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@conroy01 Are you talking about glycogen? There’s no point in focussing on that because it’s the first thing to lose and keep in a depleted state on a cut, and the first thing to be replenished at maintenance or above.

@loveyhwh No argument there, I just wanted to add nuance to your original comment.

@loveyhwh That doesn’t make sense. If she decides to adopt aggressively low calorie targets, the plateau she may eventually hit will be lower than the one she would have hit at less aggressively low targets. If you start with “sensible” targets, let’s say you plateau at x kg before your goal...

@loveyhwh Whether you start the cut super low or not doesn't make a difference : your rate of loss will be faster (but you will feel hungrier/more uncomfortable). It goes without saying that extreme weight loss is undesirable and counter productive.

@whitab If you’re using 25lb DBs you don’t need to worry about squatting 200lbs yet. You should try a couple of weeks of strength training (squat, deadlift, bench press (with DBs if you like that), pull-ups, dips) with no cardio (perhaps a couple of easy runs in the evening) and see how you feel.