[anorak]

may have been like that in your coaches day, but nowadays it is like I said for every fighter! And is probably a dominant factor in Thai fighters burning out a bit earlier than their foriegn counterparts. I have seen a fighter from Kaewsamrit so stresseed out by the weight making, he took some regular clothes and hid them in the bushes up the road from the gym and went out in his sweatsuit got changed in the bushes to normal clothes and jumped on a bus back home, this ive heard of from other gyms also, the last few days before a fight can be hell for the fighters in Thailand, especially if they dont have too much discipline in the build up to the fight with what they eat.