Your bodybuilding show is a month away, and you’ve finally got your groove. You’ve adjusted to the perils of low-calorie days. You found what cardio system works best for you, and you’ve had to change your batteries in your mp3 player much more frequently, with all the time you have spent in the gym. You sleep less, think less, and train more, but the goal is coming together. You’re four weeks out from your show and you’re ready. Peruse these tips for the final four weeks to help you peak on time. Alternate ECA and Clenbuterol For the last four weeks before your bodybuilding show, you should use ECA for 7 days, then Clenbuterol for 7 days. Then, repeat this cycle for the final 2 weeks. This will allow your body’s receptors to remain freshest, the ...

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Pre-Contest Sodium Manipulation As the competition date looms closer for competitive bodybuilders, sodium manipulation becomes essential for presenting the driest package possible onstage. Sodium is normally present in the body at very high levels. A balance occurs which allows potassium to be pumped into the body, and the (dietary intaken) sodium to be pumped out. This requires potassium levels to be very high as well. In the two weeks before the show, add salt to every meal. Keep your potassium levels high as well thru supplementation. This process is called sodium loading. The day before the show, cut out all sodium sources. Since potassium is still pumping at a high level, it will excrete all the sodium from the body overnight and you will present a dry package onstage Creatine Loading Drop all creatine from your diet 5 ...

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Many people have the desire to compete though rarely do. Determining why it is important to you to compete helps prepare you for the long road ahead. While competing is beneficial to many it is rare to find one with the drive it takes to compete. As in any sport, competing increases your confidence and forces you to strive for harder goals. Many people don’t have the motivation to continue to train; competing sometimes changes your outlook and your overall objectives. When choosing a competition you must give yourself ample time to prepare. Training times vary depending on the amount of fat you need to convert to muscle. Lightweight –middleweight bodybuilders should only be a max of 15lbs over the competition weight. Heavy weight categories should only be less than 25lbs max over the ...

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Q:  I’m what you could call a life-style bodybuilder. I’ll never compete but, being over 30, I really need to watch what I eat. With a busy lifestyle, this is no easy thing. Any advice on how I can construct a lifestyle diet plan that’s practical for a busy guy? A: What we’re talking about here are lifestyle modifications that will stick with you for the rest of your life. There are a number of principles that need to be applied in order to achieve a healthy lifetime bodybuilding-eating regimen. Of course, it also requires a hell of a lot of discipline, especially at the outset. So, if you’re prepared to supply that, then here’s what you have to do . . . (1) Devise a simple menu adjustment and repeat it: Rather than going hell for leather and burning out early, ...

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Your mission, if you choose to accept it is to lift, scream, and strain your way to the biggest, and most ripped arms imaginable. We’ll warn you ahead of time, building a set of “weapon’s grade” arms is never easy, but you’ve been pre-selected as a reader of HCM to test your will and resolve. When your mission is complete, you’ll have “arms inspectors” everywhere either salivating with desire, or interrogating you for training info. Without any more time wasted, there are a few things you should know before you embark. One piece of information you should file away is that approximately one-third of your upper arm measurement comes from your biceps and two-thirds comes from your triceps. This means that if your upper arm measures 18 inches in circumference, 12 inches are triceps and only six are biceps. You may ask which muscle ...

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Contract with major supplement company… $100,000 Prize money from last major body building show… $75,000 Annual take from guest posing stints… $40,000 Amount saved from having strippers give you lap dances for free… $200 Running into jr. high class bully at Ralph’s pulling food stamps out of dirty jeans… PRICELESS! Is body building as glamorous as you once imagined? Is it all that, or is it all that and the bag of chips you never bargained for? Does it read like a “Mastercard® Priceless ad” or does it read more like this: Annual personal training salary… $30,000 Money from nude posing stints… $5000 Last cycle price… $10,000 Monthly rent at beachside apartment… $2000 Credit card debt when personal training was slow… $5000 Guest posing -minus clothes- for gay men to buy food, and earn additional $10,000 for attorney’s fees to beat recent steroid charge… PRICELESS! If you’re one of the legions of ...

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As with all endeavors in your life, emotions play a key role in both your motivation to perform, and the level at which you perform. People who love their jobs will undoubtedly perform better at their jobs. People who love their children will be better parents. People who are able to channel their emotions into tools to assist them with tasks are able to complete these tasks with more success. Bodybuilding is no exception. Momentum When you’ve been following a diet or training routine religiously for a few weeks, you begin to see consistent progress. This progress creates a feeling of self-satisfaction, which creates motivation to train and diet harder. It’s like a snowball. Every day you see greater results, you are going to have more reasons to keep eating and training correctly. Use this momentum ...

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A deep, dark tan can add the perception of additional muscle mass to the physique. Ever see the guest posers who hop up onstage under those bright lights completely white, and look like they’re very fat, even though they might be at 8% body fat? Bright lights- whether they are from the stage, the sun, or the boardroom – tend to wash out cuts and definition on the very pale athlete. For this reason, it is important to maintain a nice healthy tan year round whenever possible to best present your bodybuilding physique. Competition For competition bodybuilders, nude tanning is essential. Find a nice tanning salon close to the home or gym, and visit 3-4 times a week. Since your posing trunks for shows will vary, a full-body tan will be required. If you do ...

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