Specialization Training on a Cut?

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I was wondering if I should try specialization training for the shoulders while on a cut? With the lowered calories, will the reduced volume for the rest of the bodyparts be catabolic? The last thing I want is to lose muscle on a cut…

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[quote]gogotheviking wrote:
I was wondering if I should try specialization training for the shoulders while on a cut? With the lowered calories, will the reduced volume for the rest of the bodyparts be catabolic? The last thing I want is to lose muscle on a cut…[/quote]

I’ve always thought that the increased calories of a ‘bulk’ would be protective of muscle when it is worked infrequently. Although I have never worked muscles infrequently on cuts (Always did 3day splits), it seems logical to me that without the high-caloric protection, some muscle wasting may occur.

Haven’t tried it out though.

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Building muscle is a difficult process. Almost impossible for most while trying to lose a substantial amount of bodyfat. I don’t think that trying to do a bodypart spec in a sub-maintenance calorie envrionment would be a good idea.

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Crappy idea. You’re not going to gain much muscle in any area unless you have a shitload of fat to lose and want to get down to a reasonable bodyfat perentage. If you’re talking about going from a normal bodyfat percentage (12 to 15%) down to below 10%, then don’t count on gaining much muscle at all.

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[quote]gogotheviking wrote:
I was wondering if I should try specialization training for the shoulders while on a cut? With the lowered calories, will the reduced volume for the rest of the bodyparts be catabolic? The last thing I want is to lose muscle on a cut…[/quote]

Say what now ?

If your just talking about bringing up your numbers then off you go…

If you want to GAIN muscle while eating LESS food then perhaps you can explain where you think the inbetween numbers will appear from ?

Don’t try to serve 2-3 masters at any one time… everything gets fucked up.

Pick ONE goal… do said goal till you feel satisfied. Then perform ANOTHER goal.

So pick:

  1. Fat Loss

  2. Gaining muscle all over

  3. Specialization Routine while other body parts are on maintanance

1 OR 2 OR 3

Then you will see faster progress, and be much more satisfied long term.

:slight_smile:

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I was thinking pretty much the same as you but here’s CT’s opinion, taken from his ‘‘Random thought of the day’’ thread:

A spec approach is arguably the type of training where you have the biggest chance of being able to gain muscle while losing fat. But this can only be done if:

  • You reduce the amount of work for the other bodyparts to maintenance level
  • Increase your caloric intake on the spec days and decrease it on the other days

So it would probably work if you are on a caloric deficit except the day when you do your spce. training…

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If I was to do it I know that all my other muscles would get weaker and smaller