how much will you weigh in at ..and how many grams of carbs are you planning ??
99% of people I have seen compete..miss the carb load by 1-2 days ...they are afraid to eat ...so after the contest ...they "cheat" ..and look amazing sunday or monday ....
for me it was 40-50 carbs worth of sweet potatoes and a tbs of almond butter every hour on the hour from when i woke up till i went to bed friday. saturday morning 125 grams worth pancakes and 3 tbs almond butter repeat that meal 2 hours later. then rice cakes leading up to the show with peanut butter. couple small candy bars while pumping up
how much will you weigh in at ..and how many grams of carbs are you planning ??
99% of people I have seen compete..miss the carb load by 1-2 days ...they are afraid to eat ...so after the contest ...they "cheat" ..and look amazing sunday or monday ....
Yeah fear of gaining a ton of bloat / water before a comp can play mind games. Out of curiosity how long do you guys wait after a long dieting phase / competition to go back to maintenance.
Basically you don't want to do any major changes the last week if you are in condition for the show then this is just as simple as lowering your water intake don't go stupid high on carbs really no need to water load sodium load or sodium deplete. I always heard stay away from gluten when carbing up sweet potatoes are good dried fruit is good dry oats are hard to get down without the water but they help dry your ass out some people use rice it all depends on what your body processes the best. There is another good article about this in this months issue of flex magazine the one with kia green on the front.