By demand, I was asked what happens in the last week of my prep before stage time. Before I delve into this subject I want everyone to know that my situation will be different to another due to the exact needs as I enter the last 7 days.
The last 7 days is crucial and needs to be handled accordingly. Before setting out to do my prep I decided that I wanted to be ready one week out. By doing so I will know if I would need to manipulate sodium, water, and carb intake. By being ready with just a few things to tweak makes the process less stressful and the less amount of stress equals less cortisol damage. So after looking my physic over with other eyes we made plans accordingly.
Prior to entering the 7 days I was using 150mg of anadrol ED to keep fullness but this compound allows one to hold on to a little amount of water. Any amount can hide lines that are precious if you want to compete dry and feathered. So that was cut out on day 8.
Test Propionate was cut out 10 days out. Again testo effects estrogen and estrogen is responsible for several things and one is holding water. Test has to be taken out at least one week out.
Tren Ace can be used all the way up to the day of the show. This is good cause your body is so delicate that having this compound for support if priceless. Some will increase the dosage during this last week and some wont. Again it depends on the individual.
Winny orals also can be used till the day of the show.
Proviron, a good anti-estrogen is a must to have during this time. Normally one will want to crash the estro which will give the feathering effect you see on quads and triceps.
AI's is increased to ED at 1mg. This is also a good anti-estrogen and I believe it can be used up to the day of the show.
T3 which was at 50mcg will need to be decreased to 25mcg due to it's ability to make one hold water.
Clen is something that I'm not to sure about. I will use the first show as a gauge to see if I will need to drop it several days before the day. What ever went wrong before the first show can be corrected for the second.
Concerning training; No NO NO NO leg training should be done during this week. Allow the legs to fully recover and by doing so you will allow it to be in it's best condition for the day of the show. Since we are the subject of leg; no leg pumping exercise during the pump up back stage. Legs full of blood equals legs with less lines. So don't pump up legs.
The first three days of that week will be just circuit training. Nothing heavy! No need to tear muscle tissue while in this delicate state. Reps should be between 15-25. Whatever you wish just to put some blood into them and get a good calorie burn. Stimulate. Days 3,2 full rest. This is normally a time reserved for carb depletion and carb loading. But not for me this go around.
Food intake; should be minimum to survive and maintain current muscle mass. Nothing drastic for me. I eat the same as I did the week prior.
I hope I covered most of this topic. I will add to this if I left anything out. Writing this was a chore and need a break.