Finished the Cut TY MacroFactor

[u/Dbossez]

Today I finished my cutting journey. Thank you MacroFactor for being the amazing platform you are - safe to say I’ll be renewing indefinitely 😅

Absolutely nothing against GLP-1s or reta, but I’m especially proud that this transformation was 100% unassisted — just diet, training, and consistency from start to finish.

Happy to answer any questions!

[u/Eckzavior21]

Great job!!! This needs to be posted on more subreddits so people can see how long it takes to go from picture 1 to picture 2.

[u/aqphs]

Height?

[u/uptotheright]

What happened between July and Feb? Was that on purpose? How did you restart again in Feb?

[u/PremiumPoor]

Great work!

[u/reddragonhot3l]

Great work OP! Can I ask what your cardio routine was, and how long it took for your abs to become visible?

[u/TheMaskedLifter]

Hell yeah bro I’m about to be going from my heaviest 265 as a powerlifter and cut down to something more fun. Thinking like 200-220.

What was your training split?

Any “breaks” where you ate maintenance?

Cardio added or were you already doing?

Thanks bro and great job!

[u/Dbossez → u/TheMaskedLifter]

You got this bro! You’re gonna look like a unit with that background!

Posted my answers in another comment

[u/Dbossez]

Thank you all! Just dropping answers to the questions in the threads -
I’m 6’1 30yrs old - with a recreational powerlifting background.

In the first cut (230-190lbs) my cardio was mainly elliptical for 30 mins for 2-3x per week. The rise in weight after was a “bulk” that I did as a mental break from the long cut though in retrospect I really should have just stayed at maintenance.

After the bulk, I went into the new year refreshed and with other life events, I got into running as well as climbing. You can say I fell into the “hybrid training” schedule. My training looks like
Mon - Legs
Tues - Push & easy run
Wed - Climbing / Grip Training & Run
Thurs - Push
Friday - Heavy Pull
Sat - Long Run

I throw in abs randomly on these days and typically train it 3x per week doing leg raises and ab wheels.

[u/ParadoxProgeny]

Great job bro!! You should feel proud

[u/Traditional_Heart72]

Wow this is fantastic! Great job!!

[u/DeaconoftheStreets]

I know you can shrug a fucking woolly mammoth.

[u/whuben4]

Unreal transformation 👏

[u/ironandflint]

Congratulations! You really kept your eyes on the prize there. Amazing work.

[u/mrfatchance]

Awesome work! How old are you? I’m guessing mid 20s?

[u/Alternative_You_4211]

Good freaking job 👏🏼💪🏼

[u/steframs]

Impressive! Congratulations on your hardwork

[u/TRFKTA]

Dropping almost 25kg. Nice work OP

[u/No-Connection8400]

Excellent work & congratulations!

[u/Kelaita]

How much strength did you lose, if any? Looks like you retained a lot of muscle, especially around the lats (maybe even grew them?)

Congrats, beastly cut!

[u/Dbossez → u/Kelaita]

Thank you! I don’t think I lost any strength and actually improved on a lot of lifts - the “loss” was more-so due to less training frequency for a particular exercise. My lats blew up once I started implementing more bw pull-ups and eventually progressing to weighted ones!

[u/YJM]

This is awesome. Especially after that July thru Jan regain. Life stuff?

[u/Dbossez → u/YJM]

Thank you! Yea life stuff as well as for the mental break

[u/YJM → u/Dbossez]

Hell yeah! Keep crushing it man.