Mhenny24
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Hello. This is my first post and I just want to say thanks for having me in the community. I’m a 6’ 2” male, 26 years old, and I currently weigh 203 pounds. I’ve been cutting for a month and I’m down 12 pounds from 215. My goal is to get to 185 by November for 2 Brazilian jiu jitsu competitions. I lift weights or do kettlebell workouts 3-5 times a week and I train jiu jitsu 3-5 times a week. I also go for a 3-4 mile walk most mornings while fasted. I balance them by going light some days in the weight room and going light some days on the BJJ training. I also do ice baths and saunas for recovery. The first reason I’m cutting weight in July for a competition that isn’t until November is because I came off a 4 month bulk on 350 test E a week and the ran super squats program and drank the gallon of (local raw) milk a day it prescribed. I went from 185 to 215 in those 4 months with some of it obviously being water weight. The second reason I’m cutting so early is because in BJJ you weigh in immediately before your competition so I do not want to have to dehydrate myself right before the match. So after I bulked for 4 months, I cruised for 6 weeks on 175mg of test E and 2iu’s of GH. Last month I added in EQ and Anavar when I started cutting. I also began to intermittent fast to help lose weight. So right now my whole plan is to intermittent fast until 3:00 then have a high protein meal and hit the gym 2 hours after. After the gym I load up on protein and carbs. My current cycle looks like 175mg of test E/ week, 300mg of EQ/ week, 25mg of Anavar/ day, 2iu’s of GH/ day, and 500mg of L-carnitine/ day. I’m only running Var for 6 weeks.
My question is, what could I improve? How do I retain the most lean muscle mass while shredding fat and water weight? How do I not lose strength and endurance as I cut? Recovering from hard training days has definitely been harder since I started restricting calories. My diet mostly consists of meat, fruit, veggies, rice, eggs, and açaí bowls. I sleep 7 hours a night MINIMUM (I use cannabis flower and oil so sleeping isn’t usually an issue for me). I really look forward to y’all’s feedback and thanks in advance for anyone who offers advice!
My question is, what could I improve? How do I retain the most lean muscle mass while shredding fat and water weight? How do I not lose strength and endurance as I cut? Recovering from hard training days has definitely been harder since I started restricting calories. My diet mostly consists of meat, fruit, veggies, rice, eggs, and açaí bowls. I sleep 7 hours a night MINIMUM (I use cannabis flower and oil so sleeping isn’t usually an issue for me). I really look forward to y’all’s feedback and thanks in advance for anyone who offers advice!