WATER INTAKE THE WEEK OFF THE SHOW

if you cant get a pump and you're flat then my guess is you cut your water too much

carbs don't fill your muscles, water does

You don't want to eliminate water completely...even when you get on stage. You just need to get it from under the skin and into your muscles.

Some people sodium load the morning before the show...others go most of the diet without sodium at all. Then they are allowed water intake to be normal through the entire final week.

You need to play with some of the ways to manipulate water and find what's best for your body.

fireman you need to give us an overview of your last week water intake, then we will take it from there, and can give you ideas only as we don't really know your body and how it reacts to certain changes.

You said it Brad, can't help you until I know what exactly you're doing with water, sodium, carbs etc... A lot of people intend to think that they're holding water while they still have fat! In that case, no matter how much you cut your water or how early, the only thing is going to happen is that you will end up flatting your muscles out and looking real bad.

when you say kept carbs around 250g. what day's was this, all through the week and into saturday morning??

Im going to let George take over on the water timing if he will chime in.

I do something completely diff. form what you have, In the past i have always kept my water high all the way through friday night then cut it off abrubtly at around 9:00Pm, but thats me and George has prepped about 100 x more people than I have so I will let him take over as he has seen a variety of diff. individuals and different situations.

well thats your problem or one of them you need extra carbs to pull the water into the muscle i eat nearly 500 grams of carbs the day before a show.

ha vic, im just getting back to this thread but yea thats exactly why i asked that question bro!!!!!!!