Good weight training routine for cutting (lower weight/high rep)?

Why the low weight high rep requirement?

My last cycle I did high weight, sets of 6-8 reps. I put on muscle fast and made leaps and bounds in PRs.

This cycle I am doing low weight, sets of 20 reps.

I have lost 22lbs since the end of the last cycle and this morning (8 weeks). My arms are the same size, but more tone, legs are a smaller, chest is smaller. I have not gone back heavy yet to see how my strength compares to before this cycle. My stamina is up significantly.

Disclaimer* I do very little research on any of my cycles and just do what feels right and when I see results, I continue. I also stick to a 1800 calorie/day diet, lift 4 days a week and do cardio 5 days per week.

You want VOLUME?

here ya go

High reps low weight does not get you lean, in fact you get less of an epoc burn from it. Getting lean is about diet and creating a massive epoc. You maintain muscle by lifting heavy as shite.

I suggest reverse pyramid training if you are doing lean gains style if dieting. If eating a normal diet I suggest the greyskull lci program which can be found here on my drive.

I was waiting for you to answer. I was being lazy today

Getting lean is a function of cutting fat, that's diet. You lift to maintain muscle while you cut. I think someone upthread said it, volume is what you are looking for. I think any program that you like and can adhere to that gives you the volume. I personally do a 3 day 5/3/1 program and like it.

Always lift heavy.

Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift no heavy-arse weights.

Ronnie Coleman

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Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift no heavy-arse weights.

Ronnie Coleman

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Gotta love Ronnie, but he was wrong. Everybody wants to lift heavy, just not properly. Lol

Saw a smaller guy squatting 315 the other day, maybe going half way down. And I mean maybe.

Should be good to go