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TRAIN LESS

Jake Williams0:51

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Unless you're a beginner, you're almost certainly not going to be building any muscle while you're cutting. This means your goal isn't to grow, it's to maintain.

When you look at training volume studies, the amount you need to do to maintain muscle is far below the amount that's optimal for growth, up to nine times less in some studies. When you're in a caloric deficit, your energy levels will drop, fatigue will be heightened, and your recovery will be slower. All of this can potentially reduce your training performance.

Why try to force yourself to maintain the same volume and performance that you were doing before when you're in this state and when you know that those extra sets aren't going to help you grow, but are certainly going to drain your limited energy and recovery capacity?

I recommend reducing your training volume by keeping skill and strength-based sets as your top priority so you can keep maximizing those neurological strength gains while removing about 50% of your hypertrophy and accessory focused sets. This will keep you much fresher for training session to session and allow you to potentially gain strength while maintaining muscle mass and also reducing injury risk.