Post Show- your experiences?

[Simon90]

I am entering 4 weeks post show now, I have kept my food at peak week macros, 620g carbs, 370g protein, no added fats (direct sources only don't count trace macros all my foods are the same anyway).
And I have been having one meal at the end of a leg day where I eat whatever I want as much as I want (which is typically just the same foods I eat just wayyyyy way more with some added fats in too, as I found being in trace fats all the time affects my lipase. So now I'm back in off season I add fats kn one day sort of like a fat refeed day) it's still not a huge amount if fats however.

I went up to mid 240s still holding good condition not far if stage condition. Glutes striated, Christmas tree in, feathered quads etc. But now, the mast few days my weight has dropped back down to around 237.so I will probably up my food gradually now.

Drugs I've gone high test, high hgh, and just added ment thus week at 25mg a day. It's effects seem pronounced even just after a few days. My hunger is still through the roof. I could eat and not stop of I wanted too. I've literally never been so hungry.

My blood sugars fasted are between 4-4.6 and my post prandial ends up in the 3s. I feel like my body is just using ebeything I'm throwing at it.

I also kept my cardio in, i walk every where now instead of car too, and also my change I training style as well which is helping with insulin sensitivity. Higher volume, lower weights, but max intensity with huge focus on muscle connection, feel and contractions. Rest periods are timed and tempo is kept strict. I've never trained in this style across my whole body and all I can say is I wish I did it sooner and left the ego at the door!

 

[Thehulk95]

I’m competing in my first show this weekend, and something I’m going to try for at least the initial stage of the rebound is the old John Meadows trick of dropping the number of meals in order to make them bigger and have more variety. I work an insanely busy corporate job so it’s easier anyway from a timing perspective, but I’ve got my plan mapped out to where I’m eating right above maintenance while also fitting in plenty of clean, Whole Foods in big enough portions to be more satisfying when I do eat. I haven’t got to try this out personally yet of course but it might be something to consider for yourself.

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

I don't have much else helpful to add because my approach on myself and the others that I coach (naturals) is focused on getting hormones back in healthy ranges, and obviously most of you guys are not dealing with bottomed out test at extreme low levels of bf lol. Regardless, I do think the slower tapering up food, and tapering down cardio is the better approach. A lot will depend on how bad you feel at the end, and how much your training suffered from fatigue. Even when doing a slower taper, getting weight training back to the best level of intensity should be the priority. Staying too lean for too long after is not helpful.