You're Probably Not Going To Look The Way You Want

 You're Probably Not Going To Look The Way You Want

DeCosta has also noticed that individuals who diet down will often be convinced that they're losing muscle and size when that's not necessarily the case. There's just not a lot of water and carbs in their system. Until the system is replenished, you have to accept the flat and even soft look of your muscles—and don't let your warped mind get the best of you.

"There's this rule of thumb that my coach shared with me, and I find it to be true: The worse you look in the middle of your contest prep and toward the end, the better you're going to look onstage," DeCosta says. "You may not look the way you want until the week of the show or even show day if you do it right."

Albonetti has noticed the same thing, in both advanced competitors like himself and beginners alike, panicking over how they look. So they stray off plan and try to adjust things when they shouldn't. If you have a good coach, you have to continue to stay on track with their protocol.

"You're working super hard, doing a lot of cardio, and then you look in the mirror and you don't look as good as you looked last week. You're more deflated and flatter," he says. "But you have to trust the process. It's a mind game that you have to work past."

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