Thread: good cutting plan?

Looks decent overall, are you incorporating cardio as well? this would be a good way to really increase calorie burn and fat loss for your cut.

As far as the diet goes, your macro breakdown is good - calories are alright, may be a little on the low side if you're looking to keep strength and muscle up, but the test will help with that as well. Also you dont list your actual diet layout or nutrient timing, it is less important than your overall intake and breakdown but could be beneficial to review that as well.



For the lifting/training I have one criticism - I would aim to do more compound lifts in your routine and cut down on the isolation exercises. On top of this I would suggest doing your heavier compounds first in your workouts (with a couple warm up sets to prepare for them). This will allow for the greatest exertion and growth from the heavier lifts as, especially on low calories, you will likely fatigue easily and may not have the energy and strength to perform these later in your workout as you have it layed out. good luck!

i am including cardio. on training days i was going to be doing 20 min before and after. on non training days i would be doing 1hr of cardio.

i will do some flopping and changing on my lifts to try to fit into your advice.

my diet will be as follows (every day)

meal 1)
1 cup of egg whites + 1 whole egg, 1 whole grain waffle, 3 strips turkey bacon

Meal 2)
1.5 scoops of ON whey protein

Meal 3)
1 can of tuna, 1 apple

Meal 4)
1 Tilapia fillet, 6 oz Broccoli, *1 cup oatmeal*

Meal 5)
1.5 scoops of ON whey protein

Meal 6)
6oz pork chop, 6oz broccoli, *1 cup brown rice*

WORKOUT

Meal 7)
1.5 scoops of ON whey protein

**on my non lifting days i will subtract the oatmeal and brown rice.

Not to be a dick but at 20% aas ain't what you need. It's a clean diet, eat less food and lots of cardio!

Depending on where your training is at, I doubt AAS would even do much for you since you're cutting. Unless you're going to be cutting calories very low and are worried about catabolism, test will just be a money sink. 210 @ 20% bf is just plain fat and unless you've plateau'd on your lifts, you can probably make neural strength gains without AAS just fine.