First of all, before you get on your high horses, getting shredded takes a lot of time and dedication to staying in a caloric deficit and doing regular cardio and weight training. If you are prepared to make the decision to better yourself in these categories, then you are ready to start your cutting phase.
How long should I cut?
Athletes tend to cut from 4 to 12 weeks at maximum. The reasoning behind this cut length is so that they can maintain their muscle as much as possible while losing the maximum amount of fat.
For a regular guy who wants to cut while simultaneously keeping as much muscle as possible, the cutting length should be between 6 and 10 weeks at maximum.
How do I cut?
The best way to cut weight is to keep yourself in a caloric deficit. Now the question is: how do you deal with a caloric deficit? The best way I can explain this topic is that you should eat less food and exercise more.
You should be doing regular cardio and also keeping the weight training intensity pretty high.
I know it will be hard to maintain high-intensity workouts while on low calories, but it has to be done this way so you maintain or even gain the muscles you already have.
Will I get stronger when on a cut?
Generally, you will not get stronger when cutting, but this can also be incorrect for some individuals when you lift weights.
Aside from lifting the weight, your complete body weight comes into play, meaning if you weigh more, it doesn’t always mean you will be stronger than a person who weighs less.
Quite the opposite happens: the person who weighs less is much stronger than individuals with substantially higher weight numbers. So in my experience, when you are done cutting, you should also do a strength-based training program to get the strength back if you have lost it.
Is cutting weight hard?
Cutting weight can be a difficult task for some individuals; it can be physically and mentally challenging. But if you go through the struggle, I promise you will be very satisfied and happy with the end results.
Don’t ever give up, because it’s hard. Always strive to accept and overcome bigger difficulties!
Does cutting lower testosterone?
Well, while going to really low body fat percentages is good and all, lowering the body fat percentage to less than 10% is actually really harmful for your testosterone production. Thankfully, you don’t need to worry about losing 10% of your body fat because it is harder than it seems.
A healthy body fat percentage of 15% is the ideal place every lifter should be. Your body is healthy, and you will be shredded while keeping that veiny look.