Ok so I’m 40 this year and I’ve got my 34yr old body to beat.
I did a topless newborn photo shoot with our first child, and 4 pregnancies later I’m ready to kick that young bucks ASS.
I’ve been doing SS then 531 for nearly a year now and have built more muscle and fat than before (I can still just about see my abs sometimes).
Baby is due December. When should I start cutting? Now? Closer to the time?
It depends on how lean you are currently. Everyone’s notion of “visible abs” is WILDLY different.
Pic!
Sorry, just being a pig.
I would not cut at all until post baby. Feed the kid, it’s the most important time of their life so feed them.
I think you’re talking to the father here, not the mom.
Honestly no way to answer with the info provided.
Well you never know…
Really. We need to see a pic.
Pregnant women don’t usually have visible abs.
That was my thought.
@johning we do need to know current state. How lean are you now, do you actually need/ want to add any targeted muscle, goal look, etc.
Im not going to assume gender… 
0 way to know when you don’t post a pic or aren’t clear on what you actual goals are.
Obviously the longer runway you give yourself to cut slowly the easier and more sustainable it will be.
Mine is not. My abs are hidden behind the Meisterburger-Burgermeister syndrome. I am working on slimming, but seeing is believing. Or, in a very honest take, not believing.
Though it might be a little late in the game against fat, but my best suggestion about the duration that a cut should be 2 months. If it takes longer, you obtained too much fat. Strive to stay within a 2 month time to get cut.
A nice rate of weight change in a cut is about 2lbs a week. Abs are not the best guide, IMO. (Example: think of Boyer Coe.) It is major muscle group separation. Then individual muscles within the major groups.
Most have suggested pics. And they would be helpful. Many like relaxed poses only, but I would prefer some flexed poses too.
Lol - think you’re right. I guess I can’t read for comprehension after all.
It was the diction of “topless” that threw me.
Oh, I know! lol
Liiike this….
(My daughter just ran up and said “daddy it looks like YOUve got a baby in your tummy”)
Yikes!
For the future, women go topless, men go shirtless.
You need to start now.
Currently you are standing at the threshold of a lifestyle change. IMO, just clean up you diet and slowly drop weight, and hopefully gain more muscle. If you can fully commit, there will be a new you in a year, capable of sustaining your conditioning. And that is the most important aspiration, which only comes with a lifestyle change.
I agree wholeheartedly. It’s time to build some awesome habits and grind them out daily
