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When Cutting on a Cycle how much calories is too low?
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WARBIRDWS6
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i get nervous when i hit bodyweight times 12. thats it for me, any lower and i feel like the muscle is going to go bye-bye. i make sure i get 1.5 grams protein per lb bodyweight no matter what calorie level i am at also. that plus anabolics and you should be OK.
Greek Freak
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I am about 210 lbs and never drop under 2000 cals...but I feel really shitty when I go anywhere near that low. Personally I would stick with 3000 when I am cutting...my maintence cals is prob around 4250 so that is way under for me.
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WARBIRDWS6
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Greek Freak said:
yeah, me at 180 lbs or so times 12 is around 2 grand. and that is rock bottom! i throw in a cheat day once a week to level it off. but keep it strict the other 6 days. works well. you can even do a cheat day and a semi-cheat day too. go big one day and then the other day just go half as big as the cheat day. then go back strict for 5 days. that worked for me too.
Baby Gorilla
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Not sure you should....
The whole point of using gear is to "bulk" (general rule--I know some gear is designed for cutting cycles).
Don't worry about dropping body fat until you complete the cycle. If you're on year-round, I guess that doesn't work.
The basic plan I'm on always goes from bulking to cutting diets. General rule is to increase by 500 cal/day if not making gains. When waist expands by 2", go into cutting mode. Train hard, but not so much to expect gains. Drop by 1,500 cal/day until the fat comes off then increase back by 1,000 cal/day and see what happens.
The guy who came up with this set these numbers because to drop more than 1,500 cal/day would shock the system into thinking it was starving (having a different effect than you burning off fat--even canibalizing existing muscle). Going back up by 1,000 cal/day would quickly reestablish the muscle mass you had and you can see if gains resume or if you need to go up another 500 cal/day.
The whole point of using gear is to "bulk" (general rule--I know some gear is designed for cutting cycles).
Don't worry about dropping body fat until you complete the cycle. If you're on year-round, I guess that doesn't work.
The basic plan I'm on always goes from bulking to cutting diets. General rule is to increase by 500 cal/day if not making gains. When waist expands by 2", go into cutting mode. Train hard, but not so much to expect gains. Drop by 1,500 cal/day until the fat comes off then increase back by 1,000 cal/day and see what happens.
The guy who came up with this set these numbers because to drop more than 1,500 cal/day would shock the system into thinking it was starving (having a different effect than you burning off fat--even canibalizing existing muscle). Going back up by 1,000 cal/day would quickly reestablish the muscle mass you had and you can see if gains resume or if you need to go up another 500 cal/day.
