Quote: (09-23-2013 09:39 AM)RexImperator Wrote:
I've been doing some more reading and it seems like maybe the SS barbell routine could be modified for losing fat (lifting in caloric deficit) with Reverse Pyramid Training (RPT). The idea is, instead of going for 3x5 at your target work set weight you do 1x6, and then the second set is 1x8 @ 10% lower weight, and then the third set is 1x10 @ a 20% lower (from first set's) weight. Each workout session, attempt to push that first set's working weight up slightly higher if possible.
Yeah you're worrying about nothing. Just give it a shot and see what happens. Even if you lose a little strength and a little muscle that is OK, you can gain the strength and muscle back very quickly when you decide to bulk again.
If you gain, say, 5 pounds of fat and 8 pounds of muscle during a bulking phase, then when you cut you lose 7 total pounds, maybe you did lose some muscle but the net gain is still in the neighborhood of 6 pounds LBM.
If that muscle gain took you like six months, with a two or three month cut, think where you're going to be at in three years.