Phil: Old thread but I hope you read this. I saw your pics from 5 weeks out, and you could do so much better. You have an outstanding physique (no homo) but need to change your last 10 days of prep. Let me put it his way, you probably have more muscle and symmetry then me, but I won (NPC shows) because my conditioning was freaky (striated glutes, etc.) If I coached you, you would crush people!

I read where you posted your last week prep, and it was severely problematic. It was way, way to restrictive. That should have been your intake for days 16 to 11. Staring 10 days out we would gradually raise your carbs each day. The body needs time to recover from weeks and weeks of dieting and hard training. By wed. before the show, you would be up at around 400-500 grams of carbs. You would also eat more fat.Thursday-Friday we would bump things up, depending on your needs. I was up to 650 grams by Thursday, and came in shredded.

Everything else is diuretics. There is a very, very specific and precise diuretic formula that we would start 10 days out, adjusted to your needs. We would adjust, but stick to the principles. Honestly, you could eat cookies and ice cream and come in shredded if your diuretics are dialed in. We don't touch Lasix until the night before the show. We drink water until 6 pm that night.

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Should of placed higher in my opinion, you look awesome bro.

Good job ull get em next year

Looked amazing! Thanks for sharing!

Whoa, Phil- You look great! keep it up!!!!!!