my strength is falling apart

SonyaCele

So i did this 28 day cut, and along with all my personal stress and grief at home , here is the end result

i lost 6 pounds of weight, i dind't measure my body fat so i dont know what happened to that.

my deadlift sets went from 245 to 225
my bench sets went from 135 to 125
and my squat sets went from 105 to 135 only because i wasn't ever pushing myself before because of my bad knee

so if i can muster up an appetite i'm gonna try and get some more nutrition in me, i really think its the cut that affected my lifts. i also got sloppy with my bcaas and i need to get back to taking them religiously every day.

HMVOL7409

It's ok. I know it's hard to see our strength stall but it happens. I know for me, I was extremely stressed a few weeks ago and I saw it in the gym and do believe it played into some of my weight drop as well despite calorie increases. Stress plus cutting is going to wreak havoc on your body, mind and recovery. I stalled out on bench, ended up taking time off of squats and felt sore constant and never recovered. Don't know how drastic your cut was but you'll regain it again.

One day at a time! Are you eating at maintenance for now or going back to bulking?

JoRocka

I don't think you lost that kind of strength from the cut alone. I heavily cut all summer into the fall and didn't see any significant strength loss.

If you continued to lift- a month of that kind of cut did not substantially contribute to that much loss. I would bet dollars to doughnuts that's mental and more contributing to the stress and the knowing that you are cutting aspect.

That being said- it happens- don't lose hope- just keep a goal in mind. Training like this is a VERY long term process- you may give up today and tomorrow- and for even a month or two to get an end result- that's the difference between "a work out" and training.

Training keeps that long distance goal in mind- and you do whatever it takes to achomplish that- rest days- cuts- deloads. It's not about your weight- it's not about your lifts- it's not about your pride: it's about the end goal.

So keep that in mind and train toward that- you can do it!! It's hard- this process is truly hard in many ways- but you can absolutely do it. I promise!

89nunu

Training keeps that long distance goal in mind- and you do whatever it takes to achomplish that- rest days- cuts- deloads. It's not about your weight- it's not about your lifts- it's not about your pride: it's about the end goal.

Amen! Very well said

SonyaCele

Thank you so much for your posts. I didn't know i needed to hear that but i did. I think a lot of it is mental. I did start to see my gains drop with my cut, but then i hit a major stress in my life and everything fell apart. I'm not quitting, never , I'm still at the gym every day for my 1-2 hour workouts , its my only outlet right now to get me through this stressful time. I haven't been eating and sleeping well for about 3 or 4 weeks, the last 2 weeks being the worst of it. I might take it a little easier at the gym until i pull out of this but still lifting of course. I just dont wanna risk any injury if my head isn't into it. thanks for the words of support and encouragement. i love you guys

JoRocka

you kin do it!!!!

more rest- rest is probably more the issue than not- it's hard to get a solid work out in if you are struggling with rest. That's a killer for sure.

much luck with that- it's hard- it's the hardest thing for me to incorporate!