I'm 6'3 175 pounds. I used to be 240 but then I lost weight and went down to 160. After 6 months of enjoying being skinny the novelty wore of and I started hating the way I look again.
Rn I'm 17% bodyfat, I've been training consistently for 3 months, gained 15 pounds(160->175, but thru Christmas I gained 5 pounds of fat probably). The thing is, I'm super skinnyfat and I hate my body. I want to be big but also have fairly low bf%. Should I cut or bulk? Pic related is current body
Id cut
I had a body like you basically, i bulked like a mad man was borderline obese (but stronger than non-lifting people) but then i hard cut with tones of protein and i look decent now.i'd do that.
How long? When I start dieting I tend to embrace the hunger and cut way too fast(5 pounds a week), or if I try to cut slow I end up gaining weight.
How long did that take? For personal reasons I have to become really fucking good looking for the summer of next year. Would that be enough time to bulk->cut?
recomp and make those noob gains, eat high protein, cut all sugar. When your gains start to tail off, cut down to 10% then lean bulk (+300 kcals) until 15%
doesn't matter you gotta do both anyway. Arrange it the way it better fits with your life.
What are the personal reasons? Just recomp dude, don't fall for the bulk meme. Your body has thousands or calories sitting on it in fat and your untrained muscles can grow easy, no need to be in a calorie surplus when your in your staring position
half a year bulking 3-4 months cutting, should be enough if you lift heavy and do cardio
>17% bodyfat
>Rn I'm 17% bodyfat
I doubt that is accurate, you look 20+% in that photo.
Anyway, you need to cut until you have some kind of definition. 13% is probably the ideal to start bulking from, at which point you should be able to see upper abs at least.
Getting big and ripped usually means multiple cycles of bulking and cutting, but sorting out your hormones by getting lean first is probably the best strategy. Also, you will look better, sooner.
I was meassured by my doctor 2 weeks ago with one of those scales where you have to hold a bar too and it uses electricity or something.
I do agree that I don't look like I'm 17%. I'll cut, thank you.
How about you just start lifting and eating healthy you cunt? You are not a fucking bodybuilder. Lets talk about cutting/bulking in 2 years.
I eat pretty healthy. Should I just not care about lifting? Should I stop eating a lot of protein?
Lift weights YES (X) NO ( )
Eat healthy YES (X) NO ( )
cant simplify it any further
Cutting is easier. I'd say cut first until you no longer look like you have gyno. Looked similar to you a year ago and lost all of it in a month fasting. You're not severely overweight so it should be easy.
You're skinnyfat. High protein diet.
500 deficit. CUT till 10% bf.
no reason to cut further with 0 muscle
Don't listen to absolute faggots like Cut. If you're skinny fat you should ALWAYS cut first.
At your point you should only worry about eating healthy and lifting as hard as you can so your body become a human body again. You look disgusting. After you have biceps, shoulders, triceps, chest... you can think about cutting or bulking
just clean bulk if you have until summer next year
>this disgusting blob is the fruit calling you a manlet and making manlet threads
Oh no no nooooo.
That's kinda mean. I worked hard to not be an obese fuck.
I know I look disgusting but I still get 10x more pussy than you Hefty Smurf
I'm in the same position as OP
I lost 50lbs last year and 20 more this year, down to around 160 right now.
I'm trying to figure out a good routine for cutting + exercising my strength since I'm dated for Boot in May.
Same height and etc not sure about bf% but my body sorta looks like OP's.
>I was meassured by my doctor 2 weeks ago with one of those scales where you have to hold a bar too and it uses electricity or something.
Those are inaccurate
>that bellybutton
CUTE
put your penis you fucking slut
If you worked hard you wouldn't look like that.
7x6
How is it cute?
I mean looking ripped is not my #1 goal. I have limited time and I try to use that time
way too much of a beginner to worry about bulking or cutting, literally just eat a balanced diet and lift
>17% bodyfat
How is that possible? I don't want to be a dick but you look a bit chubby user.
You are surround by the ghosts of granola bars from past lunches, exorcise them from your body!
This OP. Skinnyfats always fall for the bulk or cutting meme when you should just be eating real, healthy foods around maintenance and lifting/doing cardio.
Cut and keep lifting heavy.
Also your BF calculation methods have a huge error margin and you are 20+% for sure.