Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Im 23 years old male 6'2 around 220-225 lbs and lost over 1120 in past 4 years and recovered form tummy tuck surgrey and now been lifting for past year hard. I been cutting since jaunary on 275 pro/175 carbs/ 55 fat and 4 day spilt weights with a maxiam 204 day cardio 45 min sessions, Every week I switch up SET numbers nad Rep numbers on certain execrises and always finish with a different exercise every week... is this avoiding plateu or am in a plateu by now. Thing is I don't weigh myself I go by looks but I look one week super ripped next not.... its confusing... is my method ok?
Did i hit a PLATEU? Advice please!
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Lol jesus. I'd say you are switching things up way too much. Don't get so crazy with it. You only have to switch things up when you actually hit plateaus. As much as you are changing things do you even know if you are gaining in strength or not? Have you even done 1 workout consistently enough to know if you can't lift anymore after doing it for a few weeks?
As for looked ripped one day and not the next, I'd say it's just your diet and water intake. Are you salts and water always the same? Or do they slightly vary based on the foods you are using to get your carbs and proteins in?
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As for looked ripped one day and not the next, I'd say it's just your diet and water intake. Are you salts and water always the same? Or do they slightly vary based on the foods you are using to get your carbs and proteins in?
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cutting bro.... and I do cheat once a week... water I haven't been steady on it.. somedays a lot some normal I gotta focus on that... stretfeth kinda up and down due to cutting but more of up if iu wanna see it... bad weeks and u get ur good weeks..... so u suggest stop switching it up too much and stay steady it been 4-5 months same shit but weights and reps are changing through out weeks.... that's about it
Basically. Cutting is all about calories in and out while hitting your macros. And don't fall for that high repetition crap. You still need to hit it heavy so you body is repairing and maintaining muscle while you're in a calorie deficit. The key is to not go too low on your calories if you're doing it all natural... High repetition workouts can have it's purpose, but it's mostly going to give you bullshit cardio workouts and do nothing to maintain muscle.
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true.... my main question is can you stay at the same TYPE of execrises for long time( year or +) and not plateu by making usre ur adding weight and sometimes switching set and reptaitons numbers? what im doing like said abvew is assing new exercise at end of each muscle and removing one for example ONLY ONE is switched something new
Willindy120
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Hey bud, I would recommend staying as consistent as you can with sets and reps until you really start to see solid strength increases. You want to be able to keep track. pick up a cheap notebook and take it to the gym with you. Write your shit down..u want to be able to chart it like a graph. Keep the same training split for a while. You'll see your reps start to inrease with the weight you're pushing, then you can bump the weight up. Stay consistent for 8 straight weeks, track your progress, THEN start thinking about changing your split around. Diet timing and intake needs to be consistent as well. Let us know how it goes...
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do u think 280 pro/180 carb/60 fat is a lot for a cutting 6'2 male 23 years old 4 day weight training and 3 day 45 mi cardio sessions? I always end up going to 240 carbs im having problems... trckign everything.. cheating lalety twice a week. I went so hard for 5 months and now slipping off
