Diet & strength?

[Arms]

I cleaned up my diet over the past couple months. Trying to cut up alittle. My strength seems to be going down hill. I was benching 315 for 9-10reps now I squeeze to get 5 reps. I went from around 193 to 183lbs. I dont mind losing alittle strenght but just want to make sure Im doing this right. I still have plenty of energy not feeling drained or anything.Is this what happens? trade one for the other?

[Jakspro]

Have you started including cardio and or increase it?

What are your core lifts? For example, when I either cut Cals or increase cardio, my heavy compound lifts (squats, deads, ect) plateau if not decline a bit. However, my other lifts are not impaired as much.

[Jakspro]

And how many Cals did you cut out of your diet?

[Arms]

I do more cardio now then I did and I pretty much cut out all the junk I was eating. mainly pizza and white bread

[M302_Imola]

Simple as this: when you lose weight, you lose strength. IMO, the two are def. linked!