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Should I bulk or continue to cut?

throwawayjoe2017 · 2017-09-14T12:55:37+00:00

I'm 6'0" and currently 185lbs. I started lifting in March with SL5x5 and switched to nsuns. The HealthStatus websites' body fat calculate...

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September 14, 2017

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Title	Should I bulk or continue to cut?
Author	throwawayjoe2017
Upvotes	1
Comments	15
Date	September 14, 2017 12:55 PM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/askTRP
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It's hard to say definitively, depends. Normally I'd say 20% would be a good place that you don't want to exceed but I wouldn't worry too much about hitting certain numbers at this point in your lifting career. Just focus more on getting size in the first year or two of dedicated lifting.

Too often people just starting out worry about cutting but they're skinny fat, they don't have any muscle to cut down to. You'd really only be hurting your progress when you could be growing. Like I said, when just starting out it's possible to actually gain muscle and lose fat at the same time when you keep your surplus in check/train consistently.

Then once you actually have muscle to show for it then you shred to like 10-12% and repeat cycle again.

TL:DR Focus on eating and growing. Body fat % doesn't matter at this point.

Edit: Keep up the work and check out /r/Fitness or /r/gainit for more info on their side bars

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