My Cutting/Strength progress

[Gohan]

Today is my first day of cutting and i wanted to start a jounal for those who are curious about the effect on strength (gains or losses) from cutting.

My current stats are 5'8 and my scale weight today was 187. I'm sure this will go down greatly in the next few day. I think it is alot of water weight and me being stuffed from my 4 day weekend that ended yesterday.

My best lifts are:

DB Bench 70 - 12 reps / 80 - 7 reps / 85 - 3 reps
Db incline 65 - 7 reps / 70 - 3 reps
DB Sholder press 52.5 - 6 reps / 55 - 3 reps


Incline Db curl 40 - 6 reps
DB Hammer grip Preacher curl 35 - 6 reps
Pull-Up Grip Lat-Pull Downs 180 - 6 reps / 190 - 4 reps

Squat - ?

Stiff leg Dead lifts 170 - 20 reps / 300 -1 rep
BB Calf raises 300 - 30 reps

Flat Bench 205 - 1 rep max
Incline Bench 170 - 1 rep max
Decline Bench 195 - 1 rep max
Standing Military Press 105 - 6 reps / 120 - 1 max rep

My work out schedule is

M - off
T - Chest/Shoulders
W - Back/Bi's
T - Legs/Lower Back
F - Abs
S - Cardio (1st day this sat)
S - Cardio (1st day this sun)

I will update my progress in weight loss and gains or loses in strength weekly.

[Gohan]

Here's side shot. I'll work on getting more up. I'm getting a lesson in digi camera image resizing ect. it's kind of fun.

[Gohan]

This one's a little blurry, but it will do for now. I know i'm a beached whale!

[Gohan]

Here's the last bad quality pic of my fat ass tonight. Enjoy, and feel free to poke fun.

[Gohan]

Here's the left side.

[DaRkAnGel]

I'm not sure what you are flexing in the side views but hey alright :. Welcome back i thought you were gone man...what kind of training do you plan on doing?

[TommyD]

Lookin strong man! Keep cuttin so we can see all those muscle that are pushin those barbells and dumbbells up! :

Can't wait to see your progress and... welcome back!

[Gohan]

Originally Posted by DaRkAnGel

I'm not sure what you are flexing in the side views but hey alright :. Welcome back i thought you were gone man...what kind of training do you plan on doing?

Thanks for the comment. I guess it's more to give you a look at my side profile. I started my cardio yesterday. I did 35 min on my recumbent bike yesterday and this morning. I may also add 20 min of cardio on friday after my ab day which is short.

[Gohan]

Originally Posted by Tom_Drahos

Lookin strong man! Keep cuttin so we can see all those muscle that are pushin those barbells and dumbbells up! :

Can't wait to see your progress and... welcome back!

Thanks. It's hard though. I have the training down, but the diet is what i have to get use to (especially the weekends). I had popey's, a ton of hot wings and booze all day yesterday. I'll get my diet more strict as time goes on.

[Gohan]

After 8 days on my cutting diet and 2 cardio sessions i feel better than ever on my lifts (allthough i feel that i have only done good as far as diet goes 4 of 8 days). Today I weighed myself on the gym's doctor type scale and i weighed in at 185 (i think i will use this scale to track my progress for now on).

Here's how tuesday went:

Flat Bench 190 - 4 reps
195 - 3 reps
200 - 1 rep
175 - 7 reps

Incline Bench 160 - 5 reps
165 - 2 reps
170 - 1 rep
145 - 7 reps

Decline Bench 175 - 3 reps
180 - 2 reps
185 - 1 rep
165 - 4 reps

Standing Military press 110 - 4 reps
115 - 2 reps
120 - 1 rep
130 - 3 reps (With push off)

Here's Todays Work out:

Free Weight rowing machine 105 - 7 reps/110 - 5 reps/115 - 3 reps

Pull-Up Grip Lat Pull Down 190 - 4,5 reps/200 - 2 reps

1 handed v-bar lat pull down 50 - 10 reps/60 - 10 reps/70 - 5 reps
(I Discovered these today and am going to incorperate them in my bi-weekly workouts.)

1-handed cable curl 70 - 7 reps/75 - 3 reps/80 - 1 rep

1-handed preacher curl machine 50 - 9 reps/55 - 4 reps/60 - 3 reps

Any coments, critiques, suggestions or questions are welcome.

[Gohan]

Here's how todays Leg/Lower Back day went

Stiff Leg Dead Lifts
185 – 20 (10+10)
195 – 11 (7+4)
205 – 4 (3+1)

The ( ) indicates when i put the weight down to alternate my grip from my right palm facing out to my right palm facing in or vice versa. To try and keep my grip strength equal in both arms.


Squats (Half)
300 – 10

Calf Raises
310 – 20
320 – 15,10
330 - 10

Squats are realy killing me. I think i need to change up my routine again and have 1 freeweight week and 1 Machine week for leg day. DL's and Calf raises are going up nicely. After i did the first set of 20 reps i was fried. It felt like i had just sprinted a mile. It took a good couple of minutes to catch my breathe.

[Jackal]

Deads and squat in the same day.... you are a trooper

[Gohan]

Originally Posted by Jackal

Deads and squat in the same day.... you are a trooper

Oops i need to edit. They are not traditional deads they are Stiff leg Deads. I barely switched from doing squats firsts to deads first. I guess that's why my squats are going down. Hence me only doing 1 set today and they were just half squats.

[Gohan]

I weighed in on my gyms scale today at 184, but i'm not sure how accurate that was. When the scale was on 0 the needle was all the way up. So i think i will go by my scale for now (it's 2-3lbs lighter than what it says i weigh a 25lb db and it says it's 22-23lbs).

Weight 177

Tuesday Chest/Shoulders

Flat DB Bench
35 - 10 reps
70 - 12 reps
75 - 4 reps
80 - 2 reps

Incline DB Bench
65 - 7 reps
70 - 3,3,2 reps

Decline HammerStrength Machine
230 - 5 reps
240 - 3 reps
250 - 3 reps

Seated DB Shoulder Press
55 - 4,3 reps
45 - 6 reps

Today - Back/Bi's

FreeWeight Lat Pull Down Machine(Hammer Strength)
200 - 8 reps
210 - 5 reps
220 - 3 reps

V-Bar Lat Pull Down
170 - 7 reps
180 - 4 reps

1-arm Lat Pull Down (Cable Curl Attatchment)
70 - 7 reps
80 - 3 reps

Incline DB Curl
42 1/2 - 4 reps
40 - 5 reps
37 1/2 - 6 reps

Preacher DB Hammer Curl
37 1/2 - 4 reps
35 - 6 reps
32 1/2 - 7 reps

[DaRkAnGel]

Any reason that you are doing half-squats? I don't mean to sound like the safety patrol but that ain't safe for your legs .