip — the stop signs, and why IV rehydration is a WADA violation, not a shortcut.

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Before you use these: both PDFs are educational information only. They are not medical advice, and they are not a substitute for individual guidance from a doctor, registered dietitian or accredited sports nutritionist.

They are not a licence to cut harder. Nothing in them makes a bigger cut safe.

Under-18s, and anyone with a heart, kidney or metabolic condition or an eating-disorder history, should not use weight-cutting or rehydration protocols without direct medical supervision.