First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

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Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by ValkyrieLift » Sat Jun 06, 2026 2:33 am

You'll do great. Come back and tell us how it goes - first show reports are the best ones to read.

Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by PowerForge21 » Sat Jun 06, 2026 2:16 am

This is exactly what I needed. Scheduling a practice peak, posing daily, no crazy water cut, packing my own food, proper tan. Thank you all, feeling a lot less panicked.

Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by BigBenLifter » Sat Jun 06, 2026 1:54 am

Last thing - enjoy it. First show is about learning the process and getting your stage legs. Whatever you place, you'll come back smarter. Don't let peak week stress rob you of the experience.

Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by AlphaBulk » Sat Jun 06, 2026 1:36 am

And sleep the week of. You won't sleep great the night before from nerves, so bank it earlier in the week. A rested look on stage beats a stressed flat one every time.

Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by BeastModeBro » Sat Jun 06, 2026 1:19 am

Tan. Get a professional comp tan and do your coats exactly as instructed. A bad DIY tan can wash out all the detail you spent months earning under the lights. It genuinely matters more than people expect.

Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by SteelTitan9 » Sat Jun 06, 2026 12:58 am

Rookie trap. Pack everything. You don't want to be hunting for food backstage at 7am running on nerves.

Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by PowerForge21 » Sat Jun 06, 2026 12:42 am

Good call, I'd probably have just eaten whatever was at the venue.

Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by SteelTitan9 » Sat Jun 06, 2026 12:22 am

Practical one: eat foods you've actually digested well all prep on the day. A show day is not when you discover a new rice or a new sauce disagrees with you. Bring your own coolbox of known foods.

Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by MuscleMaster » Sat Jun 06, 2026 12:01 am

Don't crash your water. The old-school dehydration protocols make people look worse and feel awful, and they're risky. Conditioning comes from the diet over months, not from drying out in 48 hours.

Re: First show in 10 weeks - peak week mistakes you wish you'd avoided?

by ValkyrieLift » Fri Jun 05, 2026 11:41 pm

Daily from here. Even ten minutes. Your back especially - holding a rear double bicep steady is exhausting if you haven't trained for it, and it shows.

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