Quote Originally Posted by The Deadlifting Dog View Post
if you are 227 now, you will easily be 240 by the end of your cycle...
good luck competing at 198.

not trying to be harsh....

and if you are going to cut on your first cycle to make 198, I think that would be a massive waste of a cycle.

I powerlift and I personally feel like too many low-medium level powerlifters cut too much weight trying to get to a lower weight class.
Unless you are within 5-8lbs of a weight class, don't cut unless you are going to try to set some sort of record.
Ya I made that mistake once cut 30lbs the week before for state record and felt like shit, never again. For powerlifting I stick with 220 (interested in 242 but not 275 yet) but mma/boxing I cut to 198 and bjj I compete 218, 208, and 200+. I walk around 240s if i eat anything and everything I get up to 260-70s. Strongman I compete at <220

I mostly wanted to run the cycle to recover more from training, get stronger and see how I feel on a cycle to determine if I could manage the cycle stacking something with it.