CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE JULY || ISSUE 36 | Page 41

Contest Prep
3
Biggest
Mistakes
By Dean Brandt
Head Coach -Team BodyByBrandt 
CHECK
LIST
Contest Prep Mistake
#1 - Time
You must give yourself enough of
the above. Most people
underestimate how long it takes to
TIME
get in competition/photoshoot
shape. 
OVER-RELIANCE
As a general rule, if you don't have
abs at the start of the diet, plan for
ON 12-16 weeks. Otherwise you'll have
SUPPLEMENTS to crash diet. This will cause muscle
loss and you'll end up looking
smooth and flat, in addition to
LAST
WEEK/PEAK
WEEK CHANGES
becoming a hard person to live
with. :(
So, you must determine how much
body-fat you need to lose in order
to get to the required body-fat for
your class. From there on, plan your
diet with a reasonable caloric deficit
so that you will drop about 1-2 lbs of
fat a week (it won't be all fat, but
that's another article).