Yeah I just hit 240 pounds yesterday, I feel like a beast but will be wanting to cut out. I hate feeling weak when I try to cut, that's the main reason I never do it. Maybe im doing it wrong? Not that I have tried very hard, I just don't want to lose gains
You'll always feel weak when cutting. No way around it.
Just because you Feel weak during a cut does NOT mean you are losing muscle tissue.
You feel weaker because you're muscles are in a somewhat deprived state of nutrients. There's just not as much fuel there. AND your CNS is whacked out because you are in a caloric deficit.
All these dudes you see on mag covers and in articles (200-240lbs) and ripped six packs, they are all on gear.
The general ruler of thumb is this
Over 6 foot, can carry 185ish lbs of lean mass
Under 6 foot, can carry 170ish lbs of lean mass
Lean mass is water, bone, muscle, guts.
So, a 6 foot tall dude can have 185lbs of lean mass (naturally), that's not including any fat, well you must carry some fat in order to survive. We will assume 10% here (it is achievable naturally but very difficult at heavy lbm weights and years (10 usually) of training). This puts our 6 foot dude at 203.5 lbs at 10% BF. This guys is gonna look incredible. Hopefully this will shed some light on what's a realist goal for weight and BF%. Not saying anybody here is misled by any means.
But I've seen lots of guys in my gym who are 250 and 30+ % BF they get disappointed when they cut down and realize they'll have to go under 200lbs to have abs.. Again I'm not saying this is the case with anybody in this thread, I e never seen you guys lol. Just some personal observations and injecting some straight up truth.
Wolf