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    Low volume Heavy weight vs High Volume Moderate weight for Cuts??

    Summer is fast approaching! How do you prefer to train on a cut?

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    I like to 25-45 reps of 80% of what ever max I work up to that day. So I warm up to a daily max which might be a heavy triple, then I back off to about 80% and use that. (I do this on squats, bench, every work out, and dead every time I dead lift which is less these days as I heal). When the cut stalls, I add in HIIT. Recently I've tried farmers walks with a trap bar, and Jesus, that's tough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macdon1588 View Post
    25-45 reps of 80%
    Holy shit, fuck that

    High volume for sure, but I'd be running 20-ish reps at like 50%
    If you can bench more than you can squat, you're doing it wrong!

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    Ya is that 25-45 reps spread out over 3 to 4 sets or do you just try to bust them all out in 1?

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    Re: Low volume Heavy weight vs High Volume Moderate weight for Cuts??

    Quote Originally Posted by Cobalt View Post
    Holy shit, fuck that

    High volume for sure, but I'd be running 20-ish reps at like 50%
    I should clarify, it's really variable in terms of the actual weight. Some days are better than others. Plus I stop when the weight slows so I might have a few more sets than the average routine. I speed it up with super setting an upper and lower. So I might dead and bench. The amount of reps just depends on the weight. I've been working with a autoregulation theory for awhile. So that 80% is really just 80% of what feels right. Generally, it's within about 70-85 of my one rep max and most of the time, I am around 30 reps an exercise.

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