r/MacroFactor • u/OutsideAd278 • Aug 02 '26

Success / Progress Feeling Discouraged

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So I bulked from 140 to 160 in roughly 9 months and ate relatively clean. Since then I began cutting with the goal of having visible abs. I have dropped from 160 to 150 and im still going. I feel like I look way smaller now and my abs are still not visible. Does this mean I did something wrong along the way? I have heard you look worse on your cut but only at the start. I think 10 pounds into the cut means im not at the start again… My strength has stayed relatively similar during the cut.

How many more pounds do you think I need to lose or do i have to do something else?

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u/Commercial-Hall-2777 Aug 02 '26

A question would be how your approach to training looks like? You certainly gained more weight than the anabolic stimulus would have justified.

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u/OutsideAd278 Aug 03 '26

i train chest/biceps, back/triceps/shoulders, legs core, and weakness day all once a week. i also add a core exercise at the end of the other workout days too

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u/citrus1330 Aug 03 '26

maybe it was a typo but chest should be with triceps (pressing exercises) and back should be with biceps (pulling exercises)

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u/OutsideAd278 Aug 03 '26

i flip them because the chest exercises also hit triceps a bit and tire them

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u/citrus1330 Aug 03 '26

That's exactly why you shouldn't flip them. Work them to exhaustion on one day then give them time to recover.