Yes. You are right. You are not an expert and you have no idea what you are talking about. I can't believe someone who has not even done a show has "guided" someone through the final weeks of their show.
And when you do finally enter a show, you will realize that your little trial run at drying out as you say is not even comparable because you have absolutely nothing on the line. No one gives 100 percent when they are not going for something "for real."
You seem like a pretty smart guy but you are way off here. I'm sure you can relate in something you actually have done well and some dork who has never done it talks about like he's done it before.
Just because some competitors blow it does not mean just don't do it. Aren't you always saying bodybuilders are dumb? maybe those who didn't do it well are the dumb ones.
Your "bro science" is just as dangerous as the people you criticize. How about not giving advice about something you've never done? That's when the bro science ends.
im not sure i follow you, what do you think im advocating? i just dont want to see another bodybuilder look great one week out, then fuck it up because they tried some wacked out idea.... alot of guys will listen to anyone who has competed before.... and alot of times the ideas are fucked up..
ill give you one example,
this guy has been competing since the late 80's, he is 5'8 and offseason 250 with abs and competes at 200ish. he used to live in LA and is friends with just about every pro bodybuilder who ever lived or trained in cali.
i was training with this guy while he was getting ready for a show, and he was coming in nicely. about 6 weeks out he started talking with me and other friends about what he planned on doing for his drying out/filling out process. he was open to any idea's and he was scouring the net and all his friends for ideas.
now, for such a seaosned veteran with such a great body, it shoudl be a given that he already has a guaranteed method to come in dry and full. but he didnt have any method and had been inconsistant his whole career.
he ended up choosing a method he got from a friend, where he drops water friday night, keeps sodium low fri and sat, and then carbs up sat morning uses all fruit, fruit jellies, and toast and bagels, but enormous amounts of jelly.
ended up looking like he did when he was three weeks out.