stevejones
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Why does this happen ?
I have had two major cuts down to 5% bodyfat. During the cuts I gradually lower calories and gradually increase cardio. As I do this my strength starts to plummet. In my major lifts my strength decreases by 10% or more. After the cut is over I begin to bring back the calories by adding 250 more calories per day, and continue to increase them weekly. After about a month of doing that my strength soars, and I'm stronger than I was before I began cutting, and am larger than I was before cutting. Right now I'm stronger than I have ever been in the past(just like I was the last time I went through this). Very soon my strength increases will taper off and I will stay pretty much the same for a long period of time, with minute increases here and there. Then I'll do a cut, and experience the same things all over again.
Why such a big increase after the cut is over, when my diet is the same as it was before I began cutting ? Am I going through some kind of "deconditioning" phase when I cut ? Is my body reacting to higher cals in the same kind of way it reacts to weights after you do a strategic conditioning ?
I have had two major cuts down to 5% bodyfat. During the cuts I gradually lower calories and gradually increase cardio. As I do this my strength starts to plummet. In my major lifts my strength decreases by 10% or more. After the cut is over I begin to bring back the calories by adding 250 more calories per day, and continue to increase them weekly. After about a month of doing that my strength soars, and I'm stronger than I was before I began cutting, and am larger than I was before cutting. Right now I'm stronger than I have ever been in the past(just like I was the last time I went through this). Very soon my strength increases will taper off and I will stay pretty much the same for a long period of time, with minute increases here and there. Then I'll do a cut, and experience the same things all over again.
Why such a big increase after the cut is over, when my diet is the same as it was before I began cutting ? Am I going through some kind of "deconditioning" phase when I cut ? Is my body reacting to higher cals in the same kind of way it reacts to weights after you do a strategic conditioning ?