My girl needs help for a show!

[phatjimmy]

My girl is getting ready for a figure show on June 17. We have just finished bulking and she has put on a great deal of muscle. I have no experience with cutting diets or which cardio to do for cutting while retaining muscle. She is currently 5'5" with 20%bf. If anyone could point me to some links for great diets for her I would appreciate it a great deal as would she. Thanks for any help that can be offered.

 

[BrickGirl]

You are 4 weeks out from a contest and thinking about dieting and cardio now?

 

[wilson6]

She will need at least 12 weeks of pre-contest work to get down to where she needs to be. Forget about June 17th and find something around August 17th. There should be plenty of info out there on diets if you do a search.

W6

 

[Sassy69]

To give you a point of reference - I think most figure girls will come in around 12% bf. This is her first show I take it? You would definitely want to schedule some alternative show dates if she can't cut in 4 weeks. That's an extremely aggressive goal and its pure misery if you try to cut too fast & then don't make the show deadline.

What's the current diet & training schedule?

 

[phatjimmy]

Currently she just changed to 12-15 reps about 9-12 sets per bodygroups mostly isolation exercises. I bodypart a week. Diet is at about 1300-1500 calories with majority being protein, carbs only pre and post workout. Also about 30- 45 minutes of cardio a day. And it is her first show. She naturally has a very lean figure with broad shoulders. Thanks for the replies.