[Clare]

Resting up again today. I went back into work to catch up and train a few clients, but apart from that I’m chilling as much as possible. I’m following a macro split of 40c/40p/10f over 6 meals today after 2 days completely off plan. I’ll be getting my new diet plans through from Jordan soon, so will switch to that as soon as I do. (I much prefer following a set plan as opposed to choosing foods to fit a macro split).
Despite the extra food, I’m still ridiculously hungry constantly, but I know my hunger hormones will be all over the place, so need to be mindful of that as this is how people end up binging and overeating. We want to ramp the calories back up, but we also need to implement some self control and common sense. I’m 2.5kg up at the moment from where my weight was on the morning of the show.

Tomorrow I’ll be going over to Primitive Gym to film some topic discussions with @rebecca and either train with @ryanpetford or cheer him along from the side lines! (I’ll gauge tomorrow how I feel as I still feel pretty exhausted today).

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Hydration can be a factor, but you also want to make sure that your electrolytes are adequate. Too much caffeine can also be a cause as can high blood pressure. Make sure you get yourself checked out by a doctor if it continues, otherwise it’s just guess work.

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Whew, welcome back! How was the chilli con carne? Well worth the wait I bet!

Very interesting to read your post show reflection as it’s the most difficult time to reflect in an honest manner. As long as you know, there’s no stone left unturned and you worked as hard as you could then it’s just a matter of time + making the necessary improvements.

At least we know you were in condition, no doubt about that! Enjoy the downtime as I’m sure the next phase will be a killer. I sense Pivotal Reps on the horizon

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Chilli con carni was GOOOOD! Was nice to have a few treats off plan too, but I’m ready to get back to my usual food today…. Just more of it!

I’ll be recording a summary video tomorrow about my competition, but essentially the results are the results. I did as much as I could with what I have, so we accept and move on and strive to come back better. Nothing like a knock back to fuel the fire!

Looking forward to getting stuck into my next training phase.. and yes, I’m sure there’ll be a few pivotal reps thrown to challenge me!

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Rice cakes or baby rice tend to digest well with some whey isolate.
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Hi Clare, I’m doing baby rice with isolate pre workout.
Sorry I don’t mean what to eat right after post workout. I mean more post post workout like actual meal ahaha[/quote]
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Sounds like you don’t have many options. You need to pick foods that you know you can digest. It’s not about taste at 6 weeks out, you need to simply do what you need to do.

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MB Slingshot do good elbow sleeves. You can get them at http://www.improveyourbench.co.uk if you’re in the UK

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You can’t alter you structure, but you can create an illusion by building your Lats/Delts/Legs, practicing vacuums like the others have suggested and being clever with your posing. @Ryanpetford would be the man for advice for everything Classic Physique.

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Rice cakes or baby rice tend to digest well with some whey isolate.

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Hey people! So after a long epic day of sitting at an airport for hours and travelling, I’m back home after a decent night’s sleep and belly full of delicacies that the airport had to offer. I actually prepared myself 4 small meals for the journey, but ate them within the first few hours, so from then on it was Costa granola squares, a White Choc and Raspberry muffin, Greek yoghurt (3 to be precise and they were far too small to feed a human) and punnet of fruit, then an odd tasting protein bar on the flight. Back at home pre bed was obviously a big bowl of oats and whey and dollop of almond butter 🙂

I’ll be resting now for a few days and will eat off plan again today, just going by my hunger and what I fancy. I won’t overindulge or binge, I’ll just eat whatever I want, enjoy some different tastes and fill back out ready to begin fuelling my next training phase (A big plate of rice and chilli con carni is definitely on the menu though.. for some reason this is one meal I always want post comp! either that or a Thai Green chicken curry).

I’ll be filming some discussion topics for the site on Wednesday and could potentially be training too, but if I don’t feel ready I’ll wait until I’m completely recovered before getting back to it. Jordan will be writing me a new split and plan too, so I’m excited to get stuck into that and will share what that is when I get it.

Today has been a day of washing, catching up on admin and cleaning the house (Although my hubby assured me that he’d done everything so I didn’t need to lift a finger.. I beg to differ! Not to my standard anyway..haha! At least he tried I guess). I’m pretty much done now though, so I’m going to relax and contemplate my next nibble! Any ideas!?

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It’s very difficult to offer advice for a peak before a show without knowing what you’ve done previously and what your current situation is and how you’re looking. Send over a little more information and pictures and we may be able to help. Are you working with a coach?

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Their protein powders are good, but I don’t really rate some of the other products they sell in terms of ingredients and dosing. One of the reasons I left them a while back was because I wasn’t going to promote products I wouldn’t use myself.

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I for one would be interested in jordans opinion on the non placing but from the pics it wasn’t lost on condition, perhaps fullness maybe and I haven’t seen the other girls.

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As I stated earlier. I do think it was a lack of fullness and size. I will challenge anyone on condition. But what’s done is done and we know what we need to do, so on to the next phase ????

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Take the rest day as scheduled. Fatigue will eventually catch up with you if you don’t.

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The morning after the day before! Currently sat at the airport as I had to be out of my Airbnb this morning, but my flight is this evening.. So I have a fun day ahead!! ????

Had a really good sleep last night after my giant bowl of oats.. definitely could have stayed there a lot longer! I’m experiencing that strange post show feeling right now reflecting on results and thinking I’m doing something wrong not weighing my food or logging my water intake! but I know that will pass once myself and Jordan discuss things and make a plan of action going forward. Right now though I need to accept that it’s ok to chill and eat a cheesecake ????

This was my show diet breakdown for those interested:

Meals were all 50g chicken breast and 20g Almond butter from wake and every 2 hours from then on up until an hour pre stage. We also added rice cakes to the last 2 meals pre stage and salt to the last one after assessing my physique.
I also had some dark chocolate pre pump up and fluid was around 1.5 litres sipped throughout the day.

1000MG VIT C AND 500MG DANDELION ROOT was taken on wake.

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No placing for me today. It wasn’t my day. I’ll fill you all in when my brain is functioning a little better and explain how today panned out with my diet etc.
I was really pleased with my condition, but possibly a lack of size or fullness went against me, but hey ho that’s the nature of this sport. So we reassess and move on.

Thankyou so much for all the kind messages of support ❤️.. I’m off to face plant a huge bowl of oats (And I’m not even going to weigh them ????)

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Carbs have gone in. We added an extra 20g carbs per meal after meal 1 to what I posted earlier.

Had an epic 5 hour wait in the registration queue this afternoon which wasn’t fun, but I have my feet up now and will try and get a decent sleep ahead of show day tomorrow. I’m on in the afternoon session after 4pm, so will be a long day!

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