I’ve noticed your either holding or losing reps the past couple of weeks, time to increase gear a bit?
we were in a growth phase for almost a year, so going health and shedding every little bit of fat we can.
was really successful, im less weight then I was when I started, bigger ,stronger (even with some strength loss) and faster.
cut started with my weight at 210 now 186 my home scale (true weight is 181).
although with the loss of fluff in bjj rear nakeds have been sneaking through

so ive had to adjust my defense a little.
some of the weight / rep adjustments has been form failing or just general fatigue, trying to keep that sweet spot of activation/form versus just moving weight around.
We are cutting so a little loss of strength with 2400 roughly training, and 2100 rest is to be expected I imagine.
We were a little under maintenance for about 3-4 weeks and now approaching week 4ish of these cals. Its been holding up pretty good In my opinion.
nobody believes me when i tell them I am 181 lol.
im still not quite as lean as Id like to be personally before we go into another growth or do something for a show but I just follow the plan. show is tbd, but if we dont get it this cut, 100% next im going for it. I love competing at anything!
in a perfect world we do prep over the summer and the show beginning of the fall-nov but we dont live in one so sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.