pre contest

Bodyworks

ok, here goes. i usually keep myself to myself when i'm getting ready for a show, but just for a change, i thought i'd let the musclechat members get an inside look at what goes into prep for a bodybuilding contest. i'll be posting up pictures of myself, and a guy at my gym who's also getting ready to compete, over the next 10 weeks and let you guys see first hand what changes happen in the run up to contest day. unfortunately, i'm already 10 weeks into a 20 week diet, so this won't be a start to finish kind of deal, but there will be plenty of changes between now and show day.
i'll kick it off with my diet, as it is today;

meal 1: 2 scoops build and recover in water
meal 2: 250g turkey breast (pre cooked weight)
200g white rice (cooked weight)
meal 3: same as above
meal 4: same as above
workout
meal 5: 2 scoops build and recover in water with 10g glutamine and 10g creatine added.
meal 6: 250g turkey breast
meal 7: 10 egg whites, 2 egg yolks and roughly half a dozen chopped mushrooms.

supplements not listed are : 3000mg vit c
1500mg calcium
1 x multi vit and multi mineral tab
2 x vit b complex tabs.
20 amino acid capsules taken post workout

i see no point in this exercise if i'm not 100% honest, so i will be.thats the lot. when things change i'll inform you of the changes, and i'll try to get a photo up soon.

Everyone's opinions are welcome. good or bad.

SoulCard

looks solid...now I just gotta get to pre-competition shape and then I can follow it! 8)

Young Gun

Why white rice as a pose to brown rice?

Why build and recover as a pose to extreme performance whey?

0 carbs after workout except from build and recover?

Thats a lot of carbs in the morning jesus.

Bodyworks

my body is in a glycogen depleted state more or less constantly. brown or white rice, will do pretty much the same job.

build and recover has the carbs in it i need, that's why i opt for that.

i train around 5pm, so eating carbs late at night just keeps me awake.

my total carbohydrate intake is around 210g per day. that's really not a lot.

i never mentioned my weight. currently 233 lbs.

p.s, you don't have to call me jesus.

Nick500

lol.

i'm intrigued, how will your precomp carb intake change as you get closer the competition? How comes your diet atm is so high carb?

Also, what gear are you running, atm or will you be. And are you taking clen/t3/eca or anything like that, or will you be?

Will you/do you limit/manipulate sodium intake? What about diuretics like lasix?

I lack a lot of knowledge about pre-competition preparation but would raelly like to hear from somebody that knows what they are talking about,.

Bodyworks

hi nick,
The whole point of this thread is to show guys like you, what we do before a show, as i'm sure you'll go down that road one day.

first off, my carb intake is around 310g not 210g as i stated above. (dieting really effects my concentration sorry).

even then, is 310g of carbs a day high ? remember you gotta feed the muscle to keep it.

i'll be updating this thread regularly, so keep checking in to see how it changes.

gear wise, i'll put that in a seperate thread, AFTER the show. i have my reasons for this.

The sodium, diuretics issue will be addressed here, but at this point it's irrelevent. Way too early to cover that topic.

tomorrow is my last cheat meal, and the diet changes on sunday so i'll update it then.

oh yeah, i never mentioned cardio. reason is i haven't started it yet. The bodyfat has been dropping nicely without it to this point, which i'm glad about cos i hate doing it.

Nick500

I understand.

So can't shed light on clen/t3 or other fat shedding drugs either atm?

whats your current/target bf%?

Bodyworks

at the mo, no clen no thyroid drugs, no eph. not needed yet.

bodyfat measurement, don't know. don't have a target % either. just go by the mirror. when i have striated glutes, i know i'm close.

Nick500

i've just completed by bulk, i got up to 15 stone 10. I might be taking some of your principles on board to help me rip up, i wont be using any gear or substantial fat burning drugs though. At the moment, i've cut total carbs, i've given up any milk related products (apart from 1 scoop whey and 1 natural yoghurt per day) and peanut butter, and trying to eat a lot of vegetables where before I hardly eat any.

Since doing this, i've shed 10lbs (!!) in under 2 weeks. All the bloat and water that I was holding from all this whey and milk related products has just shed itself and I feel a lot more comfortable existing... (lol).

i'm attributing 2 or 3 of the lbs lost for just sheer reduction in food in my belly, maybe 3 or 4 of the lbs for water, and 2lbs of fat (ok, and perhaps a slight bit of muscle... boohoo.)

Look forward to reading this post regularly as I cut up, to get some pointers.

when do you think you will start the cardio shane? i always end up doing too much and lose muscle.

also what do you do for cardio when you do it?.

i,m gonna enjoy reading this, see how a pro does it.