I don't thing I could ever get down to 220- I am very broad shouldered and big boned so to speak. I have a head like a basketball. 200 would almost be zero muscle. I could get into 240's with some real focus, but the 240 classes essentially put up the same number as 270 classes... so why watch what I eat?
Honestly?
I feel safer with some extra muscle volume. The thinner I get the more my aches, pains and connective tissue strain seems to prevail with heavy lifts. The more cushion, the better the pushin - and pulling I hope.
I agree. No way you could get down to 220 while powerlifting. You look pretty cut at 270 and I'm not sure where you would lose it from while lifting heavy. My biggest fuck up in powerlifting has been trying to cut weight to get into a class I really didn't belong in. Cost me a torn bicep tendon. Never again.
Doesn't look like I'm going to have to cut at all for my meet coming up in a couple of weeks. Weighing in just under 198 most mornings.