Bulk Or Cut?

[SouthOfHeaven98]

Hey, im 20 years old and tired of looking like ****, so i am going to start fierce 5, thing is im not sure whether to eat at maintenance, a deficit or slight surplus. Im skinny-fat, 5"7/5"8 at 135lbs and just look like ****. I made a post quite a while ago on an old account that I have since lost access to and only got a couple of replies, so im going to try again and see if i can get some more opinions. So judging off the pictures, what do you think i should do and why? Should i cut or eat at maintenance until i stall then transition into a bulk, or just bulk from the get go? Also my frame is ****ing tiny as you can see from my 6 inch wrists, my shoulders are quite narrow, with my hips being quite wide also, so in short i have a ****ty bone structure, is it possible to put on enough mass to overcome this, or will it always be an issue to some degree? Cheers for your replies and taking the time to help me, I really appreciate it!


I also posted this over on the "introduce yourself" forum section, but that section doesn't seem to get much attention, so i decided to also post here, so i have more opinions to draw from when making a final decision, sorry if this bothers anyone or it is against the rules (don't think it is?).

[sitsonCHROME]

Bulk.

Reason: you are 135 lbs.

[gbullock32]

Bulk.

Reason: you are 135 lbs.

This, you have no muscle mass.

[bLinkMoore]

^^

At a skinny fat 135, I honestly think that a cut would make you more insecure about your look. You'd be much better off building a solid base of muscle

[hardyboysare]

You need to bulk. You lack lean body mass and that is the hardest part of building a solid body composition.

[SouthOfHeaven98]

Aight cheers for the responses guys, I was leanin towards bulking anyways, your right in saying id make much more progress on a bulk even as a complete beginner. **** it imma just bulk then, would you say a surplus of 300 would be sufficient, would give me a little over 0.5 a week right?

[Mrpb]

Bulk at 1-2 pounds per month. Not faster.

would you say a surplus of 300 would be sufficient

No one knows. You don't even know your true maintenance. Try 250 and see what happens on the scale etc.

[SouthOfHeaven98]

Okay cool, ill just try 250-300 on top of my estimated tdee, work hard on the programme, adjust calories if necessary and see where it takes me. Cheers for your help guys.

[AdamWW]

Try not talking so negatively about yourself. You're young... you have your whole life to be all you can be.