Need some final contest prep opinions!

[diskey]

I need some advice for my contest on Saturday.

I did one show this weekend and I'm going to do another now upcoming Saturday. I followed my trainers advice last weekend (He loves this method), it's quite untraditional and was like this:
5g salt Monday-Friday and, and even more on contest day.
Carb load only Friday with 450g carb and continue eating quite freely on contest day. Cut water at 12pm Friday.

I came in pretty dry but I could have been dryer, also I had to put on a layer of dreamtan #2 30min before going onstage, and it made me look a little smooth. I had a freakin water rebound effekt Saturday night and Sunday and gained like 10 pounds. Started dropping weight today and the pump is not so drastic today.

I'm trying a more usual approach for the weekend, carb deplete sunday-tuesday, and start carb loading on wednesday. Keep salt high with posstatium through wednesday, then cut it completly on Thursday.
My question is if I cut water at 6 pm on Friday and add salt again Friday before bed and keep salting through contest day on Saturday(no water), will
the salt make me hold water?

I read that a good tips is when you've cut salt since Thursday and water at 6 pm Friday you can eat a pizza (fat and salt rich) Friday before bed to get a good pump and vascularity on Saturday. Whats your thoughts?

 

[THEWARDEN]

Are you using a diuretic? Maybe try not altering salt at all. I'd say you're on the right track using a more traditional approach this week, as I've never seen anybody do what you did last weekend. The bottom line is: everybody is different which I'm sure you already know and the drying out and filling out simultaneously is extremely individual and tough to accomplish. I like a more conservative approach. Not cutting water too much, and don't even worry about salt loading and cutting because it's to hit or miss. For me it is anyway.

That prolly didn't help much, but I'm not sure anyone will help much because we don't know your body. Good luck though man!