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First of all, thanks for taking the time to read my post.
To give a bit of a backstory, I have been exercising regularly for the past 3 years or so. 12 months ago however, i discovered barbell medicine and have been very serious about strength training. I gone through powerlifting1 and 2 multiple times and im just finishing powerbuilding 2. At around the same time, i also started a slow and gradual weight gain diet (influenced by the to be a beast article) and went from 89 to 100kg. During that time,my strength and musculature has increased dramatically, and I even came in top 5 on 3 meets and won 1 (where I broke 650 total). So overall, I am super satisfied with these results.
HOWEVER, i noticed some stuff about myself that I do not think is very positive. First of all, the fat around my hips is ever increasing, which wiuld not bother me at all, since I do not look fat, but i noticed that everyday things like bending down to put on my socks became like 5 percent more difficult.
I think overall for my health, it would be beneficial to lose some extra fat.
And this is where i am in desperate need of help. I never really done any cuts before and I dont really know how much weight should I try to cut and in what period of time. I don't really have any time constraints, although I do have my wedding in 2 months, so i would atleast like to look a bit more trim for that ( although I dont plan to be shirtless during the ceremony). Ideally I would like cut down to maybe 13-15% bf in the next few months ( im probably around 20-22 right now).
So lets say I set a goal for myself to cut down to 95kg. How long a period should that cut last? During my bulking I was eating 3.8k calories (270/440/105).
Would there any benefit to try to cut down more calories in the first 2 months until my wedding? And then go down to a smaller cal deficit afterwards?
Also, im not sure if this is relevant, but I will start the hypertrophy 2 template in a week.
Once again thanks for reading through all of this!
First of all, thanks for taking the time to read my post.
To give a bit of a backstory, I have been exercising regularly for the past 3 years or so. 12 months ago however, i discovered barbell medicine and have been very serious about strength training. I gone through powerlifting1 and 2 multiple times and im just finishing powerbuilding 2. At around the same time, i also started a slow and gradual weight gain diet (influenced by the to be a beast article) and went from 89 to 100kg. During that time,my strength and musculature has increased dramatically, and I even came in top 5 on 3 meets and won 1 (where I broke 650 total). So overall, I am super satisfied with these results.
HOWEVER, i noticed some stuff about myself that I do not think is very positive. First of all, the fat around my hips is ever increasing, which wiuld not bother me at all, since I do not look fat, but i noticed that everyday things like bending down to put on my socks became like 5 percent more difficult.
I think overall for my health, it would be beneficial to lose some extra fat.
And this is where i am in desperate need of help. I never really done any cuts before and I dont really know how much weight should I try to cut and in what period of time. I don't really have any time constraints, although I do have my wedding in 2 months, so i would atleast like to look a bit more trim for that ( although I dont plan to be shirtless during the ceremony). Ideally I would like cut down to maybe 13-15% bf in the next few months ( im probably around 20-22 right now).
So lets say I set a goal for myself to cut down to 95kg. How long a period should that cut last? During my bulking I was eating 3.8k calories (270/440/105).
Would there any benefit to try to cut down more calories in the first 2 months until my wedding? And then go down to a smaller cal deficit afterwards?
Also, im not sure if this is relevant, but I will start the hypertrophy 2 template in a week.
Once again thanks for reading through all of this!
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