How do you change your workouts when you’re cutting?
50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD
Jim McDonald
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🗓️ 24 June 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Yasssuke Da GOD asks: “I am currently contemplating switching my workout routine since I am trying to cut. And I am realizing I won’t be able to increase my numbers while also trying to increase activities and cardio. So I am considering putting in some bodybuilding splits while still doing some powerlifting and oly movements. Is it me or will this increase my activities to burn more calories than my powerlifting splits? Adding reps of 10-14 vs the old 5 rep max routine? Like I would assume that a heavier lift with lower reps but with higher intensity and effort would exert more energy than a 10 rep sub max lift. But I guess it isn’t, and it isn’t as linear as that. Mad fitness is confusing.”
Avi Lieu joins us for this one. You can find her on Instagram @avi.lieu.
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| 0:30.0 | Alright, we want to get nerdy, Abby. Just got a nerdy lifting question. Winona just |
| 0:42.8 | pulled 463. It was a grind. She was deadlift bar, yeah. No. She used to be USPA. Did she? |
| 0:50.3 | Yeah. She was with JP in them. Winona? Yeah. I'm pretty sure. I follow her. I don't know. |
| 0:55.9 | She used to be with my boy JP. Her squad bench are not great or not as strong. Yeah, that |
| 1:06.2 | might be a stiff bar, but she used to be deadlapar. She used to be USPA. Her deadlift is stronger |
| 1:12.0 | than mine, but I'm more well rounded. And if I can get my deadlift out of this funk |
| 1:17.8 | out of you, you'll be out the funk. You got weeks. My squats are going well. You got weeks |
| 1:23.0 | to drop the funk. Here's what you're going really well. Yeah, deadlift bar. She pulled |
| 1:27.1 | on deadlift bar forever. But that was well. Where's her 463? Last year? She just pulled it. |
| 1:32.8 | Yeah, yeah. That's stiff bar. That's stiff bar. She must have just switched though. She |
| 1:35.8 | used to be USPA. Sorry, USPA. That's weird. What is the nerdy question? Alright, go. We're |
| 1:43.5 | digging in. I'm currently contemplating switching my workout routine since I'm trying to cut. |
| 1:50.2 | And I'm really I won't be able to increase my numbers while also trying to increase my |
| 1:53.9 | activity in cardio. So I'm considering putting in some bodybuilding splits while still doing |
| 1:59.0 | some powerlifting and Olympic movements. Is it me or will this increase my activities |
| 2:04.0 | to burn more calories than my powerlifting splits? Adding in reps of 10 to 14 versus the |
| 2:09.4 | old five rep max routine. Like I would assume that a heavier lift with lower reps, but with |
| 2:16.1 | higher intensity and effort would exert more energy. Wait, I would assume that heavier |
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