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I've been following several people the last few weeks competing up through Jr USA and Now Master National and a couple of them completely tanked their carb load and drying out.
I've seen the prep range from starting to cut water and Sodium 3 days out (tapering) then trying to "shit load" the night before , two have used diuretics and went totally flat and couldn't catch up till the night show and then they didn't look nearly as lean or crisp as the days before.
One had been on zero carbs for weeks then got 600g on Friday before a Saturday show while reducing water and she ended up smooth with a bloated gut.
It's seems that people try some off the wall tricks to try to get "dry" when the real issue is they just are not lean enough. I personally don't think that a diuretic is needed , the only ones I've seen people use them and not be flat was when the just took a half a diazide AFTER pre judging when they ate a burger and fries with 10oz water.
Has anyone used any of the more "agressive" loading or drying out plans that they were able to actually peak exactly when they wanted and could do it repeatedly.??
I've seen the prep range from starting to cut water and Sodium 3 days out (tapering) then trying to "shit load" the night before , two have used diuretics and went totally flat and couldn't catch up till the night show and then they didn't look nearly as lean or crisp as the days before.
One had been on zero carbs for weeks then got 600g on Friday before a Saturday show while reducing water and she ended up smooth with a bloated gut.
It's seems that people try some off the wall tricks to try to get "dry" when the real issue is they just are not lean enough. I personally don't think that a diuretic is needed , the only ones I've seen people use them and not be flat was when the just took a half a diazide AFTER pre judging when they ate a burger and fries with 10oz water.
Has anyone used any of the more "agressive" loading or drying out plans that they were able to actually peak exactly when they wanted and could do it repeatedly.??