As a 5 time overall bodybuilding champion I know a thing or two about getting ripped for a bodybuilding show. There are several ways to lose body fat and get that lean hard muscular look that wins you your weight class and maybe the overall trophy. It is not easy to train hard, reduce your calories, and concentrate on your contest, but if you follow these simple steps it can be much less taxing.
My favorite way to reduce fat was not to get fat. If you don’t put on 20lbs of extra fat during the off season you don’t have to diet as hard and you can actually continue to put on muscle as the contest gets closer. My off season weight was around 215 and I competed at 198. I know what your saying, “That’s 17 pounds over you contest weight.” My answer is, of course it is. No one can walk around 3 to 4 % body fat. My point is not to get 30 to 40 pounds over you contest weight. I can lose 17 pounds in a week if needed, but I don’t.
My way of getting ready for the contest was through training hard, eating sensibly, taking quality supplements, and using a good fat burning, thermogenic diet pill. This is exactly what I would do 60 days before a bodybuilding show. I would cut out a lot of sugar. No soft drinks, candy, cakes, or snacks that had high sugar content. I always made sure that I trained every day. Whether is was calves, stair stepper, weights, bike, whatever, I just made sure that I was burning calories and sweating each day. I practised my posing every night. Posing brings out definition and builds your endurance for holding poses on stage. I increased my eating. I actually eat more food, like chicken, fish, vegetables, steak……
For supplements my 2 favorites where Beverly International Mass 500 Amino’s and Ultra 40 Desiccated Liver. During the last 2 weeks I would take 1 bottle of Beverly International Muscularity. During the last 3-4 weeks I would throw in an Ephedra Diet Pill like Zenatrol, Superdrine or Green Stinger.
I always remember other bodybuilders looking like they were exhausted and worn out a few weeks before a contest but I always felt good and my workouts were stronger than ever. Why get fat then have to be miserable for 2-3 months before a contest and have to diet so hard that you lose muscle. That doesn’t make sense. So if you plan on competing in the near future, get your body fat down to 7-8 % know and you will be glad you did come contest day.