Lifting while cutting help needed.

[seabee]

Do I continue to try to lift the same weight/reps while I cut for the next 12 weeks? I have cut for 3 weeks now and my lifts have dropped 10 lbs across the board...does this mean i am loosing muscle? WHen i get down to single digits BF, should i be able to lift the same weight or will i get significantly weaker? Most important, does a drop in ability to lift past lifts mean a loss in muscle?

Lifting while cutting is merely to keep your muscle while losing weight, because i will not put on any LBM, right?

 

[Squaggleboggin]

I've read before that if you have a higer BF% you can lift more (it would make sense since fat is your best source of energy). However, I would also like to lose weight while continuing to lift (and preferably not get weaker if possible). Any advice to us?

 

[P-funk]

I lift the exact same way whether I am dieting or bulking.

The strength drop could be that you just aren't taking in enough cals to provide yourself with sufficeint energy to perform the lifts at the intensity you normaly can. Maybe you have dropped to many cals to soon? You should plan on dieting down slowly. If strength is a concern then train for strength while dieting as strength is a product of neuromuscular effeciency. if you are training in high reps and not stressing your nervous system with lifts of higher intensity then you may loose some strength in those lifts. Watch your diet. Are you eating enough carbs daily? Before your workout? After your workout? If you do things properly you may find that you can actually get stronger while dieting.

 

[QuestionGuy]

sdg

I lift the exact same way whether I am dieting or bulking.

The strength drop could be that you just aren't taking in enough cals to provide yourself with sufficeint energy to perform the lifts at the intensity you normaly can. Maybe you have dropped to many cals to soon? You should plan on dieting down slowly. If strength is a concern then train for strength while dieting as strength is a product of neuromuscular effeciency. if you are training in high reps and not stressing your nervous system with lifts of higher intensity then you may loose some strength in those lifts. Watch your diet. Are you eating enough carbs daily? Before your workout? After your workout? If you do things properly you may find that you can actually get stronger while dieting.

yuuuuup, aaaaaaaaha

 

[P-funk]

is that an agreement??

 

[seabee]

Maybe I should up my carb/cal intake pre workout and post to fool my muscles into thinking they are getting super fed, to keep my lifts the same...and diet the rest of the day and evening. Think?