Hey guys,
I'm almost at my weight loss goal now. So far since Jan 9- i'm down 30 lbs another 10 lbs to go. I've lifted heavy since day one and I was even able to get into 900lb total. My strength did not suffer.
Now I'm on my last leg of weight loss and I tried 305 deadlift today and lol it came off the floor and knees caved in (happens in heavy squat too) and fail.
I can usually do 325lb for 3 reps. SO is that reasonable? Lyle Mcdonald suggests that volume should be cut in more than half of workout during deiting because it could hurt. As for maintaining muscle -keep the intensity same and you would be able to maintain the LBM or at least minimize the loss to a very little amount.
So is percent wise 70% of my TM (never tried PR) a reasonable amount to maintain strength and muscle gains you think?
Volume is down and I've cut down work to 2 exercises per body part and boxing 5 days for cardio now.
I'm almost at my weight loss goal now. So far since Jan 9- i'm down 30 lbs another 10 lbs to go. I've lifted heavy since day one and I was even able to get into 900lb total. My strength did not suffer.
Now I'm on my last leg of weight loss and I tried 305 deadlift today and lol it came off the floor and knees caved in (happens in heavy squat too) and fail.
I can usually do 325lb for 3 reps. SO is that reasonable? Lyle Mcdonald suggests that volume should be cut in more than half of workout during deiting because it could hurt. As for maintaining muscle -keep the intensity same and you would be able to maintain the LBM or at least minimize the loss to a very little amount.
So is percent wise 70% of my TM (never tried PR) a reasonable amount to maintain strength and muscle gains you think?
Volume is down and I've cut down work to 2 exercises per body part and boxing 5 days for cardio now.