seems like you finding your sweet spots yourself and with determination show think you can get where want to be

I also put fat on very easy if im not 100% clean I put on fat and allways goes around waist but ive come to deal with it and spend winter hairy and fat make it more hard work for the summer cut but hey like a challenge

also agree will still going that don't need to be light can be heavy training
but I don't max out lifts during cut in just fear of injury