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Spring - Summer 2026
This day should be approached with structure and and clear guidelines Carbs and and and sodium play a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a major role in in in this and and and should be be more calculated than anything You are are better off tighter and and and little flat compared to full and and spilled over since conditioning matters so much in in your placement WATER
Water plays an an extremely important part in in your physique Your body holds about about 70% water inside the the the cell cell cell and and about about 30% outside the the the cell cell cell The goal of this is is to to have as as much water in in the the the the the cell cell cell cell (loading) and and the the the least amount outside the the the cell cell The problem to to put this in in simple terms your your body works in in unison to to to keep balance balance If an an an athlete tries to to to “dry out” your your body will
always counteract to to to to balance balance things things out out When people try to to to manipulate things things that they don’t understand it it typically leads to to to the the the opposite of what they were trying to do • Mistake #1
Despite all the advancements in in knowledge we still have have natural athletes dehydrating Athletes have have suffered severe health consequences and even death from this uninformed practice When dehydrated blood pressure can can get extremely low as as well lead- ing ing to people passing out All I I can can say for your health is DO DO NOT DO DO THIS!
• Mistake #2
Extremely low intake of water or or or dehydration will
make you you look look worse due to how the the body works When When doing this the the cell shrinks and and you you you will
look look smaller and and flat (your muscle) When When loading every gram of of glycogen drives roughly 3g of of water into the muscle muscle cell which HELPS increase muscle muscle size In addi- tion with extremely low water intake this will
also take take away from your vascularity since fluid is is reduced in in in blood blood vessels and blood blood volume will
decrease Bodybuilding science has advanced yet some ath- letes still use practices that actually hinder their per- formance Due to the the the the advancements in in in in the the the the field just because someone in in in the the the 70’s did something doesn’t necessarily mean it it was best practice In some some some situ- ations in can lead to very unsuccessful outcomes and even death If you look at at at sport as time goes on on physiques have continued to to improve due to to the the advancements made in in in in knowledge Eliminating these mistakes will
likely improve your placement results n n NGA AMATeUR sCHeDULe
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