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COACH JUMPING
Lastly, another mistake I see even a few Pros make, is coach jumping.
He or she doesn’t place well in a show because something went
wrong. He or she blames their coach, and then proceeds to hire a new
coach. He or she competes with their new coach, hyping things
leading up to the show with social media posts like, “Looking my best
ever and with more food and less cardio.” Then once again something
goes wrong, and now blames this new coach. A few months go by and
wait for it… wait for it…. Yes, another new coach is hired! It gets
ridiculous, but what the athlete doesn’t realize is that he or she is
failing to identify the common denominator in all of these mis-
handled preps… it’s the athlete! 
One example that I know of was a top 10 placing Olympia IFBB Pro
who worked with three different top level prep coaches and each time
he missed his peak. He even publicly blamed the one coach in a
magazine interview. It was later revealed that this Pro battled with
each coach about how he wanted to dial in and always strayed from
the coach’s plan. Ultimately, no coach wanted to work with him as he
was deemed uncoachable, and now he coaches himself. I wonder who
he blames now because he still isn’t Mr. Olympia!
CONCLUSION
The takeaway from this article is to give yourself the best opportunity to display your physique
and aim to perfect your posing; aim to be as conditioned as possible first and then fill out just
enough to maximize fullness but not too much that can sacrifice detail; and work with your coach
to develop your competition career, not to just prep you for one show.