Hey guys,

I have yet to run my first cycle and don't have my gear on order, just been hanging around soaking up infomation... (and I'm over 25 :-) )

Anyway, I frequently see the recommendation to cut to a lower body fat before cycling. Sub 15% or even lower. My understanding is that the more fat you have the your body will aromitize the test you're injecting? Is this the only reason?

The reason I'm asking is that I'm currently a little below 15% and working on cutting. Planning to get down to 10, 11ish. However, I lift mainly for strength and not bb purposes specifically (although of course I like to look good too). My lifts have been going up steadily, but I'm nearing prs and have a feeling that soon I will no longer be able to increase the lifts while cutting. So, I was just thinking about the options of cutting for another month or two and probably hitting a plateau, or maintaining here and hopefully continuing to increase.

This is all theoretical for now. As I said, I'm cutting and still increasing lifts so life is good. But I know many powerlifters are not sub 15% so they maybe have a different take on things?