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Weightlifting is contested in weight classes, making it essential to strategically select the most optimal weight class for each athlete. Whether aiming for qualification status, team selection, or improving competitive standings, various practices are employed to fit athletes into specific weight classes, often lower than their normal or optimal weight.

Rapid weight loss practices are utilized to bring lifters down a weight class, but the frequency of their implementation remains unknown. Additionally, we don't really know which strategies, such as sauna use or water loading, are most popular?

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