Water retention is a big issue for bodybuilders. You been cutting for a while, yet you still have that “bloated” appearance. Luckily, there is many solutions to help reduce water bloat.

Tips to reduce water bloat

1) Reduce salt in diet. Salt plays a huge role in how much water you hold. Dairy and protein powders are often high in salt, so reduce those in your diet when you can.

2) Drink more water! Water helps flush out the sodium in your body, leading to less water retention.

3) Get off creatine. Creatine causes an enormous amount of water bloat.

4) Try caffeine or other strong diuretics. Caffeine and other stimulants such as ephedrine and synephrine are natural diuretics. Anti-estrogen supplements like 6-OXO and anti-estrogen prescriptions like nolvadex reduce water retention due to their effect on reducing estrogen levels in the body. Some bodybuilders use strong diuretics like Lasix for competitions. There is some long term health risks if you abuse some of these compounds though. Caffeine is the only I mentioned, that is safe to use long term. These diuretics will help give you more of a “ripped” apperance. Long term usage of some of these isn’t a good idea, so reserve it to appropriate times of the year.