Thread: I built mass now I need to cut

Hi everyone I'm a newbie on this forum but I have been working out off and on for many years, but I played alot of sports so I only lifted for mass and strength. Now I am in college and to be honest I just want to look good for the ladies. I weigh 215lbs at 6"2, with a 38" waste. I am very proud of the mass, but as you can see I am carrying some fat that I want to get ride of, and tone the muscle mass I have built. Here are a list of questions I have about cutting my body to look more ripped.

Can I start working each body part every other day if I change to a low weight very high rep style of lifting? Maybe bench 135lbs until failure for 3 sets, and follow suit with incline and decline, or maybe do burnouts starting at 250lbs and working down until I fail at lifting the bar. I was thinking of adapting a system to work all of my body this way.

If I cut my carbs and fat, but keep a very high protein diet consisting of 200g of protein a day, will I lose alot of strength? I have read that during a cutting cycle, that your body begins to digest muscle for energy, but none of these articles detailed whether or not those people were keeping their protein high enough.

Can you recommend any supplements that will help cut me? I was thinking NO2 extreme stacked with some sort of fat burner.

I hope to drop to 205lbs and drop to a 36 in the waste, but I do not want to lose alot of the mass I have slaved to build. Right now I am working out with
225lbs sets of 8, 6, 5, 4 on bench
185 sets of 8, 6, 6, 4 on incline
225lbs sets of 10, 10, 8, 8 on squat
thats for the 3 main groups, but I also work my shoulders, arms, and calves very hard. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by Cold Iron

It doesn't matter if you start out @225 or @135 if you're working out until muscle failure. Rep ranges don't make you cut, a caloric deficit does.

Bingo.

However, doing a full body workout in a circuit type routine at higher repetitions will help you burn some extra calories.