Are you ramping up preparation for your first bodybuilding show? You’re probably been reading up on diet, cardiovascular movements, and pre-contest supplements and drugs, preparing for what will no doubt be twelve weeks of misery as you work to reach the greatest shape of your life. Here are a few factors which may also contribute to your success, which you may not have considered.

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Super-flushing is a technique used to move a great deal of blood into the muscle group. It’s very popular with bodybuilders during pre-contest phases. It’s essentially a cascading giant set routine, which gets easier with each set (as the muscle group tired) and allows for exercise rotation each week. Here is a sample routine using super flushing.

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During the last few days before a bodybuilding show, athletes focus all their energies and efforts upon peaking for the upcoming show. Their diet is designed to finalize fat loss and remove all unneeded water from the body. They must get their tans applied for the show. They must perfect their posing. They must arrive in the destination city and prepare all the logistical details. Drug protocols must be minimized and possibly masked for testing. And, most cautiously, they must carb up. We have read hundreds of articles about all of these topics. The last week before a show is the most important of the entire training year and pre-contest. Rarely do we see anything about that very important aspect of preparation which gave us the muscle in the first place: Training. How much should one train in those days before a show?

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