Oly Template for Cutting?

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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Hi BBM team,

Like so many others in this forum, I want to express my gratitude for the many diverse resources you provide that both engage and educate me about barbell training.

I am 39, 6 ft, 210 pounds, 34 inch waist and (estimated) 19-22% body fat. I have been training since July 2015.

PRs-Squat 415 Bench 240 Press 130 Deadlift 500

I ran your BBM 7 week hypertrophy program and am currently on week 8 of BBM 12 week strength template. I have gained about 30 pounds since last August, but am starting to feel a little fluffy body composition wise, so I am hoping to cut after the 12 week is done. I recently took an 8 wk introductory workshop on the Oly Lifts am and motivated to practice.

Questions a) Would running the BBM Oly template for 4-8 wks allow me to maintain a significant amount of strength/muscle while cutting or would it be detrimental to that goal?

b) Of all your templates (I already purchased them), which would allow me to optimize strength/muscle maintenance while cutting for 8-12 weeks?

Thanks!

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I would do the GPP endurance or hypertrophy template while cutting. HLM would work as well so you could do any of those.

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Jordan, one thing has been pondering me recently, since the weekly volume in 12 week strength template is much higher than its in Bridge/HLM, once you adapt to that kind of stress, will lower volume templates ever give you any decent progress?

In another word, in general, is volume increasing a one way street?

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There are a number of reasons why someone might plan a temporary reduction in training volume, which is theorized to have a “re-sensitizing” effect once volume is re-introduced.

To date in my own training, I have not had a reason to exceed the 12-16 set per week range on the squat for my own training, for example.

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