Jose Raymond recently discussed mistakes he has seen made by both coaches and bodybuilders.
Jose Raymond has plenty of experience on stage in multiple bodybuilding divisions. During a recent interview, Raymond shared some of the biggest mistakes he has seen made by both bodybuilders and coaches during contest prep.
Raymond burst onto the scene around 2010 in Men’s 212. He quickly found success, finishing in the top three during the 2011 Olympia. Over the course of the next seven years, Raymond competed eight times and did not finish outside of the top five. This was against some of the top competitors in the world, such as Derek Lunsford and Kamal Elgargni.
Raymond has also dabbled in Men’s Open training. One the years, he has seen plenty of mistakes made in competition prep and he shared some insight during an interview with Muscular Development Magazine.
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Jose Raymond Warns Athletes Against Overdoing
Jose Raymond has gained with many goals in mind. He began his conversation by urging competitors not to push too hard in attempts to make improvements.
“What I realized is that people push and push like oh don’t have striated glutes yet, got to keep pushing, two hours on the step mill, zero carbs, keep going, and then the body disappears.
Well, maybe he just doesn’t have genetics to have striated glutes. Maybe he’s got small muscles, there’s not a whole lot of muscle there to strike but they keep pushing and pushing thinking that it was going to help. He’d end up 20 pounds to light just all in the search of getting striated glutes.”
There are mistakes made in the gym but also in diet plans. Raymond continued by highlighting how bodybuilders might follow a low-carb diet for a long period of time and attempt to make up for it in the end.
“They hit panic mode and try to overdo everything. They’ll overdo the fat burners, low carb or zero carb days like if your coach tells you to have zero carbs for three to five days straight and three hours of cardio, you gotta question their motive like what is going on here. There’s no way that can be beneficial.”
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Raymond Gives Advice To New Bodybuilders
Jose Raymond discussed messages he has gotten from new competitors recently. The bodybuilders are new to competing and looking for advice. They asked about eating backstage before going out and Raymond spoke against it.
“Backstage is not a time to binge. They think they are supposed to eat a ton backstage. No, you get up early, eat your breakfast, have another small meal and get on stage. If you’re back there like at the Olympia for four or five hours, yeah have your meal or some granola or rice cakes or something ready to go just in case.”
Over the years, bodybuilding coaches have come up with plans designed specifically to their competitors. Of course, each is different and it is important to know what works for who.
“You can’t just put everyone on the same plan with tons of fat burners, tons of cardio, and low carbs. It’s not going to work. It’ll work for the select few that are freaks but the rest of the people, you’ll literally ruin their physique or worse and then they’re completely wasted and exhausted by the time the show comes. It’s important to have enough fuel to be able to train like an animal all the way up to the show.”
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