Starting up a cutting phase, could use a little advice!

[BossRoss182]

Hey guys and gals,

Its been a while since I have posted, and its good to be back!

I went on a pretty hard bulk/gain phase this winter. Put on a decent amount of size, went from 185 to 215 (Yes, there was a decent amount of fat gain). I have been cutting down my calories, upping the calories, etc and starting to see some decent results. I want to start hitting it harder with this warmer Colorado weather, so I was planning on hitting it a bit harder.

So anyway, cutting to the chase, I am very susceptible to muscle loss while cutting down my calories. So I was wondering what you guys and gals could recommend to me to try to keep most of my mass. Don't worry I have been here before I'm not having unrealistic expectations, I know that I will end up losing some mass, I'm fine with that, but I would love to keep as much size as possible. I've heard good things of glutamine during a cut. Or shouldl I keep on the creatine as well?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
Thanks everyone.

 

[JudoJosh]

HICA has some promising potential for helping to preserve lean body mass. And of course, resistance training. Limit cardio and keep calories higher to maintenance.

Best of luck

 

[BossRoss182]

Damn, thanks for the fast reply! I'll check that out!

 

[NattyForLife]

Main thing is bro, is to 1. Keep lifting heavy
2. Dont cut calories to fast

 

[BossRoss182]

NAttyForLife, I dig that name bro! But yeah, suprisingly I haven't lost any strength yet, so I'll keep up the heavy lifting for sure.

 

[NattyForLife]

NAttyForLife, I dig that name bro! But yeah, suprisingly I haven't lost any strength yet, so I'll keep up the heavy lifting for sure.

No problem bro. When coming off a bulk usually most people can lose significant fat just going back to maintenance.

 

[BossRoss182]

That is a good point, so maybe not actually be in a deficit huh? Right on, thanks for the tips man.

 

[NattyForLife]

That is a good point, so maybe not actually be in a deficit huh? Right on, thanks for the tips man.

Maintenance you could probably lose fat for a couple of weeks then drop cals by 100-200.

 

[booneman77]

Forskolin and recompadrol helped me shed a lot if fat without losing much weight. I added fat burners as wel but you could do without them at least in the early stages

 

[hvactech]

The higher you can keep cals while dropping fat the better off you are.... before lowering cals try increasing expidenture