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Thank you both!

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1. Pressing movements will stall or even regress for some intermediates. Others will maintain or see slight gains even there. On the same diet, doing the same shit. Which means there's a genetic component in play that can move things one way or another. Generally speaking, all my intermediates gain in deadlift and squat while losing weight. But that's doing everything perfectly. Results may differ and I don't know what the fuck you're doing. Since you're quite fat, I'll assume you're running quite a steep deficit and that will screw things up, obviously. 2. Same program, because changing won't do shit. You're fighting laws of nature, not programming.

1. They should definitely not regress. Maybe if elite, certain lifts potentially will a bit, but at your level they should at least maintain. 2. Martin’s correct in that at some point lifts could potentially stall, and the main point of the cut is to get lean. But, after stalling for some time, you can change variables of decreasing sets 2 and/or 3 by 5 lbs so that you get a bit more volume in. It’s not a guarantee to help with hitting your first sets goal, but it could potentially help.

Obligatory can’t wait for the book because this may be covered. Good news: my cut is going well and I have reached intermediate strength levels. Bad news: my (RPT Guide) lifts have begun to plateau (3-4 weeks). IIRC, Martin wrote something about perhaps changing things up if stalled for 4 weeks. He also wrote above, “Lifts stop increasing? Wake up the fuck up, you're DIETING and they will stop increasing sooner or later.” My questions if one is in a similar situation on a cut… 1. Clearly you can expect lifts to stop increasing eventually, but are they likely to regress? (If I can maintain strength, at least one of my lifts will be ‘advanced’ by means of lower body weight). 2. When someone plateaus for 4 weeks, do you recommend keeping at the same program (RPT Guide here obviously) each week? If not, what do you recommend? Additional data, if it matters: 25-28% BF and anticipate I have another 30-35lbs to lose until I'm where I want to be physique-wise. 5’10” 225lbs (177cm / 102 kg) currently. Current 1RM calculations: Deadlift: BWx2 Bench: BWx1.2 Squats: BWx1.9 Thank you!


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