This past contest I tried "Shitloading" and I like the concept, just have to get the timing right.
Basically just flushing your body with water and sodium for a few days to lower Aldosterone levels and help the release of sodium and water and then when you stop it, you stop it all together so the body doesn't have time to react and it just keeps flushing. Also, depleting your body for a few days so that the muscles are fairly depleted. Then the night before the show or the morning of you start eating a bunch of "shit" food (high in sodium, high in carbs, high in fats) you name it, you eat it. All this "shit" food is going to go to the place that needs it the most, hence, the depleted muscles. And since you should already have your water under control, eating these foods should not make you "spill over" or look watery. You have to watch your physique closely though because you may need to add very little amounts of water to allow it to be sent to the muscles.
Granted after a certain amount of time your condition is going to start to fall off but it will be a while. That's why it's good to practice this and see when you look your best and when you start to fall off. Well, that's the basics of shitloading that I have read and it worked okay for me, I just think I was too depleted because I was tighter and fuller the monday afternoon and I shitloaded friday night and sat morning, also sat during the day and sat night....went back to my contest diet on sunday and monday and then monday evening I was fuller and harder. It's all about timing and finding out what works for you I guess. Also, if you try this, don't go over board on the first meal. I told myself the same thing but I ended up eating too much my first meal and couldnt eat again for a while.
From what I gathered reading the rule of thumb is :
calories per meal = 6xlbs. of BW every 2-2.5 hours for 4-5 meals stopping at about 2 hours out so your stomach is not distended. I'd also suggest staying away from dairy and foods that bloat you easily.
There's tons of ways to do the last week, this is just one that I used recently and liked, just have to get the timing right.
So back to the title of the thread, what do you do for your last week of contest prep?
Basically just flushing your body with water and sodium for a few days to lower Aldosterone levels and help the release of sodium and water and then when you stop it, you stop it all together so the body doesn't have time to react and it just keeps flushing. Also, depleting your body for a few days so that the muscles are fairly depleted. Then the night before the show or the morning of you start eating a bunch of "shit" food (high in sodium, high in carbs, high in fats) you name it, you eat it. All this "shit" food is going to go to the place that needs it the most, hence, the depleted muscles. And since you should already have your water under control, eating these foods should not make you "spill over" or look watery. You have to watch your physique closely though because you may need to add very little amounts of water to allow it to be sent to the muscles.
Granted after a certain amount of time your condition is going to start to fall off but it will be a while. That's why it's good to practice this and see when you look your best and when you start to fall off. Well, that's the basics of shitloading that I have read and it worked okay for me, I just think I was too depleted because I was tighter and fuller the monday afternoon and I shitloaded friday night and sat morning, also sat during the day and sat night....went back to my contest diet on sunday and monday and then monday evening I was fuller and harder. It's all about timing and finding out what works for you I guess. Also, if you try this, don't go over board on the first meal. I told myself the same thing but I ended up eating too much my first meal and couldnt eat again for a while.
From what I gathered reading the rule of thumb is :
calories per meal = 6xlbs. of BW every 2-2.5 hours for 4-5 meals stopping at about 2 hours out so your stomach is not distended. I'd also suggest staying away from dairy and foods that bloat you easily.
There's tons of ways to do the last week, this is just one that I used recently and liked, just have to get the timing right.
So back to the title of the thread, what do you do for your last week of contest prep?
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