has anyone tried...............

vdawg · 07-23-2005, 11:46 AM

drinking before a show. alcohol dehydrates you so maybe by taking in some alcohol would help. whenever i drink well the morning after im so much more ripped without flexing. my abs stick out more and more defined all over

pumpingiron · 07-23-2005, 11:52 AM

I have never been to a competition, but for me that sounds extremely stupid. In the state that your body is in you could end up at the emergency room from a collapse.

Gumby51cm · 07-23-2005, 12:45 PM

wine. almost everyone has a glass or two of wine the night or day of pre-judging. Art Atwood said that they have wine backstage at the olympia. i have never trie it because of my age, but an older friend of mine was doing it at the show, and it does work.

vdawg · 07-23-2005, 12:47 PM

i know it sounds stupid. my question was if anyone has tried it. im just curious thats all. and i dont mean to get completely waste before a show cuz thatd just be retarded. maybe like taking a shot or two of something just to lose a bit of water

vdawg · 07-23-2005, 01:06 PM

i dont see how it cant work

StayBig · 07-23-2005, 01:30 PM

Yes it does work and Gumby is right on the money, wine is the best choice and it really helps to bring out your veins + with eating sugars.

Banshee20 · 07-23-2005, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by vdawg

drinking before a show. alcohol dehydrates you so maybe by taking in some alcohol would help. whenever i drink well the morning after im so much more ripped without flexing. my abs stick out more and more defined all over

I havent tried it either. But I hear it works and I may try doing it at the contest Im going to in November.

Banshee20 · 07-23-2005, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by vdawg

i dont see how it cant work

OK, I believe it works because, alcohol acts as a vasodilator, this means that it dilates surface blood vessels.

"At intoxicating levels, alcohol is a vasodilator (it causes blood vessels to relax and widen), but at even higher levels, it becomes a vasoconstrictor, shrinking the vessels and increasing blood pressure, exacerbating such conditions as migraine headaches and frostbite."

So, A little alcohol should bring out vasularity. :garza:

What are the effects of alcohol on the brain? http://www.addictionca.com/user-news.htm?id=139

Gumby51cm · 07-23-2005, 01:56 PM

Yeah, it works the same way as brocolii, it thins the blood. thinnner blodd lets it pass through your viens easier therefor they get more full of blood. the dehydration part, i dont really remeber why, i learned it in biology 9th grade, but i dont remeber that far back...

Banshee20 · 07-23-2005, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by gumby51cm

Yeah, it works the same way as brocolii, it thins the blood. thinnner blodd lets it pass through your viens easier therefor they get more full of blood. the dehydration part, i dont really remeber why, i learned it in biology 9th grade, but i dont remeber that far back...

I know alcohol is a diuretic....but I dont remember all of the particulars either. Biology clearly was not my major in college. I bet Eli80 knows though!

StayBig · 07-23-2005, 04:52 PM

Wow, you guys just pointed out some important shit, and I learned something new about drinking too much wine. Good Thread.

Gumby51cm · 07-23-2005, 04:56 PM

um drinking is bad...mkay? yeah, the thing it that if you take in to much of any kind of fluid you will spill over, so dont go chugging a bottle of wine, dont take in any more then 2 glasses at a time. most people go two glasses friday night @ around 8 o clock. then they take a glass after pre-judging.

eli80cal · 07-23-2005, 08:52 PM

Watch pumping Iron 2 with rachel mclish to see what happens if you drink too much......

pumpingiron · 07-24-2005, 04:31 AM

I actually learned something here! :lol: