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By Corry Matthews, MMSN FranchiseeNUTRITIONFOCUS

Every week I have someone walk

into the store and say, “I want to look

like a competitor but don’t actually want

to compete!” That is so much harder to

truly do than most individuals realize.

When people make the choice to

compete, there is an end goal in site

and they can make the necessary

sacrifces: missing social engagements,

training several times per day, carrying

a cooler and gallon of water everywhere

they go. They get up an extra hour

early, add several countless hours of

cardio, additional and more intense

weight workouts and inevitably spend

less time with their friends and family.

This is tolerable for 12 to 16 weeks,

even an entire season, but making it a

lifestyle change and maintaining it year

round without a big goal in mind – that

takes pure dedication and commitment,

and most give up. However, there are

the few that do it, and do it well. This

article is dedicated to those individuals.

The best and most successful

competitors truly don’t have an “on”

and “off” season – they adhere closely

to their training and nutritional

regiment throughout the year, and

when their particular competition is 12

weeks out, they work on “peaking” or

looking their absolute best for that one

particular event. For these individuals,

that means choosing different

carbohydrates, adding a few more

training sessions or eliminating a cheat

meal – they are the individuals we all

see and want to emulate.

This three-part series is going to take

an honest look at what it truly means

to “look” like a competitor while not

actually competing. However, this is

my warning, if you are going to put all

the work in to train and eat right, the

competition bug just might catch up

to you and you will see yourself up on

stage next to the competitors you have

admired from the sidelines.

Why NutritioN comes first?Nutrition really is the “key” when it

comes to maintaining a lean physique

year round. Let’s pick apart two

hoW to Look Like a competitor

Part 1

MMSN Franchisee, retired IFBB Pro and NPC show promoter shares inside secrets to achieving the sleek, chiseled look of a competitor without being one! This will be a three-part series, so be sure to get the next two issue of MS&F if you want to look like a competitor!

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Meal 1½ cup oatmeal

4 egg whites

Meal 23-4 oz protein (chicken, turkey, fsh)

1 cup peppers

Meal 3

5-6 oz protein

2 cups spinach with

1 Tbs Balsamic Vinegar

Meal 4½ grapefruit

2 scoops Max Isolate

Meal 5 (post training weights and

additional 30 minutes of cardio)

5-6 oz fsh

3-4 oz sweet potato

1 cup asparagus

Meal 61 scoop MaxPro

traditional “competitors” diets while in

season. The bodybuilding nutritional

plan is provided by Eric Buthane, NPC

Judge, Nationally Qualifed Bodybuilder

and owner of “No Cardio Crew” in

Manassas, Virginia and the fgure

competitors diet is provided by me

– a former IFBB fgure pro who now

promotes two of her own shows in

Northern Virginia and owns two Max

Muscle stores. (See side bars.)

These diets are copied directly from

our clients' plans. The proteins are

specifc, as are the vegetables and

carbohydrates. There are no swaps

allowed, no cheat meals and no off days

for our competitors. They eat similar

Meal 11 scoop MaxPro

3 egg whites

1 cup steamed rice

Meal 26 oz chicken breast

6 oz yam

1 cup veggies

Meal 36 oz chicken breast

6 oz yam

Meal 46 oz chicken breast

6 oz yam

(Weight Training)

Meal 51½ scoop MaxPro

1 cup steamed rice

Meal 610 egg whites

1 cup veggies

BodyBuilder

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30 gprotein per

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