Love to hear it

Thanks!

Haha this was from jiu jitsu. Caught an elbow during a scramble.

you should see the other guy... lol

@@derekwalker3004 I heard he has a very nice tombstone

This discussed that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n8x-fZOhv9bRqGQ.html

I would probably do 2 mock meets in that case with a 6 week bridge between meet cycles for that.

@@JuggernautTrainingSystems Thanks for the quick reply. I will do that following my current program.

Love to hear it. Bridge is a great maintenance time.

Yea that works

That really depends on if you're training to compete or just training. If the latter, you can certainly go through 6 months (I'd suggest starting that with a bridge) or you could create shorter timeframes (every 12-18/weeks) but much of that is just based on your personal preference.

You choose to go into them

Assuming that events are changing enough from contest to contest, there should be enough variation but having a 4 week block of lighter, more general, 'fun' training could still be useful between every few competition cycles.

Not currently but that is a feature we have discussed

@@JuggernautTrainingSystems thanks. Looking forward to making some chadbot gains.

Block to block, just deload. Program to program, bridge is a great option.

Not JTS, but I've watched enough to know their answer, but I could be wrong. Mini cuts are more appropriate for bodybuilding. If you're into powerlifting, you should probably try to get to your competitive weight by normal cuts during the hypertrophy phase of your powerlifting training, maybe by making the hypertrophy phase take up a larger portion of your training blocks. If you're not into powerlifting, you're probably not competing in powerlifting 3 times per year

@@jackn9951 but if I go for longer cuts then wouldnt I just be taking away time that could be spent doing hypertrophy work and bulidng more muscle? After all mini cuts arnt made to get you really lean and I don't want to be really lean I just want to spend as little amount of time cutting so I can get back to more productive bulking phases.

@@jackn9951 I'm also trying to go from the -74 kg cat to some day -90 kg cat. I don't think long cuts would be for powerlifting if your trying to move up category's, maybe if trying to move down weight cats then that be fair but for trying to bulk up my maximum while trying to stay around 14-16% bf, I reckon not spending alot time cutting would be most optimal

@@jackn9951 You're right if you do 3 meets (or mock meets), it gives you very little time for a cut. You basically have to do them during PB/Bridge blocks which works fine if you have only a few pounds to lose. At 2 meets per year, you can easily go on a cut. I remember Mike Israetel saying on this channel that the best time to cut is during Bridge/Hypertrophy blocks...however it's not a good idea to be on a cut during the strength/peaking phases.

@@evancawley3236 you should check out the Renaissance Periodization podcast about mini cuts that just came out a few weeks ago. I would just be regurgitating the things they talk about. It sounds like you need multiple conservative mass phases during the hypertrophy part of your training cycles with dietary maintenance phases during the strength and peaking phases. And if you end up with a little more bodyfat than you'd like, do a cut on one of the hypertrophy phases and get back to massing on the next. Mini cuts are used in the middle of long massing phases to get your appetite back and take a rest from hard training while losing a little bit of bodyfat, but the hypertrophy phases in powerlifting where massing would be appropriate aren't long enough to justify that