Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Brian, Jeff, and Brad discuss what to do the night before and day of your bodybuilding competition to help ensure you look and feel your best onstage. What is the difference between water flat, sodium flat, and carb flat? How much time does Jeff want between the last meal an athlete eats and when they step onstage? If you are spilled on competition day, what can you do to fix it? What eating strategy leads to the fullest sharpest look for most people? How do the coaches analyze an athlete the night before their show to help ensure they peak well? Do the coaches prefer an athlete to be slightly spilled or slightly flat the night before their show? The answers to these questions and many many more are covered in this episode.
Timestamps:
0:00- Introduction
1:43- How Jeff likes to give his athletes feedback
8:32- There is only so much you can do on show day
23:39- What to do the night before your show to help ensure you look your best on show day
48:16- How the coaches coach their athletes on the day of their competition
56:58- Being hydrated on competition day is extremely important
1:07:27- Pumping up & Stage presence
1:17:09- Advice for if you start getting in your head or down on yourself backstage
1:20:50- What to do with and how much weight to give the judges’ feedback
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Brian, Jeff, and Brad discuss what to do the night before and day of your bodybuilding competition to help ensure you look and feel your best onstage. What is the difference between water flat, sodium flat, and carb flat? How much time does Jeff want between the last meal an athlete eats and when they step onstage? If you are spilled on competition day, what can you do to fix it? What eating strategy leads to the fullest sharpest look for most people? How do the coaches analyze an athlete the night before their show to help ensure they peak well? Do the coaches prefer an athlete to be slightly spilled or slightly flat the night before their show? The answers to these questions and many many more are covered in this episode.
Timestamps:
0:00- Introduction
1:43- How Jeff likes to give his athletes feedback
8:32- There is only so much you can do on show day
23:39- What to do the night before your show to help ensure you look your best on show day
48:16- How the coaches coach their athletes on the day of their competition
56:58- Being hydrated on competition day is extremely important
1:07:27- Pumping up & Stage presence
1:17:09- Advice for if you start getting in your head or down on yourself backstage
1:20:50- What to do with and how much weight to give the judges’ feedback
SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:
The 3DMJ Vault- 3dmjvault.com/bundles/vip
Thanks for watching The 3D Muscle Journey Podcast đź’Ş
SUBSCRIBE ON SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/show/4E61iRCD1qSZUTRactySTj?si=kiONmQJqSaC3EWUncGgfsg
SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/3d-muscle-journey-podcast/id1115048476
**3DMJ COACHING: 3dmusclejourney.com/coaching
**3DMJ VIDEO COURSES: 3dmjvault.com
**APPAREL & MERCH: redbubble.com/people/team3dmj/shop
**FULL WEBSITE & BLOG: 3dmusclejourney.com
**3DMJ SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: instagram.com/team3dmj
Twitter: twitter.com/3dmusclejourney
TikTok: tiktok.com/@team3dmj
