Week before a contest carb help please

[Respectmyhouse]

what carbs should i eat to fill back all my glycogen and how long should i start carbing uup........what are the best foods to eat the day before and the day of shoul di eat no protein and no fat the day before of and of and only eat carbs? i am 5 foot 8 195 i hear soo much looking this up its crazy should i eat fruit the day before and vitargo and rice cakes the day of and how many carbsss o man its killinggg mee lol

[fltallpaul]

This was Taken from the document stickied at the top of the contest prep section. Read over this for a guideline. For specific questions to be answered your diet must be listed including Macros, cardio, and training.

Not eating protein, or only eating carbs is not a good method in my opinion. These types of strategies are probably developed by those who hear things through the "bro's"...such as water cutting and depletion. IF you are serious I would hire a prep coach well before the last week...in this forum alone you have a bunch of guys who are qualified.

Jason...ScoobySnacks
Tommy...SPorto
Layne...Str8Flexed

Anyway, read the article Layne wrote entirely and then you can form some more helpful questions. Good luck...Here is a section from Layne's article regarding the last week of prep.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/layne36.htm

I have heard it a hundred times. "I looked great the week before the show, but I looked "(flat, bloated, etc) or "I was holding too much water." People often believe they can trick their body by using extreme techniques the last week before the show that will make them look super shredded. The truth is, if one has dieted properly, what they do in the last week will not make or break their show.

Few people win a show by tricks they use in the last week of pre contest prep. However, many people lose a show by using these extreme techniques. These techniques I speak of stem from myths that have been perpetuated by bodybuilders who use large amounts of anabolic steroids.

These Methods Include But Are Not Limited To:


Drastic carb depletion followed by drastic carb loading.

Days of water depletion.

Massive potassium loading.

Laxatives.

Diuretics.
For bodybuilders who use large amounts of anabolic steroids, these methods are needed to shed water, as anabolic steroids will cause one to retain large amounts of water extra-cellularly (outside the cell or subcutaneously). For a bodybuilder who doesn't use androgens, this type of preparation is a bit too extreme.

You can think of the body as a pendulum. It will stay in equilibrium unless pushed. You can push your body in one direction and you will experience a certain effect for a while, but eventually the pendulum will swing back in the opposite direction and you will experience the opposite effect.

For example, if one were to cut water intake drastically they would at first experience a great deal of water loss, but as the body senses water levels dropping, it will release anti-diuretic hormones which will cause the body to retain more water. On the other hand, in some cases we can use the body's reactions to our advantage.

[graffalanamous]

hey there old friend. Doing a contest? That's awesome. I'm too skiddish I guess. I looked at doing one in september, but after reading all the entry requirements etc I backed out. I think I should at least watch a contest before I enter one.
Here is what Todd had me do to carb up. 12 hours before pictures at 3:00am I ate some rice cakes with a little jelly. Then when I woke up again I drank a coke and he had me eat a sweet potato every hour until about 1:00. That was all I ate that day, other than a coke. I feel like I filled out nicely and got rid of the extra water etc. Good luck with contest and post pics

[Respectmyhouse]

Originally Posted by fltallpaul

This was Taken from the document stickied at the top of the contest prep section. Read over this for a guideline. For specific questions to be answered your diet must be listed including Macros, cardio, and training.

Not eating protein, or only eating carbs is not a good method in my opinion. These types of strategies are probably developed by those who hear things through the "bro's"...such as water cutting and depletion. IF you are serious I would hire a prep coach well before the last week...in this forum alone you have a bunch of guys who are qualified.

Jason...ScoobySnacks
Tommy...SPorto
Layne...Str8Flexed

Anyway, read the article Layne wrote entirely and then you can form some more helpful questions. Good luck...Here is a section from Layne's article regarding the last week of prep.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/layne36.htm

I have heard it a hundred times. "I looked great the week before the show, but I looked "(flat, bloated, etc) or "I was holding too much water." People often believe they can trick their body by using extreme techniques the last week before the show that will make them look super shredded. The truth is, if one has dieted properly, what they do in the last week will not make or break their show.

Few people win a show by tricks they use in the last week of pre contest prep. However, many people lose a show by using these extreme techniques. These techniques I speak of stem from myths that have been perpetuated by bodybuilders who use large amounts of anabolic steroids.

These Methods Include But Are Not Limited To:


Drastic carb depletion followed by drastic carb loading.

Days of water depletion.

Massive potassium loading.

Laxatives.

Diuretics.
For bodybuilders who use large amounts of anabolic steroids, these methods are needed to shed water, as anabolic steroids will cause one to retain large amounts of water extra-cellularly (outside the cell or subcutaneously). For a bodybuilder who doesn't use androgens, this type of preparation is a bit too extreme.

You can think of the body as a pendulum. It will stay in equilibrium unless pushed. You can push your body in one direction and you will experience a certain effect for a while, but eventually the pendulum will swing back in the opposite direction and you will experience the opposite effect.

For example, if one were to cut water intake drastically they would at first experience a great deal of water loss, but as the body senses water levels dropping, it will release anti-diuretic hormones which will cause the body to retain more water. On the other hand, in some cases we can use the body's reactions to our advantage.

hey bro that was a great read and thank you for the help i totally agree and i hate having to ask ?s everyone asked but its brutal just searching this topic sooo muchhh stuff and then soo much stuff proving the other stuff wrong looll well thank you brother

Originally Posted by graffalanamous

hey there old friend. Doing a contest? That's awesome. I'm too skiddish I guess. I looked at doing one in september, but after reading all the entry requirements etc I backed out. I think I should at least watch a contest before I enter one.
Here is what Todd had me do to carb up. 12 hours before pictures at 3:00am I ate some rice cakes with a little jelly. Then when I woke up again I drank a coke and he had me eat a sweet potato every hour until about 1:00. That was all I ate that day, other than a coke. I feel like I filled out nicely and got rid of the extra water etc. Good luck with contest and post pics

well its really more of a local thing graff nothing crazy if i can pull it off though i really might go for something bigger im going to school to be a national personal trainer in oct so im sure im going to be very busy with that and its very hard the school so after thaht i do plan on trying my luck at a real showw