New Cutting Cycle

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tetrah

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Hi, I haven't posted in a while, but i still actively read the forums.

This cutting cycle, i'm trying to eat at maintenance. I went on a low calorie diet last time and I wasn't too happy with that.

Here's my workout:

12x a week (morning/night)
Weighted Pullups
Weighted Dips

6x a week
Deadlift
Standing Military Press
Squat

Cardio:
3-4 minute hiit on precor (10 second sprint @ 11-12 mph/ 20 second jog @ 3-5 mph)
10 minute run on precor (medium speed, most likely 5-6 mph)


- I'm controlling volume with clustering, preferably trying to hit 10 reps per workout. I've already started off heavy, probably in the region of starting on the 1st day of 5's.

- I plan on increasing my weights every 3 workouts or twice a week so i'll hit near my 5 rep max by week 7 or 8.


Any critiques would be helpful. Thanks.
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That is by far the shortest workout I have seen, it contains the essentials though, should work.
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Exactly my approach, that way you can cut out the muscle loss.
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Just the cardio? 10 sec sprints 20 sec jogs? That is Tabata the other way round. Anyway, any variety of HIIT should work and there are 100's, I was just curious.
 
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Hehe ever since I started doing strictly compounds around winter, I've fallen in love
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Also, I used to go during peak hours at my gym, and having alot of exercises made me stay there for atleast an hour since I had to wait for different machines. Those horrible memories of standing around doing nothing makes me want to keep my workouts short
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My workout basically takes 15-20 min at the gym (i do the pullup/dips at home).



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Just the cardio? 10 sec sprints 20 sec jogs? That is Tabata the other way round. Anyway, any variety of HIIT should work and there are 100's, I was just curious.
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I actually used to do 1 minute sprint, 1 minute jog, but it got too tiring to keep up with a minute. Later on I started doing 30sec sprint/30 sec jog which was still a bit too much more me. Then I ended up doing 15 sec spring/ 45 sec jog which was a bit too easy due to long gap between sprints. THen I tried 10 sec sprint and 20 sec jog which gives me a good time to recover without feeling too recovered (if that makes sense).

Hehe I actually tried doing tabata with squats and let's just say I think I almost died
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You want near a near death experience: Try Tabata with a single movement of a Powercleaned followed by and overhead press, I call them PCP´s because not only is the first letter of each word but you look like James Brown after a PCP trip!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, it kicks butt.
 
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