theblondebomber said:
when do i start cut sodium all together?wed or thurs.?i guess the same time i start cutting my water.im not a big fan of the NO water the last 24 hrs.a quart is cool if youve been drinking 2 gals a day.right?
My technique as follows:
- start sodium loading for 10 days prior to the wednesday before the show. So on wednesday before show, count back 10 days and begin sodium loading. Add salt, as much as you can withstand to everything.
- Also, during that time, begin potassium/magnesium loading. This will lock things in place. I use Twinlabs liqui-k plus magnesium.
- When you wake up on thursday morning, absolutely no sodium or at least as little as humanly possible.....all natural chicken, red meat....etc.
- Remember sodium and watar go hand and hand. So by laws of osmosis, that water will follow the sodium right out of the body.....very powerful all natural diuretic. A little dyazide won't hurt, and won't deplete your muscles like lasix or bumex leaving you flat. I would use it if you have it on hand, but don't stress out if you don't have it, you will do fine without it.
- After weigh in, go out and get relaxed and eat a steak and potatoe, however, request that the chef do not add any extra seasoning which would contain sodium. No need to cut water out altogether, just consume as needed on friday and saturday. Remember that the muscle is comprised of 70% water, so without it you won't pump up as effectively.
- pop the dyazides on friday and very early saturday morning before prejudging. They usually don't pull so hard from within the muscle but they pull enough from the subcutaneous layers of the skin to give you that sought after dry appearance.
- The big secret of national level competitors is suspension, i know its a pain in the ass, but it really keeps you full with that vascular look second to none.
- If you have none, don't stress over it, just use what you have like Winny-V, halo, masteron, and some sort of trenbolone. But nothing oil based will give you that dry look like water based products. But you can offset that with the dyazide or even aldactone, anything potassium-sparing. But if you do indeed use a potassium sparing diuretic, maybe consider not loading as hard with the twinlab liqui-k plus, too high of potassium levels can be dangerous.