If you haven’t prepared for a bodybuilding contest, than you’re going to have trouble with this. I know it seems sort of easy. You just need to get to a great looking body by the time you have the competition. But you really need to achieve that body down to basically a day before the competitions. Typically you’ll start 8-12 weeks before the competition to achieve this state, so you can tell how difficult this can be to achieve.

The first thing you obviously need is to know exactly what you’re aiming for as a body (goal). In this case you wouldn’t say ripped. You have to come up with numbers. If you want to get down to 11% body fat than that is what you have to aim for. You need that number to keep you on track.

Secondly you’re going to need to have a complete understanding of your body and how it will work at this time. If you have 8 weeks to reach your goal, than you have some work to do. In the world of bodybuilding, you can’t arrive early because the body fat percentage will be too low to remain for long periods of time. You can’t arrive late because you won’t be as cut as you should be. You have to reach your goal the day before your competition, so that requires a very good understanding of your body and how it will work during this time.

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