Lift heavy but keep form, if you have to, lighten up the weight. If you chose to go on stage do you think the judges know how much you lift? Try using db's for curls?
If you lifted heavy while bulking to gain muscle then why change anything? Always lift heavy unless your doing a deload. But anyways everyone has to start cutting somewhere, When i did my first cut i...
All you really need to do is train intense and if you want, switch exercises up for a specific body part and you should be fine.. that is if you are getting proper nutrition.
started on riptoes, stayed on that for a while, then when school gym opened, went on a split in there. and i eat whatever i want, mcdonalds pretty much everyday, haha