BODYBUILDER and online coach Ryan Mackins says when it comes to peak week before a show "less is more" for most people.
Mackins took to instagram recently to explain why he believes most of peak week is just not "worth the reward".
And this week he recorded a short video exclusively for frontdouble.com to explain his thoughts. You can view that at the bottom of this article.
In his social media post, Mackins explained that many of us work hard for months and look great leading up to the show. Then because history says peaking should be done a certain way, we change things and end up looking worse.
He said: "Peaking – the risk is very often not worth the reward. Speak to bodybuilders and they will very often have a story of how they “fucked it” whilst trying something to make their physique “peak”. Usually involving something wacky involving carbs and/or diuretics at the 11th hour.
"I did fuck all for my last show [above]. Is it perfect? Far from it. But taking away the hassle of overthinking that side of things and the worry of having to keep checking if you’ve ruined it or whatever (constantly checking to see if you’ve smoothed over) was a brilliant thing.
"I treated the day like normal. No carb load at all. I just knew that on any given day I looked like this and without trying anything out the ordinary, I had a look that was predictable.
"Every bodybuilder I know and every one you know talks about the carb load into a show, convincing themselves that is going to be the secret to making them look invincible on stage. More often than not it is NOT the case. For a lot of people, less is more."
Watch Ryan Mackins' video explanation below:
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