So I am kind of almost 2 months into this “cut”.
I am coming off of a bulk from July to January. 159.5 to 186.
During that bulk alot of progress has been made. The main reason for this slim down is me and my wife are going on a cruise in May and I promised a six pack.
I’ll post a few pics of pre/post bulk and current then catch up on what Ive been doing and where I’m going.
I know the poses are different, but holy shit you’re already noticeably leaner at 173 then you were at 159.5. Chest, shoulders, arms all look way better.
So in the beginning of January I decided to change my work out from:
Day 1 Chest Shoulder Tri’s (Heavy)
Day 2 Legs Back Bi’s (Heavy)
Day 3 Chest Shoulder Tri’s (Heavy)
Day 4 Legs Back Bi’s (Heavy)
to my current routine:
Day 1 Chest Shoulder Tri’s (Heavy)
Day 2 HIIT
Day 3 Legs Back Bi’s (Heavy)
Day 4 HIIT
Day 1 and 3 are basically Day 1 and 2 of my bulk routine
The 2 HIIT days begin with 10 min steady state cardio followed by either a Complex series or a Tabata series, finally ending in some ab work.
By the way the tabata stuff kicks my butt and has my lungs burning ofr the rest of the day
In January I was basically doing a low carb thing only having then preworkout.
It sucked, I was always wanting pizza and breads or anything sweet. The weight started coming off pretty quickly, a little quicker than I wanted that I was worried Id lose too much muscle.
So for the month of Feb I decided to cycle my carbs, split into 3 days.
Day 1 Heavy Lifting = High carbs
Day 2 HIIT traiing = Med carbs
Day 3 Off Day = Very Low carbs
This has been working very well, as it the pounds keep dropping and it helps with the cravings and to prevent too much muscle loss.
March I will be adding some morning fasted cardio.
Kinda made up a circuit-
1 min speed pushups (around 60)
1 min break
1 min speed squats (60+)
1 min break
1 min speed lat pulldowns (60+)
1 min break
20 pushups, 20 squats, 20 lat pulldowns
dear nick,
please squat. it’s ok to start with really light weight, as long as you’re squatting. work on mobility if necessary and just squat as an accessory lift until you’re flexible enough. then, squat like your bench depended on it.
love,
rich