Advice needed on gameplan

[jimmyk]

A quick "about me" with some relevant facts..
I'm 24, 6'5, 198 lbs, ~18% bf

Started eating much better about 3 weeks ago. Getting daily:
-About 260-280 g protein from lean meats, whey and cottage cheese
-About 70-90 g of good fats
-Been cycling carbs, getting 150-250 a day, usually more on lift days. Mainly from veggies, yams, brown rice, ww bread, oats

My maintenance(using x1.6) is 3411 and im eating on pretty close to 2730 daily which is 20% below maintenace.

My goal right now is to cut bf. I'm lean(other than stomach flab) so I don't need to lose weight, I eventually want to bulk, but right now my focus is to cut bf in hopes of flattening the stomach. I was going cut for 3 months or so then bulk over the winter, anyone agree or disagree with this approach?

Now for training, I'm doing DeFranco's west side for skinny bastards(lol) pt. III


I'm thinking of something like this:
Monday- upper
Tuesday- HIIT
Wed- Lower
Thursday- light cardio
Friday- upper
Sat- HIIT
Sun- rest or light cardio

My reasoning: I get sore legs from lifting so lifting them only once seems to fit, running doesnt bother me as much. I like the light cardio day after lifting legs because I don't feel as sore.

Basically, is this overall a good gameplan? What should be tweaked? Should I even be cutting now? My fear is if I bulk right away I'll just add to a flabby stomach from the extra kcal. If this plan is good, is my setup ok(enough rest in between, etc)?

I know theres a lot of info and questions but I'm a bit stumped right now so any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading and hopefully responding.

 

[jimmyk]

....thanks?

 

[malkore]

so you're gonna train the legs 33% less even though the quads are the largest muscle group in the body?

if your legs are that sore that you can't hit them twice a week (or twice every 8 days) then you might be overdoing legs.

I'd train them as often as upper body.

 

[jimmyk]

Fair enough, I think I'm going to go with a more full body workout plan anyways based on more compound movements. I'm more concerned with whether I should take a bulking or cutting route first.

 

[malkore]

well, assuming 18% bodyfat is accurate, that is a little high in terms of 'ideal' for a male.

you could cut first if you like. training doesn't change that much between a bulk and a cut. On a bulk I probably wouldn't do HIIT since its so taxing, and your rep ranges would be more geared for hypertrophy, than on a cut when you'll pretty much go low reps, heavy poundage (i.e. strength training, not size training).