Heading to the beach for the first time this summer on Monday,

>>41588301
Consider not cutting carbs too much. Carbs help you look full and can make you more vascular. ESPECIALLY if you're lean, cutting carbs can make you look flatter.

>>41588320

Yeah I was thinking about that. Maybe a carb up the morning of or day before would suffice while still helping me shed some water?

>>41588301

Minuscule of course but you can get some sun before then. Helps you retain less water and gets you tan. Obviously don't overdo it and get burned before beach day though.

Carbs ain't bad.

Just get your micros, vitamins, minerals, more fiber is always good and so on

>>41588415

Random but related. What SPF should I use at the beach? I want to get a tan but not use something super low SPF because I'm gonna be out there most of the day.

I was thinking 15 because it should be low enough to tan if I get enough rays but high enough not to be burnt to a crisp after many hours out there.

>>41588301
Lift on Monday morning for maximum pump.

>>41588452

Already taking my multi and fish oil since that shit makes my skin glow. Guess I'll try to get some more fiber in me too.

>>41588490
Multis are not an adequate replacement for actual whole vegetables/fruits.

>>41588501

Well yeah, I never said that was my ONLY source of micros. I use it as a SUPPLEMENT to my diet.

>>41588301
MORE sodium LESS water for that dry AF look bruv

>>41588520

GR8 B8 M8

>>41588468

15 should be fine for a day in the sun with some bronzing. Just make sure you reapply every 1.5 hours.

>>41588481

Obviously do this.

Honestly asking here m8. But whats the point here? Are you competing in a beach body building comp? Why do you need to try so hard to look good to impress beach girls?

>>41588835

Because if I've spent so much time improving my body in both strength and looks why wouldn't I make the minimal effort to get an edge and look my best?
Comes down to never settling for less than my best even if I'm the only one who gives a shit.

>>41588340
Kill all carbs and do a very high rep low weight full body workout on and be sure to stop drinking water early sunday morning. It shouldn't be to intense but it should be exhausting. Right after your workout start carb loading like a mother fucker. Like over 400g of carbs until monday. Avoid fat this day keep it to like 40g. If you have creatine go ahead and take 20g as well. Monday morning do a full body workout out again, nothing too intense but enough to get a good pump. Remember not to drink any water at all Sunday and to keep it minimum Monday. Ideally it takes about a week to do a full depletion and carb load phase but this is your best bet.

Source- Trained my brother how to prep for photo shoots

>>41590338
>creatine
OP said he wanted to look cut, not bald boyo.

>>41590338

Thanks for the advice. I know there's not much than can be done in 3 days but every little bit helps.

>>41590371

Father has MPB so yeah I'm very hesitant about creatine. Used it before and it helped but that baldness shit scares me from staying on it regularly.

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>>41590338
Hey man if you're still around I have a question about prepping:

I've been low carb cutting for the past 2 months, and I got about 3 weeks left until I hit up this festival, which is all weekend long (Paradiso 2017)

Should I be carbing up on the week of? How can I successfully integrate carbs again and maximize my potential?

>>41591257
The best way to do it would be to start the week before.
For example if it starts on a friday
>Sunday/monday before
2 sets of 15-20 reps per body part
(Isolation here is good because you can deplete glycogen better without snapping your shit) very low carb (<20g) with high to moderate protein (1.5g/lb lean mass) and eat around maintenance + tons of water. At least 3-4L. Make sure you're eating a good amount of salt and magnesium so you don't pass out. You're going to end up peeing about 20 times.
>Tuesday
Eat half of maintenance still low carb still drinking around 4-5 liters of water rest today
>Wednesday do some light cardio while fasted to deplete liver glycogen same diet as Tuesday
>Thursday
About an hour before your workout eat some carbs to fill up liver glycogen ~50g and kick you into an anabolic state. For your workout do a moderate intensity full body workout stick to sets of 8 reps and about 4 sets for legs, 2 sets chest 2 for shoulder and 2 for arms. After this workout absolutely crush carbs. If you did the rest of the week before you should be able to eat about 7-8g of carbs per pound of lean mass and have it all go towards muscle glycogen. Stick to high GI carbs at the start and slowly progress to low GI complex carbs. Low fat here and very little water.
>Friday you should be feeling super lean and have very little bloat. In the morning do a light high rep low weight workout enough to get a pump but don't push it. Feel free to soak in a hot bath for about 45 minutes. At this point you should be vascular as fuck and be very dry. Eat the next few days slightly under maintenance and keep water only to whatever is necessary for you to stay sane.
All of this assumes you're already fairly lean and have a good amount of muscle mass otherwise you're going to look like the machinist.
Good luck anon

>>41591519
Fucking awesome thank you so much my man. I'll try to meal prep with protein bars and shit during the festival so I can still rage and hit my macros.