I started cutting back in April and actually made some solid strength gains during the begining part. I switched from a 5x5 to a chest/bi, legs/shoulder, back/tris for sets of 10, 8, 8, 8. My bench, when I started my cut for example, went from 275 for sets of 8 up to 290 for sets of 8 after two months. This was from April to May. I was losing a solid 1-2lbs per week during these two months. All was going well until about 3 weeks ago I started to stall. My bench went from 290 for 8 reps down to 4. Then back to 275 for 8 and on monday it was down to 6 and a pathetic 5 the past two weeks. All of my other lifts have been going down as well. I have been monitoring everything and my bodyfat is down from around 17% to 11% according to my calipers, which really are not the greatest because I only take them at one place on my hip, and I have lost around 12lbs.
What the heck should I do? My diet is in check and hasn't changed at all during the past 3 weeks. I do feel burned out and considered taking next week off. I want to get my abs showing before I bulk up so I can stay below 12% bodyfat. The thing that kills me is I have all of my fat in my stomach and even at 11% I dont have any abs showing. I can feel them, but no see them. Help guys.
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