preventing muscle loss during cutting...

[dafish298]

hey all,
what is the best way to prevent muscle loss when you are cutting? Should I still try and eat alot of protein, just not as much and obviously while cutting out all the fats and carbs etc..?

[leff]

hey all,
what is the best way to prevent muscle loss when you are cutting? Should I still try and eat alot of protein, just not as much and obviously while cutting out all the fats and carbs etc..?

not cut to hard and go high on the protein will help

[Bucktown Beast]

Its hard man...youre gona lose some muscle. If u lift weights while trying to cut then you are obviously gonna cut less and at a slower rate. So basically u have to cut back on lifting when u are trying to cut...your body will want more food/calories when your lifting and thats not what u want when youre cutting.

I once cut from 220 to 199 for a tournament. Before I began the cutting I used to bench press 225 for 19 reps. Once I started focusing on cutting and cardio, I almost completely cut out the weights. 3 months later after the tourney was done I couldnt bench 185 for 5 reps. I could barely curl 40 pound dumbbells, it was un ****in real how much muscle and stength i lost. I was wrestling my boy one day, and I used to toss this ****er around like a rag doll and all of a sudden he was slamming me all over the place. That was when I said **** this cutting ****, I'm competing at super heavyweight.

But I didnt do it the right way. Didnt intake enough protein and didnt maintain my muscles the correct way. I was doing strictly boxing and doing it all natural with a low cal diet.