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Anthrax Invasion
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The whole goal of cutting is to maintain strength. You can slash volume & frequency by about 2/3's (and you'll likely need to due to reduced recovery from lower caloric intake), but you should always maintain the same weight on the bar. Lowering the intensity (load) will lead to muscle loss quicker than anything else.
You can gain strength, but don't be disappointed if you don't. Unless you're relatively new, you won't likely be adding strength while cutting.
You can gain strength, but don't be disappointed if you don't. Unless you're relatively new, you won't likely be adding strength while cutting.
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Madcow has mentioned (often in those "5x5 and cutting" threads that pop up about once a week) that people have gained quite a bit of strength with the 5x5 on cuts. As long as you ensure that those reduced calories are distributed intelligently (i.e. you're not going to lift on an empty stomach), you'll likely be able to get stronger through neural adaptations.
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Right, which is why someone who's closer to being a novice, and maybe intermediates, will gain some strength. Beyond that? I don't see it, especially since nerual adaptations come and go rather quickly.
Of course, he could switch to a new set of movements just to try to get some neural adaptation on them.
Also, on exercises like squats, don't be fooled into thinking you're maintaing strength if you keep the same weight on the bar as you drop bodyfat, especially if you have a lot of fat to lose. Roughly 85% of one's bodyweight is against them while squatting. That means if you're lifting the same weight on the bar when you're 200 as when you were 225 (think - fat ass cutting down), you're not lifting as much as you were, 'cause though the bar weight is the same, your bodyweight isn't.
Not a big thing, but just interesting to point out.
Of course, he could switch to a new set of movements just to try to get some neural adaptation on them.
Also, on exercises like squats, don't be fooled into thinking you're maintaing strength if you keep the same weight on the bar as you drop bodyfat, especially if you have a lot of fat to lose. Roughly 85% of one's bodyweight is against them while squatting. That means if you're lifting the same weight on the bar when you're 200 as when you were 225 (think - fat ass cutting down), you're not lifting as much as you were, 'cause though the bar weight is the same, your bodyweight isn't.
Not a big thing, but just interesting to point out.
You will always be able to lift more absolute weight with a bigger heavier body. Weight fluctuation is a headwind/tailwind thing. If you aren't very experienced you can probably drop weight and pile on strength, that becomes harder as you go. At some point it's pretty solid just to maintain strength levels while dropping weight (i.e. you are getting stronger, as you are compensating for the loss of body mass and leverage that facilitated existing strength). Further on, your strength will decrease with significant weight loss, granted you might overcome it with time but gains come much slower at this stage so your ability to offset it (i.e. rate of strength increase vs. impact from rate of weight loss) will be deficient.
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Madcow, do I hear an echo in here? 
silver_shadow
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LOLMadcow2 said:Madcow, do I hear an echo in here?
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