Hell yea snatches are hard. Deadlifts are great, but clean and jerks are my preferred movements.

 

Cutting is all about rigorous adherence to diet. But what diet? I'm a big fan of knowing what your caloric set point is and reducing by 500 cals. I like mostly low carb except post workout. That means almost no carbs (except from veggies) on non-workout days.

If you workout 4 times/week that means you'll have 3 lo cal/lo carb days and 4 med carb/cal days. This approach keeps your body from going into starvation mode.

I also think LSD cardio 5 days a week is the way to go when cutting. I like max incline treadmill walking for an hour. It won't tax your body during your period of lower cals like HIIT work will.

That's my take on cutting, but there are a million ways to do it.

PS-I wouldn't do GVT during a cut, or at all unless you're on gear.

 

Loving the time change. I can actually ride my MTB after work now.

 

I also like the old school proven way of cutting Slacker advises

But then again,everybody has to get to know his own body and see how he responds and which way is best for him

Concerning Cardio,I have been using it more cautiously over the years after having overdone it a few times..

Nutrition really is the key to anything you want your body to do/look like

 

Thanks did a bit of powerlifting when i was in my 16-21 my best is 145,5 at 71kg bw.

but that session was just for fun and see how strong i still am, trying to just train to maintain some fullness and trying to get into a more beach/ripped form

 

For non-metric folks thats 320 lbs at 156 lbs BW which is a very solid lift. Was that shirted or raw?

My best bench at just about the same BW (5'11" or 180cm) was 225.

 

I've never maxed out ever, but I fluctuate around 10lb in BW... but at 174lb and 5'10, my "typical chest" workout as of late has been

12 x 195

10 x 205

8 x 215

then 2 more sets til failure at 225... which usually ends up looking something like 6 or 5 x 225.. and then an addition 4 x 225

At my best in 5x5 lifts, I was doing 225...

What this means my max bench would be... I have no idea

 

My max would be 150% of my BW ....which isn't that impressive

 

Hit the elliptical last night for an hour. Nice burn.

 

Eh, who cares about impressive really you know? Outside of bodybuilders, which I consider to be "non-functional" lifters (no disrespect meant, body building is for looks by definition), maxing on bench doesn't mean much. It's kind of like being able to squat 1k lbs but not be able to do a pistol squat. When are you actually going to be laying perfectly flat and braced and need to use your bench strength?

Not to mention you have to basically de-train your rep max to get to 1RM