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@livingme7 Falling asleep wasn't the problem, its the staying asleep that was difficult, and dont really want to take melatonin at 4am haha Also yeah, wish I had incorporated refeeds in my diet, will know for next time

@amysz1217 Thanks! Yeah I agree, gonna put in some specialization phases to focus on leg growth in the offseason!

@revjwwhitejr Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)

Apologies for the long post, but I just wanted to share with you all my journey to stepping on a bodybuilding stage for the first time. I'm 25 and I've been training for around 10 years now, but most of this time was spent messing around without any tracking or specific goals in mind. I got into...

@amandal Do you track steps? If you're sure about energy intake then the only option is that energy expenditure has decreased. Or more likely just water weight. You'd pretty much have to be in a coma to be on 1500 kcal and not losing weight at 160lbs. Could be due to stress or recent changes...

@kagenonikki Why not? Surely I would want to take advantage of the supercompensation effect of glycogen stores?

@lovely_krystal86 I usually experience a bigger drop-off after the first set with smaller subsequent drop-offs. For example: 16, 13, 12, 11. I think it mostly varies between compounds and isolations, with isolationd having bigger drop-offs in reps. Because you inherently need to rest longer on...

@nicolek In what way does my plan seem risky?

@amysz1217 All the points in the article are valid. But to me seems like they come into play only if you employ the wrong strategy (i.e. restricting sodium too early on or restricting water during carb loading). From the research article I linked to in my post: "...the participants in the...

@livingme7 Thanks for the tips! I'm gonna aim to be ready as far out from the show as I can manage and then maintain from there. I already have a tan booked with the tanner that the event organizers provide. So gonna stick with that for my first time stepping on stage as I feel like I'd just...

I am just under 6 weeks out from my first bodybuilding show and have been investigating peaking strategies. I'm self coached so wanted to make sure that I am not doing anything stupid in terms of my peaking. I am going to do a practice peak at 4 weeks out to see how my body responds. I have done...