Peak week isn't about one trick—it's about getting every piece to work together. Scott Stevenson joins Scott McNally for an in-depth discussion on training, carb loading, water manipulation, and the physiology behind bringing your best physique to the stage. If you're a competitive bodybuilder or coach, this episode is packed with practical contest prep insights you can apply immediately.
0:00 Peak Week Training & Glycogen Depletion
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2:20 How Should You Train During Peak Week?
6:00 Keep Training Similar During Peak Week
11:00 Creating Supercompensation Through Glycogen Depletion
20:00 How Long Does a Carb Load Last?
25:45 Improve Muscle Contractions Through Posing Practice and Visualization
27:45 How Depleted Should You Get Before Carb Loading?
29:10 Why You Should Practice Your Carb Load Before Show Day
33:20 Why Water, Sodium & Potassium Drive Carb Loading
36:00 What Really Causes You to Spill Over?
39:30 Fat Loading: Using Intramuscular Triglycerides
48:30 Nutrition After the Carb Load
54:00 Creating a Natural Diuretic Effect
1:00:00 Coaching & Consultations with Scott Stevenson
1:05:45 Can You Successfully Coach Yourself?
1:07:30 Why Most Bodybuilders Don't Need Diuretics
Scott Stevenson's Published Paper On Peak Week :
"Training Considerations for the Bodybuilding Peak Week"
https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/abstract/9900/training_considerations_for_the_bodybuilding_peak.230.aspx
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