Or I could say this....
1.) Few actually truly gain a ton muscle into shows
2.) Isn't growing into a show, similar to retaining any new muscle gained from the offseason.
3.) Quite possibly, at the end of the prep, when you damn near ready, you gain a couple pounds, and it looks better, isn't that a version of growing into a show
4.) Biggest mistake is people get way out of hand in the offseason, unless you are fully confident you retain muscle, why not stay within reason, instead of turning into a dieting away muscle contest
5.) Different strokes, for different DNA's...always a common ground for bodybuilding...eat, train, recover, repeat....now, the response to all of it that is what either makes or breaks people...some have to be patient, some get there quick, some slow, etc etc etc
6.) And most do not want to know the truths of all of it, they fall for the hype BS.
7.) I by no means am in expert, just trialing and error...tested, tried, and trued...learned from my mistakes...have a second set of eyes on me that have been in the game for a long while, and well have had some awesome insights from very wise bodybuilders from this board over the years!
8.) It's not rocket science, but it is science of bodyBUILDING
And I am posting like a dude who waiting to take off for Pitts, lol!