My journey to cutting

[mk3less]

Thanks for the support really appreciated.

[THOR 70]

Great work! How tall are you? I say go for 190lbs!!!! Shredded!

[THOR 70]

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[mk3less]

72 inches"6 feet" tall yes my original goal was 195lbs but being that everything has work out so well sofar let's see how far I can go. Going to try to get my bf down to the single digits.

[THOR 70]

Good for you man, u will look great

[mk3less]

Down to 202lbs awaiting my body fat calipers so I can compare my B.F reading with my scale. My wife wanted to switch day with me so she can go to the gym on Thursday with her frind so I switched from M,Th,Sat to M,W,Sat.

Todays workout
Barbell squat
135x8
225x8
315x8
315x8

Thigh adductor
190x12 three sets

Thigh abductor
150x12 three sets

Dumbbell bench press
75x8
80x8
85x8
90x6
95x5

One arm dumbbell row
70x8
75x8
80x8
85x8

Dumbbell shoulder press
55x8
60x8
65x8
70x5 this last set was killer!

[Anik87]

This is great progress. I am on a cutting cycle as well from 31 to 29 waist, I second it feels great.

[mk3less]

200lbs and 15.7% bf according to skin fold test. I have 5lbs more to go and .7 % bf to reach my original goal and still to weeks to go for my goal set date. Once I have accomplished this I will set my new goal to 10% bf. Still not sure @ what weight level maybe 185 but not sure if I can do that with out loseing to much muscle. Any impute on this would be appreciated.

[mk3less]

Though work out today. I felt tired and drained. Took a lot to get it done.

Sumo dead lift
225x8
315x8
355x5

Leg press
200x10
400x10
510x10

Dumbbell incline press
75x8
80x8
85x7
90x5 this last set is when it really hit me. I couldn't even get the weight of my Chest on my own. I stop for a spotter to help me get the weights up then I was able to do 4 good ones on my own. Last rep made it half way up then it was like I hit a wall.

Dumbbell shrug ( after 5 min break)
95x8
100x8
105x8
110x8

Barbell curl
80x8
90x8
100x7
100x4

Standing calf rise
275x12
295x12
315x12

Dip
3 sets of ten.

I bumped my fast form 15hr to 18hr. So now I'm having 2 big meals instead of 3. My window is from 12:30pm to 5:30pm. My workout is at 4:30am.

[mk3less]

Finally! Under 200lb.. 198lbs 3 more to go to reach my short term goal.

[toddgranit]

Great progress.
Keep it up.
Peace

[mk3less]

Thanks! Very cool did a personal best for squats today 355x7 after a 20hr fast!

[gokix811]

Finally! Under 200lb.. 198lbs 3 more to go to reach my short term goal.

Happy for you! And grats on the PR - it's an amazing feeling!

[mk3less]

Ok so I have I few days left to reach my short term goal (Aug 5) I don't just want to reach my goal but pass it. So for the last few week I drop my Cal to 1820 and up my protein level so my diet now look like this 35% protein 38% carb 27% fat that's my weekly avg. So far is working out a whole lot better. Maybe because the extra protein ?? Idk.

Todays work out

Deadlift
225x8
315x8
355x5

Leg press
200x10
400x10
530x5

D.B incline press
75x8
80x8
85x6
90x6

D.B Shrug
100x8
105x8
110x8
115x7. Up 5lb every set.

Barbell curl
80x8
90x8
100x8
100x6

Standing calf rise
275x12
295x12
315x11

Dip
First and last set no weight but my own body weight ten rep.
Weighted 20x10, 30x8
tottal of 4 sets.

[toddgranit]

Great workout!
Nice numbers.
Peace

[mk3less]

Thank Todd I really want to hit the 100lb dumbells for chest press so close. Maybe a few more weeks.

[mk3less]

So today I decided to switch up my squat routine. Normally I would do sumo squats witch is just like a regular squat but your stance is wider then your shoulder. I've been reading about bottom up squats and decided to give it a go. In a bottom up squat you place the pins on the squat rack at the same level as you parallel position so when yo place the bar on the pins your squat will start at the bottom and you push your self up. With each rep your going down to the pin rest for a second then back up. Killer work out it take a whole lot more out of you to do the same weight as a regular squat.

Bottom up squats
135x8
225x8
315x7 this is when it got serious it really took a lot out of me! since I hit a new PR last week of 355 I figure I'll try it again.
355x0 I could literally hear the bar lol at me! The thing didn't even came up off the pins. Then I almost passed out. So I lower the weight and tried again
335x1 one freaking one! Now I'm getting discourage but determine to finish this work out with 4 sets. So back down I went.
315x3 smh! You win bottom up squat but it's not over. By this point my legs felt like jellow I will def be doing this some more.

Thigh adductor
190x12 three sets

Thigh abductor
150x12 three sets

Dumbell bench press
75x8
80x8
85x8
90x5
95x5

One arm dumbbell row
75x8
80x8
85x8
90x5

Dumbbell shoulder press
55x8
60x8
65x5
70x4

By the end of today's work out I was ready to go back to bed

[toddgranit]

Wow!
Great workout.
How long did it take?
Peace

[mk3less]

Thanks. This workout took me longer than average it was about an hour and twenty min. From 4:30am to about 5:45am the squats slow me down a lot!

[mk3less]

198lbs