I'd like to hear some thoughts on RE-COMP cycles.

[Sgt. Hartman]

IMO a recomp type cycle/diet plan will not work to get as low as 6%.

If you have great genetics like you say, that might get you into single digits but you won't get much lower than that without aggressive diet/cardio/gear.

There's good reason you don't see people (even on lots of gear) walking around at 6%.

[nussnussbaby]

IMO a recomp type cycle/diet plan will not work to get as low as 6%.

If you have great genetics like you say, that might get you into single digits but you won't get much lower than that without aggressive diet/cardio/gear.

There's good reason you don't see people (even on lots of gear) walking around at 6%.

I've actually gotten to 6% before, naturally (bod-pod measured) - and I did it with zero cardio (I'm a leangains practitioner). But I was about 155lbs then, and I didn't like the look.

Like I said, I think I'll be able to get to about 9%bf at 170lbs naturally before beginning the cycle. How low do you think I'll be able to get from there?

I'll just be on the beginner's protocol gear-wise (I think?). And I'm not going to be doing any cardio (see leangains dot com for the reasoning). But my diet is very aggressive.. or I guess, 'advanced' is what you'd say.