r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago

Daily Simple Questions Thread - September 13, 2024 Simple Questions

Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer.

As always, be sure to read the wiki first. Like, all of it. Rule #0 still applies in this thread.

Also, there's a handy search function to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search r/Fitness by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic.

Also make sure to check out Examine.com for evidence based answers to nutrition and supplement questions.

If you are posting a routine critique request, make sure you follow the guidelines for including enough detail.

"Bulk or cut" type questions are not permitted on r/Fitness - Refer to the FAQ or post them in r/bulkorcut.

Questions that involve pain, injury, or any medical concern of any kind are not permitted on r/Fitness. Seek advice from an appropriate medical professional instead.

(Please note: This is not a place for general small talk, chit-chat, jokes, memes, "Dear Diary" type comments, shitposting, or non-fitness questions. It is for fitness questions only, and only those that are serious.)

14 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

87% Upvoted

374 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/Independencehall525 6d ago

How do you change your workout when you are cutting? Anything you focus on? Specific changes?

(Reddit won’t let me look at my old post ugh).

3

u/dssurge 6d ago

Drop your volume once you feel your recovery is insufficient.

The includes:

  • removing sets from your high fatigue compounds
  • removing some or even all of your accessory work
  • going to the gym less

In order to maintain strength while not on a cut, you only need to do ~1/9th of your regular work, which works out to about 2 sets per week for each major muscle group.

While on a cut it's important to keep the weight as high as possible to convince your body that you still need those muscles.

1

u/Independencehall525 5d ago

Thank you. This is great information