Should I go on a bulk or cut? Pics included

[VinnyB64]

I just started taking going to the gym seriously and doing compound exercises with the goal of hypertrophy and strength increases. When I first started going to the gym in September I was 150-155 lbs. I wasn't cutting or bulking, but just eating maintenance most likely (wasn't counting calories). But then I did more research and found out about bulking/cutting. So since I wanted to gain mass I decided a bulk would be best for me so I started bulking since a week or two ago. I have been doing a clean bulk eating just brown rice, chicken, fish, veggies, yogurt, eggs, etc for the most part at around a 10% caloric surplus with around 5 bottles of water a day. I'm now on a 3-4x/week full-body workout with 8-12 reps for each set and so far I have started seeing some small gains, but I'm not really counting those since I first started with the bar...

However, after doing more research into bf % and some people saying skinny fat people should cut first and other saying bulk, I wanted to make sure I was on the right path. I haven't done any bf% tests just the online calculators but I know those can be inaccurate.

So I wanted to get some opinions on whether I should bulk or cut and if a general range for my bf% could be given based on my pics. Pics are unflexed.

Current stats:

Age: 20
Height: 5' 11"
Current weight (after small bulk): 160 lbs
Pant size: 30-31

[VinnyB64]

Bump. I know you guys get these questions all the time, but I just want to make sure I am doing the right thing.

[Supearman]

bulk and shave

[Bigdumogre]

Eat slightly above maint
Lift heavy
Sleep 7-8 hrs a night
Shave legs
Profit???

[VinnyB64]

Thanks for the advice guys. Not too sure about the shaving part though.

Would anyone be able to give an estimate of my bf%?

[smowry65]

My girl walked in when I opened the last picture...
I could not come up with a reason I was looking at a hairy thigh
thanks op -.-

[XCRunner9]

You should bulk and cut all dat hair bro, cuz dat's gross.

[hardeep1997]

Bulk up too about 16% bodyfat
Eat about 500 calories more than your maintaince level. And once you reach the end of your bulk, eat 500 calories below your maintaince level.
TRAIN HARD EAT DIRTTTTYY!!!

[BadVibes]

Eating healthy foods does not mean clean bulking.

[AtxBrah]

I'm same height 208-210lb natty.
Bulk. I even looked skinny at 185

[SquatAlotBrah]

Bulkbreh

[FlutterButter]

Eating healthy foods does not mean clean bulking.

What you just said is equivilant to saying "Just because you are lifting heavy weights doesn't mean you're lifting.".

[VinnyB64]

I'll keep going on a bulk then.

Can anyone estimate what my bf% is?

Thanks for all the advice.

[Huzy]

16 percent

[Woofwolf]

If OP is 16%.

Then I am 11%.

[anonymous]

shaving that hair would probs equal the same amount of weight loss as a cut lol

[Zmeister]

My girl walked in when I opened the last picture...
I could not come up with a reason I was looking at a hairy thigh
thanks op -.-

Oh my days lol.

[jnbrk]

I'd cut

[Aasemd]

If you cut you're still tiny put on some size first. Plus it's winter.


Or you can cut and bulk

And by cut and bulk I mean cut them hairy arse hairs on your quads and bulk up as in go in a surplus. Whatever you do don't take advice from someone 5'10 130-160 pounds

[jnbrk]

Whatever you do don't take advice from someone 5'10 130-160 pounds

Why is that?

[Aasemd]

Why is that?

Because if you fit them stats you should be dirty bulking, and by dirty I mean real dirty. If Kanevsky can go from 130-180 shredded in 1.5 years you can too

[jnbrk]

Because if you fit them stats you should be dirty bulking, and by dirty I mean real dirty. If Kanevsky can go from 130-180 shredded in 1.5 years you can too

No

1 - People go for what they want, there is no "should"...

2 - That's not even what I asked, what I'm trying to say is a muscular might not be the best source to the true information, and a skinny or fat guy might not be the worst.

[BlackSwoldier]

Bulk and shave.

[Savanovic]

Clean bulk....and shave.

Because if you fit them stats you should be dirty bulking, and by dirty I mean real dirty. If Kanevsky can go from 130-180 shredded in 1.5 years you can too

Lol dirty bulking is not for everybody.
Kanevsky isn't natty.

[ccigaM]

cut you fatty
check out
youtube.com/teenmusclescience

[balldeep]

1000 percent of the time when people ask if they should bulk or cut, they should bulk

[Aasemd]

Clean bulk....and shave.



Lol dirty bulking is not for everybody.
Kanevsky isn't natty.

After his cut he became not natty on that bulk. However his cut to 180 was full natty

[Huzy]

If OP is 16%.

Then I am 11%.

you actually do look 11-12 lol bra

[Lighten923]

Lean bulk. no point in dirty bulking if you're already high bf%