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I'm wondering if i've just been going thru ketosis adaptation? May be just a phase and I shud just keep cuting. I like the idea of finishing this cut at a lean 77kg which means the next one will be from 77->.74 or whatever it will need to be for 6-8% bodyfat. This prob means though that im currently closer to 20% than i am to 10% or in otherwords above 15%. I think around 77kg is when i start to look lean if i remember correctly from last year's cut.

But to keep cutting from here will have to make some changes. I'll take it easier on training. Think i'll do something like this:

Monday: Squats + HIIT sprint intervals + steady state jog (about 2km), upper body work

Weds: upper body work and steady state jog

Fri: Squats +  HIIT sprint intervals + steady state jog.

Take off rest days proper, no TM work on those days to save my legs and hips. And this shud allow me to continue cutting bodyfat while extending the duration of the cut to say another 2 weeks if need be. My goal is to get the scale to show 77.5kg or so, which means even if i gain a bit of water weight post-cut, i can balance that out by burning off the remaining visceral bodyfat to maintain a 77kg ish bodyweight overall.

Btw the fact i still have visceral fat is one very good reason to believe im curently above mid teens bodyfat. Both good news and bad. Means i can get a lot lighter. But bad news in that have a lot of cutting ahead yet.

. On the other hand I just don't see why you wouldn't just losen up a little bit and clean bulk since this whole bulk/cut business is going around in circles. 

That's exactly what im gonna do lol. Burn off all this bodyfat and then start from scratch.  Gain back some bodyweight, some muscle, some nice fat (as opposed to horrible visceral or abdominal fat!) and maintain a decent level of fitness and athleticism. I'm not going to gain more than 5kg of BW at a time and even that will be done slowly and cleanly.

Btw there's no way in hell that you're 'in the mid-teens bodyfat'...Even if you were in the mid teens bodyfat at 6'4 80kg you're only going to end up skinnyfat with this insistence on cutting down to a stick figure on 1000 calories a day. Find some middle ground and you'll feel a lot better mentally as well instead of feeling guilty about eating food. Plus all this stress with dieting and bodyfat is going to increase your cortisol, which has a destructive effect on testosterone.

I actually am somewhere around 15%. I can't be sure whether it's less or more, the visceral fat still being there points to being above, but maybe im a special snowflake and i hold on to visceral fat for longer than most people, idk, it doesn't matter, i have to keep cutting. Gett rid of all this fat and start rebuilding myself from scratch.

The effect of holding on to this fat means i can never really be strong/lean/healthy. Visceral fat does some nasty things, makes you fatter when you bulk etc. Also it doesn't help t-levels not being lean (legit 10%). So i have to do this cutting for the best results moving forward.

Bodyweight: 78.7kg/173.5lb
Waist: 33"

caffeine:400mg @10am, 200mg @ 1230, 200mg @ 1430, 200mg @ 1700
h5tp: 50mg @ 1300, 50mg @1500

Laying off training is helping considerably, i no longer want to kill myself. Don't get me wrong, still pretty hard going but a lot more manageable, i can see me dieting for a while longer this way. Have set my eyes on getting down to 77kg. Have a feeling when i get there, i'll be reasonable lean as in maybe 12% or less. Idk, we'll see how it goes.

My bet is it'll be 74kg but hopefully you can achieve 12% at 77kg.
Maybe your body's different though but for me I struggle to lose 1% bodyfat for every 1kg of weight loss, let alone 3% bodyfat for 1kg.

Yeah,  im not married to 12% @ 77kg, more like i'm going to end this cut at 77kg when i've reached that weight regardless of what bodyfat % may be then. It's a measurable, concrete goal as opposed to bodyfat % which is abstract and unmeasurable for the purposes of progress tracking. I do anticipate a future cut needing to go as low as 72.5kg to reach my final goal, so we'll see what happens when i've got to 77.5kg, 75kg and 72.5kg.  For the record my plan is to finish this cut at 77kg. Maybe the next one will go 77->74. And the last one will go 74->72.5 or something like that.



lebron right now .. inspiration for athletic cutters everywhere <3

Bodyweight: 77.95kg/171.85lb
Waist: Under 33"



On the right track but im not too excited, 77kg is still a legit, formidable goal. I have no doubt if i get there i'll in a good place. Just not anywhere near it right now. Training to come today as well.

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Training
FBS 1x118.5
BS 5x107.5, 5x105

OHP 1x57.5, 3x55, 5x53.5, 5x52.5
WCU 3x80, 2x90, 1x95, 2x100, 3x95, 5x92.5, 5x90, 6x85

Squat notes: 
Having to psyche up for ridiculous light warmup weights sucks, especially when they feel like ugly 1rms and not even technical maxes for that matter. But i'm quite carb depleted, fasted and been dieting a while. These things are to be expected. Just hope i can bounce out this slump when i come off the cut.

Not really but it's a valid statement when it comes to teh way my body has stored bodyfat. Women store bodyfat mainly in the lower body, around the hips, lower back, buttocks and chest. That's kinda how I do too. It explains why i  have visible abs so early in my cuts. The idea is i'll have a six pac long before im done cutting because of this. Lets see if it holds true.

I can't imagine there's a good reason to get 3/4 compressions unless you want some capri pants to go with your favourite pair of heels 

The last pair of ball shoes I bought were hyperdunks. Don't know if they come in low tops or not. They're super light, grippy, hold the foot well but pretty hard on the feet. I got my last pair for $80 plus postage.