In the last month leading up to a bodybuilding competition, do you recommend lifting any heavy weights with low reps, at all? Or should it be all light weight and high reps?
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07-01-2019, 10:28 AM #1
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07-01-2019, 11:30 AM #2
I'd say continue lifting how you normally would until the week leading up to the show. I typically back off the heavy lifting then and just go into a maintenance period of lower weight, high reps 4-5 days before the show. I wouldn't recommend a heavy leg workout the week leading up to the show either. If you are in the bodybuilding or classic physique category, you'll be flexing your legs a lot standing on stage and you don't want any fatigue remaining from a leg day.
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07-01-2019, 05:06 PM #3
Bingo!
I continue lifting heavy right up til peak week. I feel this helps keep size for me.
And as Beast said, you want your last true leg workout to be at least 5 days from show day. On Thursday I might do some bar squats or even bodyweight squats just to keep some blood flow but not a true leg session.2017 OCB Men's Physique Open 4th place
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08-02-2019, 06:59 AM #4
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Continue lifting heavy up until a week before the show. Then the week of the show make the Friday or Saturday before your last Leg Day, then Sun-Wed can be more "pump" focused and no training Thu/Fri.#Mensan
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09-11-2019, 03:40 PM #5
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09-28-2019, 01:04 PM #6
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10-08-2019, 12:26 AM #7
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Everyone has said it. Up till peak weak i pyramid 15,12,10,8,6 for chest and back 3x10 for shoulders and biceps 15,12,12,10 for triceps legs are crazy and i have a weird protocol that works for me. But always stay “heavy” to work effectively. Posing practice is for hardening
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