Jeff just a few questions out of interest:
What was your lowest you took your calories leading up to the show?
and what were your nutrient ratios? (grams of Protein, Carbs, fat)
At my lowest point, 2 weeks out, I was having about
Off Day: 365 Protein, 175 Carbs, 11 Fat = ~ 2,260
Training Day: 365P, 215C, 10F = ~2,400
How many days out did you stop doing cardio and weights training?
about a week out for cardio, and my last training day was Tuesday (show on Friday). Though about the last 3 or 4 days were not to 100% failure
the final week how much did you carb up on each day? over how many days? and from what sources?
I gradually started carbing up on Sunday (GRADUALLY!). Sources were the same foods I was eating minus the vegetables (just more of rice cakes, dextrose, oats)
...did you do anything different in the last week that you thought made a difference, or did you use the same approach as last year?
I used a similar approach as last year, however there were some minor differences: I drank 5 gallons of water starting saturday until Wednesday. On thursday(1 day out) I drank about 1.25 gallons, and friday and saturday I drank about 1 gallon (about 50 oz before stage, 80 oz after)