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Thread: How Long After a Cut Does Strength Return?

post 1645168133 08-17-2021, 07:16 PM
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How Long After a Cut Does Strength Return?

After refeeding you gain like what, 5 lbs of glycogen and water? How much of that is translated into strength?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_decline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse#By_absorption
post 1645168223 08-17-2021, 07:18 PM
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in4 this as well. I've been on IF for a couple weeks and although I've been losing weight well, I had a laughable leg day at the gym today. When does it stop
post 1645169903 08-17-2021, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted By TugOfPeace⏩
It doesn't come back ever, you have to rebuild the strength gains over how ever long it took you to build it in the first place. This is why people say never to cut down too much
Well I would assume that some of the strength loss is from atrophy and some of the strength loss (mostly initial) is from decreased carb intake, no? Whenever I'm in a caloric surplus I feel great. I feel like all that extra energy would help significantly, like at least 20% or 30% of what was lost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_decline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse#By_absorption
post 1645170033 08-17-2021, 07:53 PM
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Depends on how drastic the cut was.
post 1645170143 08-17-2021, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted By TugOfPeace⏩
It doesn't come back ever, you have to rebuild the strength gains over how ever long it took you to build it in the first place. This is why people say never to cut down too much
Huh. I remember during covid lockdown I couldn't go to the gym for like 8 months or so. It took like 2 weeks to regain all my strength on all my lifts.
post 1645170253 08-17-2021, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted By DolphinPilot⏩
Huh. I remember during covid lockdown I couldn't go to the gym for like 8 months or so. It took like 2 weeks to regain all my strength on all my lifts.
He's kinda right. If you went from 250 down to 200lbs you'll probably never be the same strenght unless you gain weight back.
post 1645170903 08-17-2021, 08:08 PM
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This is why slow and steady wins.

I'm cutting and I actually gain strength. Preserve mass. Its slow weight loss, and the strength gain is slow, but ima be fatter for longer, lol
"The more I began to lift weights, the more I became addicted to the feeling of being bigger and stronger."
post 1645171233 08-17-2021, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
Depends on how drastic the cut was.
1% bodyweight per week
Originally Posted By DolphinPilot⏩
Huh. I remember during covid lockdown I couldn't go to the gym for like 8 months or so. It took like 2 weeks to regain all my strength on all my lifts.
That's a little into e stat territory. The first lockdown was pretty long and it took me a month to get back. I did lose like 20 lbs though. Second one was much shorter and I was back in business in a couple training sessions.
Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
He's kinda right. If you went from 250 down to 200lbs you'll probably never be the same strenght unless you gain weight back.
But how much of that weight is fat vs muscle? And how much strength is lost simply from not having energy, completely independent of atrophy?
Originally Posted By TugOfPeace⏩
I was actually trolling, but there is truth to what I said; when you lean out, there is a component of your strength that is directly attributed to your fat that is lost, as odd as that sounds.

Take bench for example; when I was bulked up, my joints felt very solid and my stabilizer muscles were all firing properly, and most importantly it was very easy to push from a stable base because I had so much extra fat on my back which was useful when retracting shoulders. None of this was there to help me when I leaned out.

Your body can generally tolerate a lot more physical stress when you have fat to assist, probably why you never see world class powerlifters at low bodyfat. Olympic lifters don't count because they focus on explosiveness/technique which isn't really reliant on fat IMO
Might be legit but I don't really care about my lifts, just general strength. I noticed it is a bit harder to get tight for squats
Originally Posted By jordanair45⏩
This is why slow and steady wins.

I'm cutting and I actually gain strength. Preserve mass. Its slow weight loss, and the strength gain is slow, but ima be fatter for longer, lol
Bro I have a friend that cut 50 lbs and maintained his strength. The catch is that it took him 6 months. I just want to get it over quick and go back to permabulk mode.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_decline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse#By_absorption
post 1645171633 08-17-2021, 08:23 PM
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NEVER! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Jk brah maybe a few months.
post 1645171763 08-17-2021, 08:24 PM
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Depends on how much cell tech you use
post 1645172183 08-17-2021, 08:30 PM
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my preferred method is cutting without losing strength
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