2020 started out pretty well. Then all shit broke loose. Were you on Camp Complain or Camp Let’s Figure It Out? I quickly realized I had two options.
Don’t do any of these things… unless you can pull them off.
You’re at the point where you have nothing left, but you still keep going because you see yourself at the end of this crazy 20-plus-week diet complete with one month of self-induced torture, a week full of waterboarding, starvation, and a pissy temper. Welcome to peak week.
Hear me on this one. If you’re running from your past or managing it in secrecy, bodybuilding isn’t the answer.
You will have your supporters and your naysayers as with everything in this world, but I am in complete support of this shift in the paradigm. Why?
We are all a representation of our sport and industry. Which means I’m gonna have a problem with a shitbag begging for money for something he or she could pay for themselves if they weren’t so lazy and entitled.
You can spend months dieting and training in preparation to show your best on stage, but if you screw up in the final 30 minutes, what you’re left with is a sub-optimal package and poor placement.
Performing best, and especially looking your best for the sport of bodybuilding, requires that your body be functioning well on the inside. Mark shares how he has accomplished this throughout his career.
It occurs to me that the large majority of whining is coming from physique competitors. Apparently no one has been honest with you up to this point.
Now that I’ve found solutions to many of my own problems, I’m faced with a new challenge: helping my IFBB coach out of a lengthy retirement.
Don’t hide your perfect physique with poor posing. Follow these tips from professional posing coach Dave Myers.
By adjusting macronutrient ratios and splitting workouts into twice a day, you can overcome the lack of energy from low-calorie contest prep. You won’t even have to do cardio.