The following is a guest entry from IFBB Figure Pro Melody Clere on the need for competitors to have an offseason. Melody herself has just recently come off a great offseason dedicated towards putting on a little more muscle in some key areas.

I'm in complete agreement with her position here obviously as I think one of the biggest problems with those trying to develop 'The Physque', is that they're always focused on fat loss, fat loss, fat loss. The need to stay lean year round, always competing, doing numerous shows per year. When do you make any gains? Oh wait, you don't. That's why you never look much different. Competing successfully is not just a fat-loss contest.
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If you've read my blog when I'm in rant mode about the practices of some, or rather, apparently many, contest prep coaches, you already know that it's not just that I'm not impressed; it's also that some of these recommended program practices are just ... out to lunch.

I've ranted and raved about the insane amounts of cardio so common in contest prep circles today more than once ... and there's another one coming, but not today. We've all seen and heard that kind of thing already. No, today, I'm going to talk about something I've never heard before ... until a recent conversation with a client of mine. And I bet many of you haven't either read more 20 comments

I took on the services of LBF and Erik Ledin in early March of this year. I had a goal of competing in my very first show and I knew that I would be in better hands if I hired someone to guide me through. From day one, Erik has been on point with all his information and it resulted in a very nice process with hardly any plateaus. That's not to say that things were easy, because they weren't but I think what made it such a comfortable transition was having Erik there programming it all for me. With each plan, there came no questioning or second guessing his decisions, I knew I had a great person in my... read more 0 comments

Here's another from a client who recently took 1st in her show. When you're busy training other people, it can be difficult to stay focused to your own diet plan not having anyone to answer to for yourself. I have worked with Erik in the past and knew I needed him along side me for this recent show that I was prepping for. I let Erik prepare all aspects of my competition prep, diet and training. It was a huge relief to have him make all the big decisions and calculations concerning what should be done with my diet and training. He truly is an amazing coach! He is extremely well educated and knows his stuff not only in... read more 0 comments

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