Changing how you train from heavy to lighter with more reps is what caused all your problems. How you build muscle is how you keep muscle...training doesnt change much off season to pre-contest. What you actually did by dropping the weight and doing more reps was to tell your body you really dont need the extra muscle because you are no longer lifting heavy and because it requires plenty of calories to maintain it which by the way you dont have because you are dieting the body basically just gets rid of it...bye bye muscle, bye bye strength.

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