Olly: What are your photo shoot preparation tips?

Hello Olly, Sorry I have been out of contact as of late work has been very hectic and been my top priority recently. But finally with a date of the Men's Health competition launched and your shoot at the start of May then the next few months of training are going to be huge.

I have a jeans photo shoot coming up in exactly 2 weeks time in which I intend to send the photos off to the Men's health cover model competition. I also intend to use this as an opportunity to practice getting myself in photo shoot shape for your shoot at the start of May.

I've got my body composition done recently and I found I am currently around 7% body fat at just under 12 stone. I found out that I hold a great deal of water.

I was wondering if there was any advice on how to ensure I look my best in 2 weeks time? I am looking for advice on water depleting protocol, training and nutrition tweaks over the next 2 weeks and on grooming (ways to look my best including: tanning, body hair removal etc)

Also with this being the time to apply for Men's Health and you have been on the cover many a time I was wondering if you had any tips on how to get my 250 words noticed to give myself the best possible chance to make it to the selection day.

Any tips would be fantastic.

Hope you're well Olly, speak soon.

Simon Dutton