TangoDown
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I'm back.
Spent the last few months cutting. Went from 180lb to 150lb (I'm 5'8") in about 3.5 months and lost some strength on all my lifts, which I guess is to be expected.
I haven't seen the strength gains that I've wanted over the past year, and I think that was partially due to not eating enough food. So I figured this cut would give me room to do a nice slow bulk for the rest of this year. And I decided that I'd focus on putting some quality size on. Since I'm only 21, I think I should take advantage of the few years of raging testosterone I have left, so a year of straight HST will do me good.
These are the lifts I'm going to do:
Low Bar Squat, Sumo Deadlift, Flat Bench, Weighted Pullups, E-Z Bar Concentration Curls. No direct shoulder work so we'll see if I can't get in 2 sets of bench throughout the 15s and 10s. If I see some good gains during this first cycle, I'll add in some sort of shoulder movement.
In terms of strength loss due to the 30lb cut:
Sumo Deadlift down 35lb (not worried. I wasn't deadlifting heavy at all during most of this cut so I think I'll get this back fairly quickly).
Wasn't squatting recently before cut, but my best was 235lb x 5. Felt like I was good morning the weight up so I have squat shoes now. Much better form but less weight. 220lb is 5RM.
Bench down 5lb. Currently 175lb x 5.
Weighted pullups from Belt + 50lb x 4-5 to Belt + 65lb x 5
Cardio endurance went way up, which is good.
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Some of my maxes are unfortunately estimated from getting less than x number of reps on test days. For example, I squatted 200lb x 9, so I'm considering 195lb my 10RM. Deadlifted 285lb x 3, so I'm considering 270lb my 5RM.
Currently on day one of SD. Planning on 9 days even though I haven't taken a day off in 6 months. Guess 9 days is fine.
Anyway, wish me luck folks.
Spent the last few months cutting. Went from 180lb to 150lb (I'm 5'8") in about 3.5 months and lost some strength on all my lifts, which I guess is to be expected.
I haven't seen the strength gains that I've wanted over the past year, and I think that was partially due to not eating enough food. So I figured this cut would give me room to do a nice slow bulk for the rest of this year. And I decided that I'd focus on putting some quality size on. Since I'm only 21, I think I should take advantage of the few years of raging testosterone I have left, so a year of straight HST will do me good.
These are the lifts I'm going to do:
Low Bar Squat, Sumo Deadlift, Flat Bench, Weighted Pullups, E-Z Bar Concentration Curls. No direct shoulder work so we'll see if I can't get in 2 sets of bench throughout the 15s and 10s. If I see some good gains during this first cycle, I'll add in some sort of shoulder movement.
In terms of strength loss due to the 30lb cut:
Sumo Deadlift down 35lb (not worried. I wasn't deadlifting heavy at all during most of this cut so I think I'll get this back fairly quickly).
Wasn't squatting recently before cut, but my best was 235lb x 5. Felt like I was good morning the weight up so I have squat shoes now. Much better form but less weight. 220lb is 5RM.
Bench down 5lb. Currently 175lb x 5.
Weighted pullups from Belt + 50lb x 4-5 to Belt + 65lb x 5
Cardio endurance went way up, which is good.
____________________________________________________
Some of my maxes are unfortunately estimated from getting less than x number of reps on test days. For example, I squatted 200lb x 9, so I'm considering 195lb my 10RM. Deadlifted 285lb x 3, so I'm considering 270lb my 5RM.
Currently on day one of SD. Planning on 9 days even though I haven't taken a day off in 6 months. Guess 9 days is fine.
Anyway, wish me luck folks.
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