drinking water befor the show??

00bridges · 07-18-2008, 03:08 PM

Allright i have been reading and reading about waht to do befor the show for your water intake and i keep reading about drinking tons of water up to friday and people are drinking up to a gallon. Iv allways been told to cut it off friday and limit it on thursday and only take sips. Im going to be taking lasix this year but im going by that article i read on this site for 10 days out. anyway im thinking though if you hold water and keep drinking it wont you start sweating on stage? Ya it will make you look a bit bigger but if you start sweating it will make you look like crap on stage. Whats up with this? I have my show in 5 weeks tomorow. so im really trying to figure things out. I Got in a sauna 2 years ago and posed in it untill i couldnt sweat anymore and i turned out great. so i may end up doing that again. anyadvise about sauna and this whole thing about drinking fri and will you sweat on stage?

Zomb131 · 07-19-2008, 12:47 AM

Cut water out 10-12 hrs before prejudging.

LASIX is dangerous bro. Oral lasix takes 1hr to take effect and stays active for 3-4 hrs. I would go with dyazide bro. A lot safer. With lasix you HAVE TO load on sodium and potassium.

I was thinking about using lasix for my contest prep this year, but there is so LITTLE info about it out there. You don't wanna mess yourself up. IF i where to take it precontest. I would take 20mg after cutting water. Then once more in the morning when you wake up IF you need it.

**Kaboom** · 07-19-2008, 05:19 AM

Dyazide is great though.
sauna in the long run makes you look smoother imo.
I cut water out friday around 11am and take 1st dyazide then.1 that night and 1st thing in morning.
Mon,tues and wed Im drinking 2 gallons thursday i cut back to a gallon and then maybe half gallon friday morning

00bridges · 07-19-2008, 07:50 AM

I took that dyazide last year and honestly didnt do a thing for me. I dont believe i did the whole sodium loading and depetion right but I definetly was holding a ton of water and when i was on stage i was sweating crazy. I was wondering if I should take like 20mgs of lasix one day soon just to try it and see how it effects me. But then i dont want to mess up my workouts. what do you guys think?

**Kaboom** · 07-19-2008, 08:00 AM

It wouldnt mess up your workouts that much or take on a day off.
Dude you keep talkin bout sweating on stage.I was severely dehydrated as dry as abone but still managed to sweat some on stage

00bridges · 07-19-2008, 08:43 AM

ya my pictures are from 2 years ago when i got in a sauna and drained all my water out on the friday of weigh ins. But last year i did the Diuretic and looked like ****. I by the time i got off stage i was soked. I had water running down my chest and back. I had tan running all over the place. Thats why this year im running the lasix at low dosages but if i wake up friday morning still fluffy im jumping in the sauna and trying to drain more out. Id rather lose some water from the muscle and look hard then be big and fluffy like last year. iv just never tried lasix and i talk to my buddy who takes it all the time for shows and he just says just make sure you keep taking potassium and i will be fine.