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AI-Powered Nutrition Management

Make weight.
Stay strong.

Personalized weight cut plans built around your schedule, sport, and body.

Day-by-day nutrition

Precise calorie and macro targets for every day of your cut.

Smart weight tracking

Log check-ins and watch your progress update in real time.

Recovery planning

Post weigh-in refeed strategy to perform at your best.

Impact by the numbers

10k+Users
130K+Cuts Completed
3M+Social Media
Outreach

The process

From your current weight to the scale, in three steps.

I

Set your target

Enter your current weight, target weight class, sport, weigh-in date, and any planned training sessions.

II

Generate your plan

The AI builds a personalised day-by-day roadmap — water loading, sodium management, calorie targets, and recovery.

III

Track your progress

Log daily weigh-ins. Watch your trajectory and adjust if you're running ahead or behind.

Energy Response

Not all calories hit the same.

See how different foods affect your blood sugar during a cut. Click a food to compare curves.

Sports Drink High Spike

Rapid spike, hard crash — leaves you flat before weigh-in.

Sample output

A complete plan,
not just a number.

The plan breaks your cut into phases — water loading, sodium restriction, and the final active cut — so you know exactly what to do each day.

Post weigh-in refeed timing is included so you step onto the mat fuelled, not depleted.

7-Day Cut Plan

MMA · Middleweight155 → 150 lbs
Active

Phase 1 — Water Loading

Day 1
154.8
Day 2
154.5

2 gal water/day · normal sodium · 2,200 cal

Phase 2 — Sodium Restriction

Day 3
153.8
Day 4
152.9

<1000mg sodium · 1 gal water · 1,800 cal

Phase 3 — Active Cut

Day 5
151.8
Day 6
150.8
Day 7
150 ✓

1,200 cal · low carb · optional sauna

5.0 lbs

Total cut

7 days

Duration

2 hrs

Refeed window

Safe

Risk level

Supported sports

Built for every combat sport with a weight class.

MMABoxingWrestlingBrazilian Jiu-JitsuJudoMuay ThaiKickboxingOlympic WeightliftingPowerliftingTaekwondo
Shaan Kahlon

From the founder

Built by a wrestler,
for wrestlers.

I watched teammates go through brutal cuts with zero support — crash diets, dehydration spirals, coaches guessing at nutrition. There had to be a better way.

MakeWeightAI started as a tool I wished existed. Evidence-based, free for every athlete, and designed to flag the cuts that go too far before someone gets hurt.

Shaan Kahlon
Shaan Kahlon Founder & Executive Director · 2× WIAA State Qualifier

Our mission

Making weight,
done right.

Makeweight.ai was born out of a need to challenge a culture where harmful weight-cutting practices are normalized and support is unevenly distributed. Our mission is to empower athletes with accessible, trustworthy guidance that prioritizes health, dignity, and sustainable performance.

Approach

Evidence-based.
Never reckless.

Flags aggressive cuts

Refuses to build unsafe plans and offers an adjusted target instead.

Includes recovery nutrition

Every plan ends with a structured refeed so you step onto the mat fuelled.

Educational, not prescriptive

Plans are guidance, not medical advice. Work with a coach for elite competition.

The numbers

3%

Max recommended single-day water cut as % of body weight

2 hrs

Minimum rehydration time between weigh-in and competition

7 days

Minimum recommended duration for a 5 lb cut

Get started

Ready to
make weight?

Your first cut plan takes less than two minutes to generate.

Our Mission

Making weight,
done right.

Makeweight.ai was born out of a need to challenge a culture where harmful weight-cutting practices are normalized and support is unevenly distributed. After seeing this impact athletes firsthand, Shaan Kahlon set out to create a more equitable path forward. Our mission is to empower wrestlers with accessible, trustworthy guidance that prioritizes health, dignity, and sustainable performance.

The Team

Shaan Kahlon

Shaan Kahlon

Founder | Executive Director

Shaan is a high school junior, 2x WIAA state qualifier, and district champion currently pursuing collegiate wrestling opportunities. He serves as an ASB officer at his school and dedicates his time to training and weightlifting.

Skylor Chan

Skylor Chan

President | Hawaii Chapter

Skylor is a rising senior at Punahou School in Hawaii. He is a Judo PanAmerican Qualifier and medalist and a wrestling state qualifier.

Mikey Kang

Mikey Kang

Board Member | Outreach

Mikey is a Junior at Newport High School, where he serves as ASB President. He is a 1x WIAA state qualifier.

Charlie Zilcosky

Charlie Zilcosky

Board Member | Marketing Specialist

Charlie is a senior in high school, a high school Ontario champ, and a club Ontario champ. He came second at Canadians nationals this year and second at the journeymen world classic.

Cyrus Perez

Cyrus Perez

Board Member | Marketing Specialist

Cyrus is an 18-year-old amateur featherweight boxer representing Puerto Rico. He holds Florida Golden Gloves and Puerto Rico Games titles with over 65 career fights.

Gabriel Jacobus

Gabriel Jacobus

Board Member | Marketing Specialist

Gabriel is a High School Junior — 2-time state finalist, 1-time state champ, and 3-time BJJ Pan Am finalist.

Cordelia Martinez

Cordelia Martinez

Board Member | Marketing Specialist

Delia is a High School Junior in Texas — 2x state qualifier, 1x state placer (4th), and 2x Team Texas member.

Soshiant Ahanj-Elias

Soshiant Ahanj-Elias

Board Member | Marketing Specialist

Soshiant is a high school sophomore and a 2x Maryland state placer who has been wrestling for 5 years.

Andy Wei

Andy Wei

Chief Marketing Officer

Andy is a high school Junior. He placed 6th at the 2026 WIAA State tournament and is a District Champ and Fargo Qualifier.

Andy Chen

Andy Chen

CTO, Board Member

Andy is a high school junior, 1x WIAA state qualifier, district champion, and team captain. He has dedicated the past three years to training.

Nutrition science

How food fuels —
and drains — your cut.

Every macronutrient releases energy at a different rate. Your plan times each phase to work with your body, not against it.

4 cal/g

Carbohydrates

Fast release

Front-load in phases 1–2. Taper in the final 48 hours to drop water retention.

4 cal/g

Protein

Sustained release

Prioritise at every meal. Preserves muscle during a caloric deficit.

9 cal/g

Fat

Slow release

Reduce in the final phase to lower calorie density without sacrificing volume.

0 cal/g

Hydration

Performance baseline

Maximize in Phase 1. Taper strategically in Phase 3 — never eliminate.

Education

The World of Making Weight

The Lantern · Mason Jarrell

How Ohio State Wrestling Turns Weight Cutting Into a System, Not a Struggle

The article discusses how Ohio State's wrestling program approaches weight management through careful planning and support, emphasizing gradual weight reduction, hydration, and individualized nutrition to ensure athletes' health and performance.

Mustang News · Rocco Brichler

Behind the cut: How Cal Poly wrestlers drop 10 pounds in 2 days

The article explores the weight-cutting process of Cal Poly wrestler Christian Garcia, detailing his regimen to shed nearly ten pounds in two days before a tournament, and the support from coaches and teammates during this challenging period.

Onward State · Ally Eaton

Four-Time World Champion Kyle Dake Forging Legacy Through Wrestling & Wellness

Four-time World Champion Kyle Dake discusses how moving up to his natural weight marked a turning point in his approach to the sport. Rather than forcing his body into an unnatural weight class, he carefully manages recovery, nutrition, training load, and stress.

Research and Modern Science

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology · Kużdżał et al.

Effects of Weight-Cutting Practices on Sleep, Recovery, and Injury in Combat Sports: A Scoping Review

This review examines how rapid weight loss methods in combat sports affect athletes' sleep quality, recovery, and injury rates, highlighting the need for standardized research and better inclusion of female athletes.

Nutrients · French, Artioli et al.

The Practice of Weight Loss in Combat Sports Athletes: A Systematic Review

This systematic review examines the prevalence and methods of weight loss among combat sports athletes, highlighting that many begin weight loss practices in their teens, typically lose less than 5% of their body weight in 7–14 days before competition.

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