Category: Bikini Competition Diet and Nutrition

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October 10, 2023

Can your metabolic rate increase enough to lose 3lbs of fat in one day?

This is an expansion of a sub-topic I briefly touched on in my last post Runaway Metabolism During Peak Week Carb Load. That article was focused mostly on the common issue of struggling to fill out during a carb load, the days leading up to a show. But there was one part of the article…

September 20, 2023

Runaway Metabolism During Peak Week Carb Load

I’ve been hearing this newly fabricated runaway metabolism term thrown around a lot lately, so I thought I’d make fun of it (it’s been a while :). From what I can gather so far (as with all made up terms, the meaning will change week to week), the term is mostly used when an athlete…

August 7, 2018

How we handle bikini competition diet and training for different body types and starting points

Just a quick post about how we handle bikini competition diet and training for various body types and starting points. We accept clients of all shapes and sizes, and always make it a point to let each applicant know prior to enrollment what our approach will look like for them. Scenario 1: Initial Cut followed…

September 12, 2017

Bikini Competition Diet Macros: How we determine low carb vs. high carb for our clients

This is going to be a short one and not as technical as some of my other articles. I basically just want to briefly touch on how we go about determining our clients' bikini competition diet macros, specifically whether to go low carb/high fat, high carb/low fat, or moderate carb/fat once we've determined caloric and…

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May 14, 2017

What Causes Post-Competition Rebounding (And Why it NEVER Happens to our Clients)

I'm going to just dive right in here: Most girls suffer from post-competition rebounding because they should have given themselves more time to get stage ready. Ever hear a bikini coach or YouTube/Instagram fitness celeb say this? Probably not. I mean how are they going to cash in on the '12 week miracle transformation' craze,…

August 15, 2015

Should Bikini Competitors do a Cyclical Ketogenic Diet?

July 2016 Update: I've received a number of emails/inquiries from people who assumed that because I wrote this article about CKD dieting that it is the approach we take for our clients. Just want to point out that we DO NOT do CKD or Ketogenic dieting, as you will find if you can suffer through…

June 11, 2015

Bikini Competition Diet: Why many competitors drop the ball on carb cycling

Carb cycling seems to be standing the test of time as a staple of the typical bikini competition diet, so I thought I would write a brief article on what I see being done incorrectly by many competitors, and how to make your carb cycle better. First I want to clarify that I am talking…

October 14, 2013

Bikini Competition Diet Series: How to Calculate Your Macros

This is an expansion on a very, very simplified article I wrote back in 2010 on how to set up your Bikini Competition Diet Macros. I've been hesitant to get too in depth with this since adjusting a diet is really an ongoing process, and you need to know when to leave things alone and…

October 7, 2013

IIFYM or “Clean Eating” for Bikini Competitors…which is better?

Should a bikini competition diet utilize IIFYM (if it fits your macros) or the ever popular "clean eating"? Its funny that we're considering bikini competition diet IIFYM and "Clean Eating" to be opposing viewpoints/concepts now. Just 10 years ago I was in charge of a successful 12 week lifestyle/body transformation program at my gym, and…

May 28, 2012

Figure and Bikini Contest Prep Guide to Gas and Bloating

Just because its "clean" when you eat it doesn't mean it's going to be clean coming out the other end. That's what I should have named this article. But seriously, it's not uncommon when suddenly moving from the typical American diet to the average bikini contest prep diet to experience some gas/bloating. I think some…

April 26, 2012

Bikini Competition Diet: Refeeds for Figure and Bikini Prep?

Do you need a bikini competition refeed? See if this scenario sounds familiar: Your bikini coach has had you on a super low calorie/carb bikini competition diet nonstop for weeks with NO bikini competition refeed. You made some good progress at first, strength/performance in the gym was okay for a while, energy throughout the day wasn’t…

March 28, 2012

Bikini Competition Diet: Carb Cycling Part 3: Setting up a Carb Cycle

In this final installment of the Bikini Competition Diet Carb Cycling Series, I'm going to take you through the steps of setting up a carb cycle for figure or bikini competition. As mentioned in Part 2, I don't really see the point in carb cycling much sooner than about 6 weeks or so out from…

November 7, 2011

Bikini Competition Diet: Carb Cycling for Bikini Competitors Part 2

Okay I think I'm probably about 2-3 weeks late writing part 2 of Bikini Competition Diet: Carb Cycling for Bikini Competitors, but I re-checked and google still has little to offer on the subject. Not that its google's fault. I love google. So I realized after re-reading part 1 that I never really bothered to…

October 8, 2011

Bikini Competition Diet: Carb Cycling For Bikini Competitors

Okay, looks like I’m finally fired up enough about something that I may have to write my first blog post in 5 months. Every once in a while I like to pretend I’m a bikini competitor (this isn’t going where you think it is…get your head out of the gutter) looking for relevant contest prep…

September 18, 2010

Bikini Competition Diet: 5 Reasons NOT to Cut Sodium!

While I think most bikini competition prep coaches have come a long way with regard to pre-contest depleting or “drying out” practices, there still seems to be a lot of confusion regarding sodium manipulation in the bikini competition diet. I've intentionally left bikini competition out of this post, since depleting is completely pointless, and actually a…

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