I need more knowledge on Cutting

[Skyliner]

I'm eating a lot of ¡®clean¡¯ food now like skinless chicken breast, Tofu, Tuna, etc as my plan is to gain more muscle mass. However, after gaining some good mass, my next goal will be doing the Cutting and make them to firm and tone muscles. Thus I have a lot of questions regarding Cutting, so I won't make any mistakes while working on the plan.

1) During my Cutting routine, is it true that the amount of Protein intake daily should be 1 gram per body weight pound?

2) Right now in my Mass Gaining routine I'm only training my muscles like Arms, Back, Legs, etc once weekly, but after I switch to Cutting, how many times am I suppose to train each department like Chest, Arms, shoulders etc every week?

3) Doing Cardio won't be a good idea if we wanna gain mass, but is it OK to do cardio if we're trying to do Cutting?

4) Right now the weights I'm lifting range from heavy to very heavy, but if I'm Cutting, what type of weights should I lift? Are weights ranging from a little heavy to relatively heavy good enough (for Cutting)?

5) To confirm, a clean, 5-6 small meals a day is very important for Cutting right?

6) How much rest is needed?

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I don't have a great body, but as long as I work hard like now, I'm gonna reach there.

 

[Arnold]

Originally posted by Skyliner:
1) During my Cutting routine, is it true that the amount of Protein intake daily should be 1 gram per body weight pound?
<FONT COLOR="Blue">It should be at least 1 gram bulking or cutting.</FONT c>

2) Right now in my Mass Gaining routine I'm only training my muscles like Arms, Back, Legs, etc once weekly, but after I switch to Cutting, how many times am I suppose to train each department like Chest, Arms, shoulders etc every week?
<FONT COLOR="Blue">The same, once per week.</FONT c>

3) Doing Cardio won't be a good idea if we wanna gain mass, but is it OK to do cardio if we're trying to do Cutting?
<FONT COLOR="Blue">Yes, to burn extra calories.</FONT c>

4) Right now the weights I'm lifting range from heavy to very heavy, but if I'm Cutting, what type of weights should I lift? Are weights ranging from a little heavy to relatively heavy good enough (for Cutting)?
<FONT COLOR="Blue">You may need to go a little lighter because you won't have as much energy.</FONT c>

5) To confirm, a clean, 5-6 small meals a day is very important for Cutting right?
<FONT COLOR="Blue">5-6 meals per day for cutting or bulking.</FONT c>

6) How much rest is needed?
<FONT COLOR="Blue">Always, 8-9 hours per day.</FONT c>

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Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!

 

[Skyliner]

Oh I see, so the routine for Cutting it's pretty much the same as gaining mass just that I can do Cardio (Yay!) and a few other slight changes. Thanks Prince!

One more question though, since I'll be doing lighter weights and still training only one muscle weekly, should I increase the amount of exercises, reps and sets?

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I don't have a great body, but as long as I work hard like now, I'm gonna reach there.

 

[Scotty the Body]

No, your routine should/can be the same as it was before, and you don't have to lift lighter.
Just because your cutting doesn't mean you still can't increase in lifting weight, it just makes it harder than if you were bulking so keep trying to gain in lifting weight.

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Just another day in the gutter

 

[Maki Riddington]

Originally posted by Skyliner:
1) During my Cutting routine, is it true that the amount of Protein intake daily should be 1 gram per body weight pound?

Prince said,
It should be at least 1 gram bulking or cutting.

*** There are varying amounts that protein can be taken in. Another way would be about 1.6-1.8 grms per kilogram of bodyweight.

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Exercise, my drug of choice

 

[Skyliner]

Sorry guys, but I'm getting a little confuse now. If the routine in gaining muscle mass and cutting is the same (execpt you can do cardio for the latter), than what's the real difference between the both of them when you train?

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I don't have a great body, but as long as I work hard like now, I'm gonna reach there.

 

[TheSupremeBeing]

Prince gave you great advice.

Train the same way to maintain muscle as you do to build muscle.

 

[Maki Riddington]

The difference is the amount of calories you need to take in.

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Exercise, my drug of choice

 

[TheSupremeBeing]

Exactly.