I give up

[MS]

" The best advice I got was from New@ who told me to pick one trusted person and stick to that one source of advice. I know that I personally drove myself to extreme frustration when I was doing the precontest dieting because I tried too hard to follow all of the advice"


THANK YOU VLC. This is the absolute truth. There are truly thousands of different ways to prepare for a contest (and come in looking good), but the most important thing IMHO is handing over the reigns to someone who can plot the course for you (preferably someone who has a good track record with famele BB contest prep). Chopping and changing things based on web-surfing is the WORST sabotage you can inflict on yourself. Stop thinking so hard, you don't have enough spare blood glucose and you're not in established ketosis, so DON'T STRAIN your BRAIN. Pick someone and run with them.

The questions you ask have NO absolute answer. Geesh, if bodybuilding were as easy as a recipe for Nachos then everyone would be doing it!!!

 

[Fonz]

Bit late to the general discussion here but this is a classic "problem" and has more to do with your individual genetic make-up.

One thing we need to keep in mind is muscle fiber ratio. I'm sure you have heard of "slow twitch" and "fast twitch" muscles. Welp, as you may have guessed, we don't all have the same make-up. Some folks have more fast twitch and some have more slow twitch. And lets not forget the these ratios change in reguard to the location of the muscle.

I swear to the big guy up stairs that I will NEVER have big arms. Strong arms? Yup, not a problem. But BIG - as in size. I've all but given up. Now my calfs. BRING ON ANYONE! It don't seem to matter. They get big and strong on just about any workout gets them pumped.

Now if I recall, there was a way to test your muscle (the bigger ones) for a basic ratio.... I may have that somewhere in my files...

I'll trade you.

My arms grow out of control. I haven't trained them in 2 years.

Now my calves........

Fonz

 

[MS]

Hey Lobo, I've also got some spare arm I'd like to trade for some more calf. My biceps grow from just hammering nails, and my triceps grow from grouting tiles! But calves......great stamina and great strength but definitely not built for showing off