Lifting, stalling, shifting tiny bit of weight -opinions, help and comments welcome!

optimistic_

Hi, haven’t posted here in ages – just a quick question about lifting.
Currently have small bit of excess fat to drop, so obviously on a deficit – My question is this, and it’s most likely fairly retarded even for me: I stalled on my lifts a while ago, and I lift early morning. If I continue on a deficit, but maintaining the same loads on the bar am I still going to drop the padding? I ask because I get frustrated with not being able to increase the load.
Lifts are:
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Squat: 95kg (although if fully rested I have easily managed 100kg but unfortunately have failed on this more than once)
Deadlift: 105kg
Bench: 52.5kg
OH Press: 42.5kg
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I’m 79-80kg and 5’11. (no idea of BF % at the minute, lost callipers and haven’t taken measurements in ages!)
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With Spring in full swing I’ve gone back to road running in the last two weeks with three runs three nights a week (the evenings of weights sessions – Monday, Wednesday and Friday – This week for example 6k Monday, 8k Wednesday, 6k Friday – upping each by 1k next week).
On non weights days, I am doing intervals with 5 mins warmup, 15 mins of 1 min on 1.5 off, 5 mins cool down, followed by foam rolling (especially upper thighs due to running) and stretches and in the evening just a varied random conditioning programme (chins, jumping jacks, air squats, pushups etc for about 20 mins)
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To sum up what I’m actually asking, am I still going to drop the extra padding, keep muscle without having to up the weights that I have stalled on? In one sense I’d like to increase the lifts, but I don’t want to eat above maintenance at the moment. I think my diet is pretty solid, but if anyone wants the details of that I’m sure I can detail it.
Cheers Lads,
Opt

deadlybuzzman

optimistic_ wrote: »

Hi, haven’t posted here in ages – just a quick question about lifting.
Currently have small bit of excess fat to drop, so obviously on a deficit – My question is this, and it’s most likely fairly retarded even for me: I stalled on my lifts a while ago, and I lift early morning. If I continue on a deficit, but maintaining the same loads on the bar am I still going to drop the padding? I ask because I get frustrated with not being able to increase the load.
Lifts are:
*
Squat: 95kg (although if fully rested I have easily managed 100kg but unfortunately have failed on this more than once)
Deadlift: 105kg
Bench: 52.5kg
OH Press: 42.5kg
*
I’m 79-80kg and 5’11. (no idea of BF % at the minute, lost callipers and haven’t taken measurements in ages!)
*
With Spring in full swing I’ve gone back to road running in the last two weeks with three runs three nights a week (the evenings of weights sessions – Monday, Wednesday and Friday – This week for example 6k Monday, 8k Wednesday, 6k Friday – upping each by 1k next week).
On non weights days, I am doing intervals with 5 mins warmup, 15 mins of 1 min on 1.5 off, 5 mins cool down, followed by foam rolling (especially upper thighs due to running) and stretches and in the evening just a varied random conditioning programme (chins, jumping jacks, air squats, pushups etc for about 20 mins)
*
To sum up what I’m actually asking, am I still going to drop the extra padding, keep muscle without having to up the weights that I have stalled on? In one sense I’d like to increase the lifts, but I don’t want to eat above maintenance at the moment. I think my diet is pretty solid, but if anyone wants the details of that I’m sure I can detail it.
Cheers Lads,
Opt

Last spring when I cut I lost 20lbs and my lifts kept going up-I just focused on the main lifts and the heaviest set and was very careful not to go doing a million sets of everything-I kept it very to the point.
Sounds like your wearing yourself out-doing stuff every night does not go hand in hand with staying strong-trust me Ive done it myself, at 1 stage sunday was my only day not to be in a gym, football pitch or at MMA..... and I was as weak as water!

deadlybuzzman

heres what wendler had to say on the subject-point 7

http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/training-logs.asp?qid=139667&tid=63

optimistic_

Thanks for that link, as long as it doesn't drop I'm happy I think. I might cut out the conditioning evenings or at least one of them. One mistake I made was hitting the gym got heavy lifts at 6am after finishing an 8k run the might before. nearly died!