Welcome back for episode 30 of The Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast!

This week Tyarra and Jack have teamed up with Allen Mao to record a special episode discussing all things comp prep! Allen is both a competitive bodybuilder and renowned online coach at Flex Success, and is currently 9.5 weeks out from his first show of the season. If you are a competitive bodybuilder, coach, or interested in physique sport then this episode is definitely for you!

Topics covered in this episode include:

- Allen's competitive background and how his experiences during prep have changed over the years

- The importance of planning your improvement season

- How to transition from an improvement season into a prep

- How to structure your prep in terms of time length, deloads, training and diet manipulations, high vs low carb days, peak week

- Training considerations during peak week

- Allen's recommendations for when to start posing practice and the importance of doing so

- What we all love the most about bodybuilding and why we compete

- When should you expect libido and sleep to be effected during prep?

- Tips for managing hunger through high-volume foods

- Should you decrease food or increase cardio to lose weight?

- Opinions on performing heavy taxing compounds (e.g deadlifts) during the end stages of a prep

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