Cutting without losing my lifts, is that even possible?

[liftinheavy]

Planning a cut after my bulk and kinda scared of it tbh. I’ve seen guys lose like 10kg and their bench drops straight to the floor. Right now I’m at ~1.8g/kg protein. Is that enough in a deficit or should I go higher? Also, what’s a good deficit? I don’t wanna crash diet, but I also don’t wanna be cutting forever...

Would appreciate any tips from guys who’ve been through a cut

 

[bigdave]

1.8 is plenty, i bumped mine to about 2 on my last cut mostly cause it kept me full. for the deficit i just aimed for around half a kg a week, slow enough that my bench barely moved