[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Lotta really good advice already mentioned. I’ll probably reiterate a few things, but I’ll keep my thoughts short.
-Do you have a time frame for your cut, or are you just “cutting” and you’ll see where you get? If there’s a time frame, you need to plan, keep tabs, and make sure you’re on track every day.
-What does your current training look like? Have you been doing cardio, and if so how much/often? If you haven’t, you can get away with a lot less when you actually reach the point of having to throw it in. (you always want to do as little as needed!)
-What frequency is your current training split like? I mean, are you hitting every body part once a week? Once every 4 days? twice every week?
-What’s you carb tolerance look like? This can factor in to figuring out a good starting point.
-Track everything! You can’t know what’s working and what’s not if you can’t refer back to accurate data.
-When you make changes, make ONE at a time. If you shuffle every variable around at the same time, you won’t know what gave you the movement.
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Thanks for the input Stu!
To answer your questions:
1.) I don’t have a time frame per se. I would like to be finished by mid October, but I’m not sure when to start. I’m thinking the first week of June, which will give me around 20 weeks I believe.
2.) Current training is 5/3/1. I do very little cardio right now.
3.) I lift 4-6 days a week. The 4 main days are 5/3/1 and depending on how I feel I throw 2 extra days in. On the 2 extra days I re-do the FSL for squat, press, and bench and add a few extra exercises in for body parts I feel have been neglected. I don’t do an extra deadlift day though. I’ve found it’s to taxing for recovery.
A typical bench day would look like:
Bench 5/3/1+
Bench Jokers (1-4 sets)
Bench FSL 5x5-8
Dips 5x8-15
EZ-Curls 3-4x8-12
DB Curls super set with Band pull-downs 3-4x15-20
*I realize this is not your typical BB split and I will probably switch to the BB template at minimum and add additional movements in a more traditional body part split.
4.) I honestly am not sure on carb tolerance. I don’t gain weight very quickly even when I eat a ton of carbs, but I don’t just drop fat either if I reduce them. Not sure if that answers the question or not?
5.) I will definitely start tracking everything. I bought a scale to start weighing food and will pick up a journal for food tracking.
6.) One change at a time, got it!