stregth training cutting routine

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Proteinboy

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im about to go on a cutting routine and i know im supposed to lift heavy weights when cutting to keep the muscle. so how does this look:

mon: push
squats 5x5
barbell bench 5x5
military press 5x5

wed: pull
deads 5x5
pullups 5x5
bb rows 5x5

fri: push
stepups 5x5
db bench 5x5
dips 5x5

mon: pull
deadlifts _x_
pullups _x_
db rows _x_

basically, i will keep alternating push and pull workouts. but i am wondering how often i should keep alternating the set/rep scheme. a little advice please?
also, i will be doing HIIT 1 or 2 times a week. diet WILL be on
 
You could do 5x5s for one week then do 3x8s to keep the size the other. Although having said that, if you did 5x5s constantly, that could always work, or you could go for higher reps.
 
I would use a different set/rep scheme each workout, but thats me. I like that better than doing for example 2 weeks of 5x5, 2 weeks of 3x5 then 2 weeks of 5x3 etc. because i think its easier to see the progress. For example.

Monday will be 5x5

wendsday will be 5x3
and so on.
So each monday you will be noticing your progress on the 5x5, each wendsday you will notice your progress on 5x3, and so on.

Oh, and since your doing a push pull, i would actually go to the gym 4 times a week, doing for example Monday, tuesday, thursday, saturday. The two workouts right after eacother has to be a push and a pull, so stuff doesnt "crash". Its importaint to keep frequency up when cutting so your muscles gets a reason to stick around.
 
hmm cool 4 workouts a week IL DO IT. so 5x3 and 3x5 are good set/rep schemes?

what about 3x3 and mayb 10x3???

i gotcha though karky im going to do as you do. it makes sense.
 
yeah, 10x3 is good, i made good progress on 8x3 while cutting, which is basicly the same. Though acording to chad, i seem to be the exception, as he says the 10x3 usually is a bit too much for people while cutting, he talks about it here, where he also modifies the 10x3 for fat loss Testosterone Nation - 10 x 3 For Fat Loss

If you want to preserve muscle, and maybe even add some strenght while you cut, then those are good rep schemes, maybe you want to do some higher stuff too, just to do something different. lifting heavy **** 3 times a week can be quite taxing on the cns.
 
4 times push pull should be ok, yes. Hell, if you start feeling to tiered, its obviously too much, then i would cut it down to 3 days a week fullbody, give you one more resting day, but still keep the frequency high.
 
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