#87 Dr. Guillermo Escalante & Dr. Scott Stevenson - Peak Week Recommendations (Part 1)

In this episode of The Muscle Memoirs Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Guillermo Escalante and Dr. Scott Stevenson to discuss their most recent publication on peak week recommendations for bodybuilders.
Reference
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Timestamps
00:00 Is a peak week always the best approach to maximize your appearance on stage?
10:15 The value of practicing peak week
13:00 Eating into the show
25:27 Popular peak week strategies that do more harm than good
33:05 Water and sodium manipulation
44:30 "Drying out"
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[@user-qb4eb8vq5u]

Many evidence based coaches I've heard say to Never cut off water because you can't just lose it between the skin and not the muscle. So I'm always a little confused because then I still hear others (like you guys) state to "dehydrate" a little by cutting it off at 5 pm. If you can't just dehydrate between the skin ***selectively***...why do it at all? I'm not a scientist or a coach, so I may be missing something. I will read the whole paper, though, because this is very fascinating to me as a competitor.

[@murrderRD]

I more or less put forth this position in the episode, which then led to me trying to differentiate between enhanced and natural competitors. Water manipulation probably holds more merit in the former. In either case, definitely don't cut water while loading carbs. Whether a natural competitor should minimize water consumption in close proximity to the show? I'm not so sure. In the vast majority of cases, it's probably better left untouched, in my opinion. Although, it could be worth experimenting with ahead of time. Peaking is much more an art than a science.

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@@murrderRD thank you for the clarification, agreed. Best strategy as always... get in shape lol.