Macro's for cutting

[Hulking2016]

Hen I was bulking I was eating
40% protein 40% carbs 20% fats
Now I am trying to cut and don't know what my macro's should be( I'm trying to keep as much size and strength as possible so I was going to take a little longer than most people) any suggestions?

[largerthannormal]

I physically never really move off the 40 40 20 very far.

carb cycling was my choice of tools and work very well for me along side a cal deficit of course or at maintenance if anabolic and adjust. Everyone is different, this is just what works for me

cardio also a great tool!

[Hulking2016]

I physically never really move off the 40 40 20 very far.

carb cycling was my choice of tools and work very well for me along side a cal deficit of course or at maintenance if anabolic and adjust, cal def is 1st choice

How much was you calorie deficit?

[Back In Black]

There is no magic split for any goal. If you want to drop your carbs you can take your protein to 1.5g per lb of LBM. Fats I tend to stick to the same amount of grams almost regardless of goal. If you keep carbs higher you can keep your protein lower.

As LTN suggests cardio is a great tool. You could just incorporate that to create your deficit, 300cals a day will result in a slow loss. Depends how slow you want to be.

[largerthannormal]

It depends on where you are and where you wanna be

a good starting point in most cases is 300-500 and hit cardio hard.

How much was you calorie deficit?

[Hulking2016]

There is no magic split for any goal. If you want to drop your carbs you can take your protein to 1.5g per lb of LBM. Fats I tend to stick to the same amount of grams almost regardless of goal. If you keep carbs higher you can keep your protein lower.

As LTN suggests cardio is a great tool. You could just incorporate that to create your deficit, 300cals a day will result in a slow loss. Depends how slow you want to be.

I'm around 20% bf and I'm trying to get down to about 12% how long do you think I should cut for to save the most muscle?

[largerthannormal]

List your stats if you can, Also I am hoping you are natural correct?

[Hulking2016]

I physically never really move off the 40 40 20 very far.

carb cycling was my choice of tools and work very well for me along side a cal deficit of course or at maintenance if anabolic and adjust. Everyone is different, this is just what works for me

cardio also a great tool!

I think I'm going to go on a 50/30/20

[largerthannormal]

Sure you can do that

I think I'm going to go on a 50/30/20

[Back In Black]

I'm around 20% bf and I'm trying to get down to about 12% how long do you think I should cut for to save the most muscle?

500cal should provide a loss of 1lb per week. Depends how much fat you have to lose to determine how long that would take. How much do you weigh?

[Hulking2016]

500cal should provide a loss of 1lb per week. Depends how much fat you have to lose to determine how long that would take. How much do you weigh?

210 Ibs

[Back In Black]

So you need to drop about 18lbs of fat to get to 12%.