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Stay under your tdee and cardio. If you want to try if or carbless diet that's up to you.

Should I cycle creatine?

Is drinking 9L of water a day too much?

Starting this November, I am going to be a little busy - should I:
a) bulk
b) maintain
considering that I will hit gym twice a week max?
What routine should I follow? Some dedicated two days per week or stripped SS/SL/TM/whatever?
TIA

bulk

Unless you go to failure, you could probably do them once every day. But if you're a fatass, its probable that your body isnt adept at recovering as quickly yet.

So to be safe, do every other day until you can do about ten in one set without collapsing after your last one. When you reach that point, do every day.

Do cardio or walking every day.

I squat more than deadlift because of poor grip.

How to incerase your deadlift grip strength?

Use alternate grip instead. It is not uncommon at all for grip strength to lag behind.

Do as many as you can with ordinary grip+magnesium. Then switch to alternate.

I personally do not believe you can work up your grip strength to improve your deadlift grip doing anything but deadlifting, since you're lifting hundreds of pounds as it is. So work on your technique instead.

You can try stopping your deadlift at the top and holding for a few seconds. Also, check if you are holding the bar correctly.

jumping rope supposedly doubles as cardio and calf muscle building

is this true?