Does lowering calories make you more injury prone?

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I am on 150 mg test per week eating 1500 calories and doing cardio - I am doing a mini cut before my blast cycle. Recently I’ve been getting muscle pain when working out and seem to get more sore after workouts. I am eating a low carb high protein diet. Is it easier to get injured on low calories? Should I increase my carb intake?

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yes, especially in larger compound lifts like squats and deadlifts, or even bench.
 
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yes, especially in larger compound lifts like squats and deadlifts, or even bench.
What is the solution? Just lower training intensity or increase calories
 
Not really in fact Id argue its even better as your body isnt in a constant state of stress from overeating+muscle repair; but if you are cutting super hard and lifting super intense as you were in prime bulk days; then yes; possibly

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What is the solution? Just lower training intensity or increase calories
lower training intensity you cant do as much when your body is deprived
 
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What is the solution? Just lower training intensity or increase calories
it depends on what foods you digest well, but generally loading some carbs before a work out with the heavier compounds makes it less miserable when you're cutting.

some people digest fats better, that also works.

cutting + working out with nothing in your system is the worst combination.
 
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4 days a week is ok for lifting?
yeah but its not really the number of workouts per week thats important, you just can't expect that your lifts will stay the same if you are cutting So you will have to lower the weight of your exercises or the number of working sets. How much you will have to do that depends on the length of the cut but 1500 calories a day is pretty extreme regardless
 
it depends on what foods you digest well, but generally loading some carbs before a work out with the heavier compounds makes it less miserable when you're cutting.

some people digest fats better, that also works.

cutting + working out with nothing in your system is the worst combination.
What if your on exogenous test? Shouldn’t recovery be better since hormones aren’t crashing. I eat protein and fat before working out carbs only post workout
 
yeah but its not really the number of workouts per week thats important, you just can't expect that your lifts will stay the same if you are cutting So you will have to lower the weight of your exercises or the number of working sets. How much you will have to do that depends on the length of the cut but 1500 calories a day is pretty extreme regardless
It is 1500 because I’m trying to shred bf down as quickly as possible before I begin a 4-5 month lean bulk on 500 test. I assume I will gain back any muscle lost quickly after getting back on cycle and caloric surplus
 
What if your on exogenous test? Shouldn’t recovery be better since hormones aren’t crashing. I eat protein and fat before working out carbs only post workout
testosterone isn't the only hormone that's affected by cutting, your energy reserves will be perpetually low while you're in a deficit regardless so I'd try having some carbs before your work out rather than after and see if it makes any difference.

if you don't have a whole lot of calories available, fruits are low calorie option that digests relatively fast.


the time of day you lift in also matters if you're cutting, but this is again very genetic, if you know what time of day you peak at you could schedule your work out around that time, some people are more active in the evening and others in the morning.
 
Not really in fact Id argue its even better as your body isnt in a constant state of stress from overeating+muscle repair; but if you are cutting super hard and lifting super intense as you were in prime bulk days; then yes; possibly

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You lose your water retention on a cut making tendons weaker, combine it with roided muscles that exert big forces you get, injury
 
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Yes
 
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Get blood work done
 

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