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The Complete Contest Prep Guide

A start-to-stage manual for natural bodybuilding and physique competition prep

Written for people preparing for a drug-tested physique competition, this walks from setting starting calories and macros through nutrient timing, refeeds and diet breaks, training during a deficit, peak week, posing and show day. It is drawn from the author's own preps and a decade of coaching competitors, and much of it applies to any long, aggressive fat-loss phase. Not a general fitness book; it assumes you already train hard and want to get very lean on a deadline.

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  • Layne NortonRecommends

    Nutrition scientist and powerlifter · Biolayne

    Wrote it from his own preps and the competitors he has coached, covering calories, macros, nutrient timing, refeeds, peak week and posing for anyone taking a natural physique competition seriously.

    Source: Biolayne: The Complete Contest Prep Guide

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