Words of Wisdom for Men

ilovedeadlifts
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Wendlers latest Q&A article:

Question: I’m a novice lifter coming off starting strength soon, and I want to move into a 5/3/1 program (I’ve already purchased the e-book).

Unfortunately, I’ve put on quite a bit of noticeable fat during my SS time. My question is this: is it possible to eat at a caloric deficit on deload weeks or will this ruin supercompensation? Is there a better strategy as far as moving up in strength on 5/3/1 while losing some fat? Is a maintenance diet plus conditioning enough?

Basically, I don’t want to lose my strength gains, but I’d like to lower my bf%. Thanks in advance for any help you provide.



Answer: I’m glad you asked this question because I can now direct similar questions to this answer. And never have to answer it again. I don’t believe in training to lose body fat or whatever. I only believe in training to be awesome. And that simply means doing the following:

1.Stretch
2.Lift
3.Sprint
I believe that if you do these three things everyday (or 4 days/week or whatever your schedule is) then you will always, 100% reach your goals. I believe that everyone needs to prepare to work through the process of training, not think about fruity goals such as body fat %. Do the above for the rest of your training life and you will be pleasantly surprised.

When I stretch, I am focused on stretching hard.
When I lift, I focus on breaking personal records.
And when I condition, I think of Dan Gable.
If you are concerned with how you look and all that stuff, please look to someone else for guidance. I don’t understand it or know how to train for it. And I never want to. I believe that training is for GO, not for show. I have a family to protect – I will train accordingly.

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