Hello friends I have a question. Do you bother with lightening up your workout when you're in a calorie deficit? I remember reading people doing like 2 sets per exercise instead of 3, keeping everything else the same. I tried it and it's chill, cut a 1h30 workout to 1h, though I'm not sure if it's something I should implement. Cheers
>Eat less to be in caloric deficit
>Train less because you have less energy
>No longer in caloric deficit
Jesus christ I hate you morons.
You don't have to train to be in a deficit
Weightlifting doesn't burn 1000 cals you big dummy
That's what I figured, tbh I'm wondering if it's even worth training at all while I've got so much fat to trim
You're body uses a significant amount of calories in recovery. Reducing the training load reduces the amount of resources needed to recover, and moreover if you are adapted to a certain volume and intensity of training, your body will hardly need to recover at all from training, and hence your TDEE will drop considerably.
The energy burned is not purely through the specific act of exercise, and you Black folk who think it is are truly moronic.
It's not sustainable, and most people don't want to be anorexic.
Yeah obviously.
You don’t gain muscle in catabolic state (calorie deficit) only during anabolic state (calorie surplus) there’s no point in lifting on a cut
>there’s no point in lifting on a cut
no point in progressing, dumbass. you'll hemorrhage gains if you just sit around and starve yourself
>make progress
You physically can’t.
>hemorrhage gains
Look up muscle memory
>>make progress
>You physically can’t.
that is exactly what I said esl moron. You can't progress on a cut. How the frick is muscle memory relevant? You plan on just lifting, starving like a sloth, and then lifting to get back to your starting point? why cut in the first place then? maybe you should look up how to not be a piece of gainz goblin homosexual
based gains goblin doing his part to spread disinfo
Even if you were right in not being able to gain muscle on a deficit you still have to lift to prevent muscle atrophy. I can't tell if you're deliberately giving false info, or if you're moronic.
You lose muscle no matter what on a cut, there aren’t any studies to show what you’re saying is true, logically the difference between lifting and non lifting on a cut is pointless because muscle memory exists. Even if you lost, a reasonable estimate of 1 extra pound of muscle because you didn’t lift on a cut, you gain it back as soon as you bulk again (on top of new gains, not replacing new gains). Nuclei in the muscle are permanent.
The only reason to lift on a cut is if you’re a bodybuilder and every half pound of muscle counts on your strict timeline.
>You lose muscle no matter what on a cut
Literally just google "gain muscle on a deficit" and you can find numerous sources. And everything that was lost on a cut takes time to regain, the more you lose due to not lifting the longer it'll take to catch up and make more progress. This shit is literally common sense and again, just use google.
Maybe it works if you’re new to lifting or really overweight but for the rest of us I don’t think it works that way, what you’re describing is the classic “lose fat gain muscle” which is the most common fitness scam
>no point in lifting on a cut
And let me guess, you're still skinnyfat and can't make progress but you can't figure out why that is?
No I just finished my first year and gained 12 pounds of lean muscle mass despite fricking up a lot on the way
Calm down anon. You’re clearly not following what has been said and what YOU are saying is ridiculous
>why even cut and bulk if you lose muscle
Lol, this happens on cuts regardless if you lift or not and I said you regain muscle when you bulk again (muscle memory) so you gain your muscle back and gain new muscle at the same time (which I already said) so THATS what muscle memory has to do with it. If you knew what muscle memory even was you’d understand how it’s relevant brother.
>despite fricking up a lot on the way
and you're keep that ball rolling with that "advice" of yours
No listening to IST held me back.
You guys have the worst advice ever and don’t even understand something as simple as muscle memory and the basics of cutting/bulking.
Increase intensity to maintain existing muscle mass, but decrease volume since you won't be able to recover from a ton of volume. Worked for me.
Whatever muscle you “lose” comes back as soon as you bulk again, look up muscle memory if you’re curious. You don’t need to lift on a cut, it’s a myth because people are worried about “losing muscle”
Nah I workout just as hard still
You have less calories to go around so it's all about where you place those calories. I always lift around 7pm, after work and everything is out of the way, so when I'm in a deficit I'll skip breakfast in the morning and then use those spare calories for a bigger meal at around 6pm - that way it feels like I've eaten a lot before the gym, have a lot of energy and I'm not going in hungry which would frick my workouts.
Allows me to workout as intensely as when I'm bulking because I am still lifting with a big meal in me.
This has always worked for me, I recently cut down from 185lbs to 160lbs but without losing any strength at all - still doing the exact same weight and exact same sets and reps
I do the same workout but with less intensity (be weight or reps). Replace the extra time with HIIT. Eat a shit ton of protein too.
I got no idea if it's optimal tho, it's just what I gathered from the most trustworthy sources I could find (IST). It works somewhat. Lose considerable arm/back size but get more ripped to a heavier weight and lifts stay more or less the same. There's always an initial drop, but it takes two weeks to catch up.
Also plan cuts and commit. For example, it's easy to eat, say, 1300 calories and be lethargic all day, nuking your gains but getting to a desired weight fast and having zero performance in work, studies, sports, etc. Do it properly.
Yeah I cut my workout in half if I'm on a cut, maintain the same amount of protein, but less carbs and less fats. I still do cardio.
Lift heavier with lower volume
Helps maintain strength which in turn helps build more muscle on next hypertrophy block.
You can reduce volume, HOWEVER, you should NOT reduce intensity or increase reps like a fricking dumbass.
Your body doesn't "respond better to fat loss with higher reps", because that's been proven to be bullshit. All data shows that you should continue to lift hard and heavy with low to medium rep schemes (3-8 reps) while cutting, and that being a dumbass who says "I added more sets but cut the weight by 25% and doubled the reps".
Your body is far more resilient than most people give credit for. And it does NOT crave more work at lower intensity just because you reduced calories.