Ross86

Deadlifts
Doubles - 275, 285, 295, 305, 315
Singles - 325, 335, 345, 355
Bench press - some light sets

Weight - 173.0
My weight has been exactly the same in the mornings for the past 5 days.

Today's macros - 50/25/25, 2000 calories.

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widdoes2504

Good luck Ross. Let us know how things are going for you. I also have never done a dedicated cutting phase. I am giving it a thought but my main reason (other than being lazy) is I do not want a reduction in strength. Again, good luck and keep us posted on the progress.

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Height: 6 foot
Weight: 240 pounds

Bench: 415 (1x1)
Deads: 565 (1x1)
A2G Squat: 425 (1x1)

Cardio sucks

TALO

Good luck with this. I hope you record and post up on your diet/progress.

The only thing I can say is I dont like those calculators. Since it said aprox 2700 cals why don't you test that out ? Eat it for a week ( write everything down) and see if you stay the same , lose or gain. then go from there...take away a couple hundred. Dropping to 2000 is a big drop if 2700 is maint...But there is only one way to find out. GOODLUCK.

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"But when do you actually grow? Well, we don't grow in the gym. In the gym, we destroy. We tear down the body. We only grow when we are recovering. That's right, I said recovery. I see it all the time--people beating themselves up in the gym and not seeing results. They don't understand that hitting the weights hard is only a small part of growing or even cutting down. I could train the same all year round and get big or get ripped just by eating different and taking different supplements"

Ross86

Thanks TALO. I was at 2700-2800 all week and maintained the same weight. The only problem was that it was only...80% clean. From now on, I plan on it being 100% clean. I took in 2000 calories today. That SUCKED. I felt like I was starving. I am going to increase calories to 2200-2300. I was surprised I hit almost exactly 2000 today since it was my first day and I didn't count calories until the end of the day. I am going to post everything on my workout days, but not every day of the week...at least until I get the hang out it. I'll be keeping up with it on fitday though.

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TALO

2000 cals is starving

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"But when do you actually grow? Well, we don't grow in the gym. In the gym, we destroy. We tear down the body. We only grow when we are recovering. That's right, I said recovery. I see it all the time--people beating themselves up in the gym and not seeing results. They don't understand that hitting the weights hard is only a small part of growing or even cutting down. I could train the same all year round and get big or get ripped just by eating different and taking different supplements"

Ross86

I'll update this post later....sitting at 1500 calories right now. I had that in my first meal...oops. I have the rest of the day planned out fairly well. I might be a little over today because I'm going to a concert/party tonight and I just found out that if I drink 15-20 bud lights, that equals 1650-2200 calories.

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"Excuses are the building blocks to a monument of nothingness" - Anonymous

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TALO

1500 cals first meal? shit man, what did you eat ?

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"But when do you actually grow? Well, we don't grow in the gym. In the gym, we destroy. We tear down the body. We only grow when we are recovering. That's right, I said recovery. I see it all the time--people beating themselves up in the gym and not seeing results. They don't understand that hitting the weights hard is only a small part of growing or even cutting down. I could train the same all year round and get big or get ripped just by eating different and taking different supplements"

HIThopper

No Joke!! Did you raid burger king? 11 Also 15-20 bud lights!!LMAO those were the days!

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Eric3237

I had lunch with a friend I work with not long ago and he was complaining about not being able to keep his weight down. So I started estimating he had just consumed during lunch...turns out it was a conservative 1700 (mostly from fat).

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