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11 thoughts on “Fri, Feb 5th”

1. Best of luck to all of you who are competing tomorrow hope to try & make it out to spectate at some stage. I really hope somebody from the gym wins it!If anyone is about see you at six this evening. Colm will the gym be opened around 5 later?

2. Those workouts look hard, especially the last one, pure torture and as much of it as any particular person is willing to take, if it comes down to that its going to be a great battle.

   Have a great day everyone, wish I could be there!!

   Oh yes is ‘Transform’ not competing this time, did not see he’s name on the heats.

3. So, in preparation for tomorrow, should I be eating more food than normal or does it make a difference?

4. I’ve been carbing up for the past few days…

   Think I’ll just be bringing a ton of water, cereal bars, jafffa cakes, red bull and vitargo tomorrow!

5. Good luck to everyone tomorrow. It will be a great day. Hope to make it over at some stage.

   Dee – My only little tip is to being water and some isotonic drink. Isotonic drinks are full of potassium, salt and sugars. Things you need to replenish, that you will be sweating out of your system. If you don’t want shop bought ones, if you are zoning, you can make your own.

   Another one is to drink more water today, but substitute some with isotonic drinks, so that you don’t flush all the salts out of your system.

   If I was competing tomorrow, I would have probably ‘carbo loaded’ during the week and had a nice big bowl of pasta tonight cos ‘old habits die hard’

6. I’m eating more the past couple of days. I figure the extra strength from eating more will benefit me more on the heavier exercises than being a bit quicker on my feet on the lighter ones.

   I guess tomorrow I’ll pick up some bananas, jaffa cakes, lucozade sport. Maybe some chocolate milk directly after a WOD. There’s stuff from Robb Wolf and how you should eat differently on a competition day than a regular day but I’ve forgotten it all. The general gist was more carbs than usual I think.

7. The jist of it is guys, eat more carbs than normal, bananas are your friends here.

   Just 6pm for group coaching tonight Paddy.

   In other news, Special K is back in for it!

8. Eamonn, I assume it’s more carbs, less protein and fat. That’s typically what I do at PL comps. Protein and fat can be very hard to digest, so you don’t get that much needed boost from them when you need them. They tend to stick around in your stomach longer and can make you feel ill.

   Since the Invitational’s only due to run from 10-4ish tomorrow it shouldn’t be too bad, but I’ve been at PL comps where you’re literally going from weigh in at 8.30am to >7pm at night. Trying to keep hydrated thru carbs and water only leads to a VERY messed up stomach that night/the next day. I won’t say what else is messy cos I’m trying to keep it WFS, but I’m sure you can guess.

   I would also suggest getting your hands on some Diaorlyte. It’s the salt sachet used to help rehydrate after you’ve had the sh!ts (won’t even try spell it properly) and it does a great job of helping to retain water and prevent cramping in my experience.

9. So whats the guide for eating day before and day of a comp. Overload on good carbs and not be too concerned on protein and fat?Or overload on good carbs and maintain normal fat and protein levels?

10. I’m bringing beer, I figure a slab of guiness is about right

11. @Scott Jenkins
    Hey scott – not able to make it this time (cant even go to watch as have a family commitment). Hope your own traning is going great and there will be more battles in the future.