Lean Bodies Consulting

So it’s just about 10pm on Thursday night. I’m sitting here at the kitchen table in Noel’s house as she makes something called Brownie Butterscotch Squares. I’ve petiitioned her to use peanut butter instead of butterscotch.Yep, she’s been baking up all her goodies for the show.

Anyway, I arrived this afternoon, and shortly thereafter we headed off to the gym. Noel didn’t work out of course, but I got in a decent upper body workout. Then we headed back to her place where I had the opportunity to meet the rest of the family - Scott, and the three little terrors …. I mean, angels - MacKenzie, Riley, Jamison. I brought them the Canadian version of Smarties - you know, bribery and all.

Then we went through some posing - wow. She’s on. The suits turned out great as well. I did some fiddling with the T-stance pose to get the abs to pop a bit more. And what’s crazy is that one of the abs is actually cross striated. I think she’s got it down now. Still some fiddling to do with the front stance but we’ve got more time. It doesn’t need much work. Regardless of what the judges think, we can be satisfied that this is the best Noel to date. She’s in shape, great colour, great suits, polished posing. Our work is done.

So, regarding the prep week. I have a handful of different strategies to choose from with people. What I decide to do depends on what the person looks like. Sometimes it’s a carb up, sometimes it’s a fat load, sometimes it’s a carb up transitioning into a fat load. And how long each lasts is also a variable to consider/manipulate. It all depends on the person.

Last time, we did a two-day carb up and then a small fat load. This time I’ve decided to skip the carb up entirely. We’re going to do a heavy fat load. No cutting of sodium whatsoever and and we will not be cutting water either. I’ve run a couple ‘experiments’ with Noel recently that have lead me to be confident in my decision. As it stands right now, this week is going perfectly and she’s right where she needs to be less than two days out.

Tomorrow we’re off to South Carolina.

I will try to bribe her for some photos …

Related posts:

1. Junior USAs and Final Week Prep
2. Some Friday Pictures
3. Live from the 2008 NPC Junior Nationals

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