This year at college I was not able to lift or do much working out. I played a lot of basketball but that was the extent of my
[style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; color: blue! important; font-family: verdana; position: static"]workout. I started back in the gym early May and am just wondering how my progression is looking. I was about 230, 16% bf in early may. Today I weighed in at 216 and around 11%bf. I haven't been doing as much cardio as I'd like since at my job I am walking and on my feet nonstop. However I have been hitting the weights extremely faithfully. My goals are to cut until about 190, and hopefully around 5% bf. I know cardio will be essential, but its just hard with my job. I have been eating very lean (chicken, turkey, whole wheat bread for my lunches, fruit). I've also been on NO,
[style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; color: blue! important; font-family: verdana; position: static"]creatine, heat shock proteins, casein, fish oil, and a multi. I've always been very athletic so I want to know if my goal is feasible for me to achieve. I'd like to aim for this fall to be at that target goal.
My routine-
Mon (Chest)-flat bench, incline, decline, flies, cables
Tues(bis and tris)-dumbbell curls, concentration curls, cable curls, barbell curls,
[style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; color: blue! important; font-family: verdana; position: static"]tricep extension, dips, reverse curls, hammer curls
Wed(shoulders and back)-military dumbbells, shrugs, barbell military, assorted dumbbell shoulder exercises, lat pull down, rows, pull ups
I do legs and abs on various days so as not too overwork my legs. I take a days break after this three day routine then go back to it.
Would meal replacements be a good idea for my cutting or should i just stick to my current diet?
As for now I'm not as concerned with getting stronger, mainly cutting. Once I reach my goal I plan on heavy bulking for a year then cutting again.
Thoughts and input would be appreciated, thank you!