Bulk + Cut: how to cut?
February 23rd, 2010 | 
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Hi guys, For whatever reason, most of the advice here seems to involve the “bulking” part of the bulk+cut cycle. It’s good advice; thanks to you guys, I’ve put on about 20 lb, doubled my squat and tripled my bench (admittedly from VERY humble beginnings). Thanks /fit/.
Anyway, out of those 20 lb, quite a bit is not exactly LEAN mass, so I’m looking to the “cutting” part of the cycle now. What do I do? I figure watching my calorie intake and a lot of cardio is involved (treadmill blah blah intervals blah blah), but how do I maintain the muscle mass I’ve gained? Should I just do my current workout and just shoehorn an extra 1/2 hour of cardio? I dunno if I can do all my squats and still run for so long…
Is there anything specific I should look at in order to slim up while MAINTAINING the muscle mass that I’ve gained?
slightly decrease calories, slightly reduce your lifting, increase cardio a bit. itll all smooth out
Or lift more and let poundages stagnate slightly, and eat less.
Or start doing conditioning because cardio is worthless shit whereas conditioning + strength training = brutal fucking jacked motherfucker
Hi again,
What does “let poundages stagnate slightly” mean? Sorry.
What exactly do you mean by “conditioning”? I thought conditioning was basically just getting in better condition, which is basically any form of exercise (including cardio and yoga and any number of other things)
My current feel for this is basically to just do what I’m doing already but eat less.
Sprint spint sprint burpee burpee burpee pant pant pant sprint sprint sprint burpee burpee burpee etc etc etc
read Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle. Link to it in the resource sticky
Just stop bulking and eat reasonable amounts of food. Balance diet and training and it will smooth out. There’s really no point in cutting unless you’re competing.
Stop putting weight on the bar as regularly. I don’t care what anyone says, lifting as heavy as possible will make you gain weight. It’s how squats and milk works.
Also, for effective conditioning I would look to http://www.rosstraining.com
Basically, make your heart explode and every bit of your body cry in agony on top of your lifting and you will lose weight.
>I don’t care what anyone says, lifting as heavy as possible will make you gain weight.
Not if you don’t eat enough. In fact heavy weight lifting can be one of the most metabolically taxing things you do in the gym. AKA aids weight loss. No I don’t mean a deadly kind of weight loss.
Get it? AIDS weight loss. hahahaha omg right?
Add weight to the bar whenever possible even on a cut. The problem is you possibly won’t be ABLE to add weight to the bar while cutting fat.
>It’s how squats and milk works.
If it was only lifting heavy, then it would be called “squats”.
If you want to lose weight lower your food intake. Order of importance protein, fat, carbs. Protein maintains muscle, fats make good hormones, carbs provide energy. You need less energy, so cut the carbs. Not completely, but if you need less calories cut a piece of toast, not the bacon or eggs.
>Also, for effective conditioning I would look to http://www.rosstraining.com
Adding in intense conditioning is a good way to remind your body it needs to be lean, but strong as well, while increasing the amount of food you can eat while still losing weight.
>Basically, make your heart explode and every bit of your body cry in agony on top of your lifting and you will lose weight.
That’s a kid who knows how to train. Yeeeeeeeee!