Tips for the peak week of figure competition

When you make the decision to compete in your first figure competition, it can be a scary thought and confusing journey. Many first-time competitors read everything they can online in hopes of putting together the perfect figure plan. If they hit peak week, they can mess it all up by making costly last-minute mistakes.

In this short but informative article, I’m going to reveal tips for peak week of figure competition so you don’t look like a sore thumb on stage or, worse yet, be soft as a baby’s bottom.

Tip #1: Your goal the last week before your figure contest is to just call. All the fat burning work has been done in the previous months of preparation. Don’t enter peak week doing hours of endless, high-intensity cardio. This will only flatten you when you’re on stage.

Tip #2: The diet for the last week before figure competition will also be VERY different than the previous months of figure preparation. Peak Week isn’t about fat loss, it’s about depleting your muscles so you can fill them out and it’s about simple, natural water manipulation techniques to draw water from under your skin and into your muscle cells. This double action will give you that finely sculpted look that the judges just drool over.

Tip #3: Calculating the peak week of the competition is a method that many don’t understand, and if you mess up the day before the competition, it will hold water on the stage and smooth it out. One thing you MUST NOT eat the day before or the morning of your figure contest is oatmeal! Oatmeal EXPANDS in water and will make you bloated, soft and put you at the end of the line.

Tip #4 – Use weight training to your advantage last week. Once again, the peak week of figure competition is not about fat loss or muscle gain. The last week’s workout should be a simple glycogen depletion workout. The more glycogen you can pump out of your muscles, the better your muscle cells can pump when you implement a light carb-increasing tactic.

A peak week of figure competition is necessary, and the proper implementation of the peak week will give you an unfair advantage on stage, showing the judges and the audience that you are the best and should be selected as the winner.