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Free Live Webinar for Coaches & Competitors

Get Stage-Lean Without Sacrificing Hard-Earned Muscle

Join this free live webinar to learn how to manage contest prep fatigue, protect performance, and retain as much muscle as possible during the final stages of prep. Built for physique coaches and serious competitors who want a smarter, evidence-based approach.

Trusted education from IFBB Nordic Academy.
Learn the key mistakes that increase fatigue and accelerate muscle loss during prep
Discover practical strategies to keep athletes leaner, fuller, and more performance-ready
Walk away with immediately applicable principles from the Global Contest Prep Fatigue Management framework
Thursday, 23 April 2026 Save the date
20:00 – 21:30 EEST Live online session
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Webinar Poster - Contest Prep: Managing Fatigue & Muscle Retention

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Is This Webinar For You?

This webinar is built for people who want to get leaner without watching muscle, performance, and recovery fall apart. If you are preparing for the stage, coaching athletes through contest prep, or pushing through a serious cutting phase, this session will show you how to make better decisions when fatigue starts to rise and progress gets harder to maintain.

Physique Athletes Who Want a Smarter Prep

If you are aiming to step on stage lean, full, and well-managed, this webinar will help you understand how to reduce unnecessary fatigue, avoid costly prep mistakes, and hold onto more of the muscle you worked so hard to build.

Coaches Who Want Better Athlete Outcomes

If you coach competitors and want a more precise, evidence-based way to manage fatigue, recovery, and muscle retention, this session gives you practical principles you can apply immediately inside your contest prep protocols.

Serious Lifters Entering an Aggressive Cutting Phase

Even if you are not preparing for the stage, this webinar is highly relevant if you are planning a demanding fat-loss phase and want to stay sharper, stronger, and more in control while getting leaner.

Physique athlete during contest prep
Coach supporting athlete during prep

This Is Not Just Another Free Webinar

Join live, get the replay, keep the slides, and leave with practical strategies you can apply immediately.

Most free webinars leave you with surface-level ideas and no clear direction. This session is designed to give you real understanding of fatigue management, muscle retention, and the decisions that actually impact contest prep outcomes — so you can apply what you learn immediately, not “someday.”

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Replay Access — So You Don’t Miss Anything

You will get access to the full webinar recording after the session, allowing you to revisit key concepts, review the material at your own pace, and reinforce your understanding when it matters most.

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Lecture Slides Delivered as a PDF

You will receive the full lecture slides as a downloadable PDF, so you can save the key frameworks, take better notes, and apply the principles directly to your own prep or coaching.

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Evidence-Based, Not Guesswork

Everything you learn is built on physiological principles and evidence-based practice — not outdated bro-science. You will understand not just what to do, but why it works.

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Built Around Real Contest Prep Problems

Learn how to think through real-world challenges like rising fatigue, stalled fat loss, and performance drops — and how to make better decisions when prep becomes physically and mentally demanding.

Athlete focus and conditioning
Physique athlete posing details

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"Excellent content and topics covered. I highly recommend these sessions for anyone writing training programs."

Previous Webinar Attendee
Ville Isola

Ville Isola

PhD Candidate in Sports Coaching
Director, IFBB Nordic Academy

This webinar is led by Ville Isola, a leading educator and coach developer in physique sports who combines academic expertise, elite-level coaching insight, and years of leadership experience across both sport and performance environments.

As a PhD Candidate in Sports Coaching at the University of Jyväskylä, Ville focuses on coaching development in physique sports and bodybuilding. His work is grounded in evidence-based practice, helping coaches and athletes make better decisions when the goal is to get leaner without compromising muscle, performance, or long-term progress.

In addition to serving as Director of IFBB Nordic Academy, Ville works internationally as Chairman of the IFBB Coaches Commission. His teaching style is known for turning complex science into practical strategies that coaches, competitors, and serious lifters can actually apply.

PhD Candidate in Sports Coaching
Director, IFBB Nordic Academy
Chairman of IFBB Coaches Commission
Master of Sports Sciences
Master of Military Sciences (physical performance)
2019 Finnish Medal of Honor for Sports and Physical Education

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