For the guys who regularly compete how did you decide upon your weight class? Is that your normal homeostasis weight? Do you go down a class if your within 7 pounds of it or would you stay in the class you are in. My thing is I need to be 175 for work or lighter I want to compete in the 183 weight class but without the extra weight it'll be hard to contend although if I could keep my power and be 168 then I'd be slaying it, but then I'd be 168 pounds and that also could make me sad
You can easily use water manipulation to lose 5 to 7 pounds if you have a 24 hour weigh in. Weigh in at 168 and be back up to 175 by the time you lift. I wouldn't try it for more than 10 pounds as I've run into some issues trying that in the past.