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Old 11-10-2009, 05:51 PM
CaseyPL CaseyPL is offline
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Originally Posted by Ross86 View Post
Also, you're not going to be packing on muscle when you're cutting. It's just not going to happen. Even if you go slow. So why are you doing a "hypertrophy" workout when you could do something more standard? Keep the compound lifts high intensity, plenty of volume on your accessory stuff, have a caloric deficit, and add some cardio. That makes a LOT more sense. To me at least. Maybe you can explain why your plan is better...?

You could even loosely follow the westside template.
Let me try to explain it a little better, by giving some background of my training. I started my first few years off with standard training regimens; Starting Strength, 5 x 5, etc.

I moved onto learning Westside principles and began to follow their training. However I always noticed my muscular endurance was shit, so even on repetition days I'd follow more closely to an 8x2 or 10x2 set/rep scheme, rather than traditional hypertrophy. I've learned that while trying to cut I make shit gains on Westside simply because I cannot "max-out" twice a week.

I've also learned that I'm a "deadlift more" lifter. I know that most people, especially when they starting moving some weight on deadlifts benefit from pulling once every other week, sometimes only once a month. This is not the case for me.

I simply can't do cardio, both because of a pre-existing injury (patellofemoral syndrome) that severely limits the cardio I can do and out of sheer boredom. This is why I see the "hypertrophy" workouts as a way to burn calories and also build up my dismal muscular endurance. I'm also a strong believer in being able to put on muscle while cutting, especially because I have alot of fat ~18% on me, I feel that I can successfully recomp because I'm cutting at such a slow rate.

Here's an example of what my week will look like:
Tuesday - Strength Workout 1-5RM, NEAR MAX
Wednesday - Strength Workout 75-85%RM region, NOT A MAX
Thursday - Off
Friday - Higher Rep Work
Saturday - Higher Rep Work
Sunday - Higher Rep Work
Monday - Off
Tuesday - Off
Wednesday - Repeat
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