I'm going to start dropping cals and reducing the volume in my workouts. The only thing that will change are the volume workouts. I plan on doing 3 sets of 5 for front squat, 5 sets of 3 for bench and keeping the speed DLs the same.
Actually, I'll probably add a higher rep set after each PR on the PR day.
Noticed you're doing regular DL's rather than RDL's. You're not worried about quad and hamstring imbalances, since the RDL's work the hamstrings more than regular DL's do?
As far as leaning out, I was gonna mention your friend's easy method. Drop volume, drop daily calories by about 500, and continue to get stronger. Don't get caught up with the notion that you need continue to up calories to continue to get stronger. Continuing to up calories is more true of gaining muscle than it is of gaining strength. Stay determined to get stronger, along with the volume and daily calorie drop, and you'll probably drop the fat without having to do cardio since you said you have a fast metabolism.
Coming to the end of the 2nd week of my slow cut and things have been okai. My strength hasn't dropped that much (although my bench seems like it might be dropping):
From today:
Front Squat: 255x5
Deadlift: 350x5
Bench Press: 245x4 (I hit 5 reps for 2 weeks in a row and didn't bother for the 5th today because the 4th was really tough).
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