Sure, we could let it go and let everyone carry on
doing their thing. But after constantly having competi-
tors send us over their ‘peak’ week plans that just
make very little sense, eventually a tipping point is
reached.
The first thing we want to preface is: We all do
things differently.
This means that we don’t expect you to follow our
advice blindly, or that we’re an absolute authority.
But what we can say is that everything we give to
our athletes has reasoning behind it – and is to the
best of our knowledge at that current time.
Girls: You need to remember that, unless you
compete in women’s physique or bodybuilding, your
goal isn’t to look ‘dry’, ‘shredded’ and ‘vascular’. If
you’re a bikini or figure girl, your goal is to come in
looking lean, full and healthy.
These two categories are supposedly the most
‘marketable’, and the ones that draw other females
into the sport due to the ‘attainable’ condition required.
Therefore, the aim of the game is not to be stood on
stage looking drawn and stringy while suffering from
cramping and dehydration.
Guys: Your goal IS to look dry, shredded and vascu-
lar. Now, providing you’ve worked your ass off and
given yourself long enough of a prep, you should
already be looking like this!
The question is: If you are looking ‘on point’
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in that final week prior to the show, why would you
risk going to the extremes to try and improve by
5% knowing that if you mess up, you’re going to look
50% worse?
Aside from filling out a little, most people should
be able to just cruise into that last week.
The Three Biggest Peak Week Mistakes
Competitors Make
In a system as complex as the human, there are very
few times you can speak in absolutes. But when it
comes to some of the insanity we see in some peak
weeks, it’s fair to say the f