glyceral--- carb up for PJ
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For a woman i really don't know whats best, you'd really have to experiment for what works best for you. I have heard that most pros use insulin and pie filling as part of their carb-up for PJ. I will be experimenting with this one about 2-3 weeks before my contest, just to see how well it works. Most reported coming in onstage almost 10 pounds heavy maintaining the fullness as well as hardness.
Fyre
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supergirl said:
Hey Supergirl! Have you tried the red wine/glycerol cocktail before you go on stage? I'm not sure of the exact amounts but it works great. Let me think, I know it's red wine, glycerol and I believe some dextrose based Creatine, like phosphagen hp, yep that's it. I'm not 100% sure of the amount of glycerol though.
Are you looking for full pre-contest carb up info or just right before prejudging?
supergirl
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Re: Re: glyceral--- carb up for PJ
i just kinda wanted to get a great discussion going on pre-judging carb up.. i am not looking for anything persay.. i just wanted to see what everyone does and what they swear by..
i personally think the redwine is perfect to bring out vascularity and to warm you up.. i make sure all my clients take a glass..
i also feel that pie filling (dextrose) is perfect for carbing up.. and a sweet pot is great too as it contains enough potassium to help with cramping.. but the glycerol i am not too sure of.. it is tricky and you also have to be careful of how much it will upset your stomach..
last thing ya need is a competitor puking on stage LOL
but if you guys also want to discuss overall carbing up like 1-2 days out, that would be cool too...
i just wanted to get this topic more exposure and for us all to share our tricks or secrets (like the pie filling) lol
Fyre said:
i just kinda wanted to get a great discussion going on pre-judging carb up.. i am not looking for anything persay.. i just wanted to see what everyone does and what they swear by..
i personally think the redwine is perfect to bring out vascularity and to warm you up.. i make sure all my clients take a glass..
i also feel that pie filling (dextrose) is perfect for carbing up.. and a sweet pot is great too as it contains enough potassium to help with cramping.. but the glycerol i am not too sure of.. it is tricky and you also have to be careful of how much it will upset your stomach..
last thing ya need is a competitor puking on stage LOL
but if you guys also want to discuss overall carbing up like 1-2 days out, that would be cool too...
i just wanted to get this topic more exposure and for us all to share our tricks or secrets (like the pie filling) lol
Dial_tone
Old School Lifter
I've used glycerol for cycling (bicycles); same idea different goal. idea for me was to increase the amt of fluid stored in the muscle so you don't get dehydrated as fast. Very important during 75-100 mile bike rides...I've done 5 of those in the past. It doesn't taste great and the jellowy texture is hard to get down. The downside for cyclists was the extra fluid storage made us feel so sluggish we couldn't ride as fast. This is probably a non-issue for bodybuilders since we don't move around as fast.
When I get down to a reasonable bodyfat level I'm going to try a CKD for 3-4 weeks and increase the amt of glycerol with each carbup; should be interesting.
When I get down to a reasonable bodyfat level I'm going to try a CKD for 3-4 weeks and increase the amt of glycerol with each carbup; should be interesting.
redsquirrel
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I've also heard of like 2 shots of Scotch ( for vasulcarity) in a can of pears!! It worked pretty well...it was eaten throughout the show day to stay full w/o water.
supergirl
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Fyre said:
hmmmmm is right.. if i know me and being that depleted... walking around in high heels all typsy will not be a fun thing to do
LOL warm scotch??? see the other good thing with the red wine is the sulfates and the flushing in your skin.. it brings color out and warms ya up nicely... i know scotch warms ya up too though LOL...
Hey RS.. the can of pears are in a natural juice/water right??? i wonder if it would be like water though and fill ya out too much... Do you know someone who has used this technique??
It sounds good which is why i am asking for more details
LOL... i guess you could carb up on the pears without the juice though too for that matter...
redsquirrel
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Yes, my fiance did it for his first show. The pears are in natural juices...and it's funny, he was instructed touse Chivas Scotch!!!
I dunno the reason for that specific kind, but he ate them throughout the day and the Chivas was soaked into the pears, so he didn't take in too much liquid. IT sounded crazy to me too, but it seemed to work!
He held a little water in his love handles, so I'm sure it could have worked much better!
I dunno the reason for that specific kind, but he ate them throughout the day and the Chivas was soaked into the pears, so he didn't take in too much liquid. IT sounded crazy to me too, but it seemed to work!
He held a little water in his love handles, so I'm sure it could have worked much better!
Nutri-Wrestler
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my old boss told me about her little pre-contest drink she would use before she got on stage. it was redwine, creatine, and glutamine.
she would also tell me that the night before she would wake up every 2 hours to eat peanut butter
she would also tell me that the night before she would wake up every 2 hours to eat peanut butter
fatchops
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Fyre said:
I wanted to do this but I never found anything that gave me a info about it and how to do it or when to do it, I also read that it works great if your super lean. I am just kind of scetchy about a carb load because I can't find anything that says when you hit your peak on a carb up. Also I don't want to gain weight before a weight-in so with a fat load you won't gain too much weight or worry about bloat. I will keep searching for stuff about fat loading. MuscleMag had a cool article thisa month about a fat load if you can get it read it.
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