On a cut, working on strength is futile. Your body is typically very low on glycogen stores and will NOT be able to lift nearly as heavy as during a bulking cycle. Furthermore, it actually takes MORE of your muscles to lift something heavy for less reps, than it does something lighter for more reps. The point of lifting to failure during cutting is to keep the heartrate high and thus keep the fat burning process high as well.

It is much better to train with higher volume on a cut and at a cardio pace, instead of a slow anabolic routine where less reps, higher weight, and more breaks between sets are used.

Both of your posted plans are OK - but not optimal. Too much rest between sets in my opinion. I would recommend no more than 1 minute between sets, and if possible, even less.

I've been without it for almost a week now as my skin has cleared up lol
That's so weird .


- could a vitamin D deficiency cause poor recovery and joint /. Muscle pain (. That I've always had lol)
I been reading a lot about vitamin D. An it amazes me that i have all of the symptoms ...

I also read That vitamin D deficiency could cause low testosterone ?

I'm always Effin tired and sore as fuark and I do everything right IDK what the deal is
I have never supplemented vit D besides the 400-600 IU in a multi vitamin.
I don't see much sun either

I got blood tested today for vit d

I'm anxiously awaiting my results .

If low vit D lvls is the case , how long does it take to recover /. Get back to normal , I have read up to months - a year .


After all this reading , Now I know why vit d is at the top of ur supplement list

This post was edited by 45sz on Jan 17 2013 09:19pm

1. Yes it can. That is why I recommend 5,000iu of vitamin d every day.

2. You should perk back up within a week with 5,000 iu per day.

Does blacking out make you more susceptible to blacking out in future drinking binges?

Hey there i have been going to the gym recently and it feels great Only problem that im having is that i dont know what to eat..

Im around
Height: 6'0
Weight: 150
Age: 18

I want to become big ( not too big but husky) and seriously cut..
Ive been drinking protein shakes before and after i hit the gym and i run almost 2 miles everyday

I did read up on some of the other posts but i seen that you advised eggs and i honestly hate eggs is there anything else that i could substitute it with?
Maybe you could make me a good meal plan and i could go shopping? idk

edit: and by shopping i mean vitamin pills/food/protein shakes etc i want to get everything

This post was edited by 300 on Jan 18 2013 02:58pm

This is very subjective.

Blacking out can mean a lot of things to a lot of people.

Explain your definition of blacking out.

Here are some things that will help you:

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=396548696
Bulking Diet, workout, and supplement guide

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=340743092
Simple Chicken Recipes

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=354227659
Basic Foods to Purchase

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=406743805
3,000 calorie diet w/ 40/40/20 macros

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=407130150
Bulking foods with no preparation or heating



Now secondly, on workout days you will need around 3,000-3,500 calories. On nonworkout days, you will need around 2,500-3,000 calories.

If you do not like eggs, you can replace them with:

cottage cheese, protein shake, chicken, steak, tuna, turkey, etc.

Does creatine monohydrate always come with water weight gained? And do u say to have only 5g a day of like creapure?

Yes, it will always cause water weight gain.

I recommend you follow these dosing instructions of creapure:

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=332710367
Creatine Dosing


basically 20g a day for a week, followed by 5g a day until deload.

rayndaddy is there anything I can do to prepare my body for drinking? i dehydrate really easily.