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Very close to the end of my cut. Should only be a week or so away. Can't wait for this shit to be over with so I can start eating copious amounts of what I like again. Started benching in the squat rack so I can unrack by myself while keeping the scapulas back. Seems to be working so far...

[Recovery Day] 5'8", 164lb (-0lb) Beltless Paused Squat: 205lb x 5, x 5, x 5 Spoto Press: 180lb x 5, x 5, x 5 Weighted Pullups: Belt + 57.5lb x 5, x 4, x 4 Face Pulls: 42lb x 2 sets of some indiscriminate number under 10 lol. Elliptical: 15 min @ 100% resistance, ~270 calls burned

[Light Day] 5'8", 164lb Spoto Press: 160lb x 8, x 8, x 8 Paused Squat: 185lb x 6, x 6, x 6 Deficit DLs: 255lb x 6, x 8, x 6 Machine Row: 165lb x 8, x 8, x 6 Stationary Bike: 20 min @ resistance level 8

only if Rihad ships his over first ;)

I know i wont be gaining on a cut. I never implied that. Im just worried about my work capacity come time for bulking on this program which is soon, because right now its shit. And with my squat dropping off and me.not being able to.do my.primary chest movement due to sternum pain.

Pretty crappy session today, though I did work up to a bunch of pullup triples and doubles with 70lbs on my belt so that was nice. But reconsidering jumping on 6 weeks of Candito non-linear after this cut ends and testing the waters. We'll see. Should be only 2-3 weeks until I'm 160lb...

He almost had 700lb too and he's still in the junior division. Exciting to see where he'll be in a decade.

It's alright. They seem like a good movement, though the cable machine is perpetually in use at my gym so we'll see how feasible it is to incorporate them.

5'8", 164lb (-2lb) Paused Beltless Squat: 205lb x 5, x 5 x 4 (forgot to pause first 3 reps of 3rd set, did a 4th paused and then figured no point in going on. Wondered why the set felt so much easier lol), RPE 8-8.5 Getting used to this and they feel good. Still incorporating the "spread the...

[Moderate Day] 5'8', 166lb Sumo Deadlift: 365lb 7x2 RPE 8-9 Deficit Deadlift Workdown: 285lb x 5 Weighted Dips: Belt + 67.5lb x 3, x 3, x 3, x 2, x 2 RPE 8ish Definitely need to buy a new belt. Developing some sternum pain doing these, which I've gotten a while back when doing them...

Nice job. If done w/o much time b/w reps, you've got at least a 450lb pull in you IMO. Probably more.

[Light Day] 5'8", 166lb Beltless Paused ATG LBBS: 185lb x 6, x 6, x 6 "Screwing feet into ground" is a good cue for getting knees out. Spoto Press: 160lb x 8, x 8, x 8 Deficit Deadlift: 255lb x 6, x 6 Shin-scraping cardio... Machine Row: 165lb x 8, x 6, x 6 Lats got really pumped after...

Things were.pretty consistent thro the bulk form wise. Ive been experimenting.more.now.as.ive cut down. Only thing that changed on squat was experimenting w hbbs and bench grip.was.only.changed.once to how it is.now. EDIT: off of phone now: I tried benching on toes but rack height really does...

I'll see how things go over the next couple of weeks. I should be able to develop the necessary work capacity, especially when I finish this cut. I'm young and healthy and usually get my 8 hours (despite insomnia issues here and there). Like I said, I have to take into consideration that this...

Yeah, eventually. Maybe in a couple of years. @Jester gave the opposite argument, that LBBS is superior to HBBS in my case. I did give HBBS a try for a couple of weeks and felt almost as strong because my LBBS stance is very narrow (which I'm going to fix), but was compelled to switch back...

What do you think of beltless paused squatting all sessions of the week as opposed to regular squatting on heavy/moderate days and paused squatting on light and recovery days? Since theyre basically the same movements, I'd assume carry over would be significant.

5'8", 166lb (-0lb) Gonna give myself another week on 2200 cals/day and if I don't lose weight, I'll lower again. Sumo Deadlift: 385lb [~90%] 8x1 Focused on pulling the slack out of the bar instead of yanking. Made the pull off the floor harder but made things feel better. Deficit Deadlift...

I was doing them normally. The weight itselt was easy. I just dont know how to do them without being pulled forward by the cable. Leaning back didnt help.

What do you think of the ab wheel?

Decided to run the DUP program while still cutting to get a feel for it. Started today with the recovery day. Supposed to be 3x5 on everything, RPE 7-8ish. 5'8", 166lb Spoto Press (NEW, 3 minutes b/w): 180lb x 5, x 5, x 5 Definitely a different feel which I'll need to learn. Chest got real...