thanks
I was thinking that maybe if the wraps seem to help with the skin tightening that I would include those, the other option was just laying in the sauna, which I have seen used by others to aid in contest prep. I hadn't considered the sauna suit option, very interesting...
I don't like saunas and it means bringing extra clothes for a shower at the gym. By the time I'm done w/ training & cardio I just want to go home and plop anyway. The sauna suit takes a little practice to put it on such that you aren't leaking perspiration everywhere. People laugh when I describe this, but it works:
- put on the pants first
- tuck the shirt into the pants
- put gallon plastic baggies over your socks - don't pull them tight on your toes because you still have to get your foot into your shoes and not break the baggie. I pull a corner of the baggie forward of my toes and fold it over to put into the shoe - sorta like leaving room in the top of a condom.... loloz
- put your foot (w/ the baggie) into your shoe & tie to whatever is comfortable.
- tuck the bottoms of the sauana suit pant legs into the tops of the baggies on your feet
- put a rubber band around the baggie to keep the pants in place
Then go do your cardio. You'll want to keep your hands raised at least to elbow level so the perspiration doesn't go rolling out the sleeves and all over everything. Same w/ the pants, so the water doesnt' go shooting out. I typically sweat off enough to fill the baggies a couple of inches. Imagine that soaking out your shoes and all over the floor if you don't do the baggie thing.
Then after cardio, I basically walk straight into the shower. I used to do this at the gym, but being the lazy ass that I am, I now just carefully get back into my car, go home and do my shower at home. Peel everything off, rinse it out & hang it up for the next day's run. You have to be a little careful w/ the sauna suits - they are only $10 but if they rip wwhile you're on the treadmill or something, its really annoying.
You'll also find it is very exhausting to do an hour of walking cardio in a sauna suit while you're already being depleted for show prep. No need to get really demanding w/ your cardio at this point. I'm usually holding on for dear life just to make it thru the cardio session by the last week or two. But the shit works and I stand by that as my secret weapon in contest prep.