training while cutting

[mphowells]

Hi,

Just starting a 2 week deload/cruise after a pretty decent 5x5 for 13 or so weeks.

I'm now looking to cut downa bit but wanted to know what sort of weight training routine I should be looking to do while cutting. I'm guessing 5x5 isn't going to do it because that revolves around progressive loads. If I'm cutting then i will need to make sure I'm not lifting max's to avoid injury right?

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[coolcolj]

low volume , high frequency

 

[Cynical Simian]

Any decent program will "revolve around progressive loads." What constitutes progress, however, will change while you're cutting; it might be making smaller increases from week to week or even just not losing any strength if you're dropping a lot of bodyweight.

Like CCJ said, just reduce the volume a bit. If the version of the 5x5 you were doing is the single-factor one, you can probably keep the volume the same and be okay, since the work set volume is actually pretty low.

 

[coolcolj]

are you kidding? 5x5 would be considered high volume for me!


I'm thinking 1-2 work sets done 3 times a week
ala HST, classical HIT

 

[Cynical Simian]

That's why my comment about not dropping volume specifically referred to the single-factor version, which has exactly what you described, 1-2 work sets 3 times per week.

 

[coolcolj]

yeah I would suggest this kind of setup

say you train mon,wed, fri

mon - 2 sets
wed - 1 set and maybe lighter and higher reps
fri - 2 sets

 

[mphowells]

cheers guys, the 5x5 i've been doing is/was the intermediate version.

 

[LiftHeavy123]

instead of doing the 5x5 could you do the 3x5 to cut? Less working sets.