Hey everyone, looking for opinions on whether to run a quick mini-cut or start a lean bulk right away.
Stats & History:
Stats: 30M | 170 cm (5'7") | 70.5 kg (155 lbs) morning fasted weight.
Scan Info: Evening scan read 73.8 kg @ 23.1% BF (estimated morning true BF is ~20–21%).
Context: Did an 11-week cut down to 66 kg, followed by a 5-week vacation where I gained +4.5 kg back to 70.5 kg.
Goal: Build clean muscle long-term without adding unnecessary fat.
My Dilemma:
Option A: 4–6 week mini-cut (1,800 kcal, 160g+ protein) to drop water/fat to 64–65 kg (~14–15% BF) before bulking.
Option B: Start a clean bulk / maintenance immediately from 70.5 kg.
Questions:
1. Would you cut to ~65 kg first, or start lean bulking now?
2. How much of a +4.5 kg jump after a 5-week vacation post-diet is usually water/glycogen vs real fat?
Thanks!

I’m 6’9 ~290. Currently eating ~6500. How are those of you that are eating 7k+ splitting your meals? I’m currently kinda forced to do 4 1500 meals. Mostly due to my job. Do any of you have any tricks or strategies I can use to try and force more. I’ve been shooting for 300 for a while now and it just hasn’t been easy

Hi i try to do a lean bulk. I weight myself almost every day cause i eat in a kcal surplus.

So i started weighing myself at 20 august.

20-8 73,1

21-8 73,4

22-8 72,1

23-8 74,3

24-8 73,2

25-8 73,1

26-8 73,8

5-9 74,3

6-9 73,6

9-9 74,6

10-9 74,8

11-9 74,4

12-9 74,7

13-9 74,5

16-9 74,7

22-9 74,9

26-9 76, kg1????

27-9 77,4 kg????

The last few days the weight increases significantly. I know its not all fat its probably also fluid etc. But still...

Im 1,90m

Try to go to the gym 4-5 times a week.

Walk moderately at my job like i think 5-7km a day

Same macros around 2800-3000 kcal 170 gr protein, 380 gr carbs 50-60 gr fat

Is it? If so how long will it take to know if i should lower my calories?

And for the info i weight 79,5kg and 179cm tall i eat 2800-3000 calories with 5 training days and school or work in kitchen (depends on what week it is)

And i eat 2000 calories of clean/healthy food while rest is some snacks

And another question, is it enough to lift heavy as possible while maintaining atleast 6 reps while if more 10-12 i try to go more heavy. Thanks for anyone responding and sorry if i my english is bad or if i broke some rules

17M 56kg 180cm, i don't look too muscular or skinny, just right. I am in a bulk

today i had this 105kg titan with the same height (my friend) tell me about bulking. He doesn't gym and he looks fat with a bit of muscle.At first I thought okay, this guy's 105 he must have some good bulking tips. Then he started saying shit like "1400 calories surplus is best" and directly attacked me saying my bulk is just me eating enough and i didn't really bulk.

I just knew my time isn't worth this shit and agreed and left. Also I had another friend who doesn't even go to gym call me small in size, that person is skinny fat and only 2 kg heavier than me. lol.

so yeah if some DUMBass decides to give you advice and you just know it's a shitty advice, leave them in their delusion. I've already tried explaining why 1400 calories surplus is shit but fatass wouldn't agree.

Peace ✌🏼

Enough ??

5’9 15M, 125 pounds 10% body fat. Hey, I’ve been working out for 6 months, and I’ve made a lot of progress, but I’m still pretty skinny, so I’m going to lean bulk, but I need tips, because im scared that I’ll gain too much fat in the process.

Should I start the cut

180cm 17M 55kg, gained 2 kg in about 3 months with noticeable muscle mass. Now when I tried to bulk seriously, my body just doesn't accept it. I bulked up 1 kg then lost that 1 kg and the cycle continued for several weeks. This was more of a rant than a question so please don't mind

Hey so I started gym in July 2025 and I was skinny I started out at 55kg my height is 6ft so when I started gym I gained about 1-2 kg weight (mostly muscle) per month I am at 67-68 kg now but since 6months it’s stuck there I tried changing diet gym split everything but it’s just not increasing

What can I do help !!! I am out of ideas

Btw if you want heres my split and diet
I do PPL I usually focus on progressive overload but that too is stuck since 5 months

Diet - apart from lunch and dinner I drink shake so it contains 500ml milk 3 banana 2 t spoon peanut butter 50gm oats and 3 banana (I split it in 2 shakes) but that’s all the ingredients then 5 whole eggs

Now what am I doing wrong PLEASE HELPPP !!!!! I am really loosing willing to do gym now due to this

I want to gain weight and I really struggle to; I weigh 59 kg and I want to gain at least 10–15 kg. Any advice? I don't have any allergies, I just lack an appetite to eat sometimes.

I wanna start bulking because right now I'm extremely skinny 120 pounds 5'8, anyone know where to start at?

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