I tried searching this up but could not find a proper answer for it, maybe I'm not searching correctly but here it goes (apologies for in advance for any confusion just in case):
Some stats about me, I am a 22 male and 5'8. My legs are very large and so is my stomach and lower back but my arms are kind of skinny.
Around 4 months ago, I weighted in at 180 pounds
Anyways personally I saw that my stomach and lower back where definitely a little fat in my opinion even though my whole overall body didn't look fat, I decided to go ahead and go for a cut first (cut down to 165-170 lbs) and kind of start on a solid foundation before bulking up again to 180-185. Now keep in mind, that 180 lbs I was originally walking around with 4 months ago was my natural weight, I ate at a maintenance if you can even call it that and was always at 180 lbs.
4 months later after many mistakes, some miscalculations with calories, and a little bit of cheating on diet, I am basically at 170 lbs in the morning, but usually walking around 175 lbs.
I can't help but think that maybe I should have bulked instead to maybe 190 and then cut down to my natural weight to 180, i don't know I never seen this brought up.
Is natural weight a thing? Is it better to bulk above your natural weight and then cut down back to your natural weight? OR is it better to cut down below natural weight and bulk up to natural weight?
OR do you bros just use mirror and go with the "I'm too fat I'm gona cut now" and vice versa? I like to use numbers and a tactic instead of using mirror...
TLDR:
Natural weight is 180 lbs, haven't been to gym, I looked fat in my opinion at that weight so I decided as a newbie gym goer to cut down first to 170 lbs instead of bulk. My concern is that maybe I should have bulked first above my natural weight (to 190 lbs) ESPECIALLY COS I WAS A BEGINNER and cut back down to my natural weight (180 lbs). What I did instead was cut below my natural weight, and looking more or less the same at 170 lbs and 180 lbs, and then I plan to bulk back up to 180 lbs. Should I have bulked instead in the beginning as a newbie cos I wasn't crazy fat? Is "natural weight" a thing? Whats the best way to build muscle, cut and bulk is the most efficient?
Thanks all! I didn't post pics of how I currently look but could definitely do this so lmk!~
Some stats about me, I am a 22 male and 5'8. My legs are very large and so is my stomach and lower back but my arms are kind of skinny.
Around 4 months ago, I weighted in at 180 pounds
Anyways personally I saw that my stomach and lower back where definitely a little fat in my opinion even though my whole overall body didn't look fat, I decided to go ahead and go for a cut first (cut down to 165-170 lbs) and kind of start on a solid foundation before bulking up again to 180-185. Now keep in mind, that 180 lbs I was originally walking around with 4 months ago was my natural weight, I ate at a maintenance if you can even call it that and was always at 180 lbs.
4 months later after many mistakes, some miscalculations with calories, and a little bit of cheating on diet, I am basically at 170 lbs in the morning, but usually walking around 175 lbs.
I can't help but think that maybe I should have bulked instead to maybe 190 and then cut down to my natural weight to 180, i don't know I never seen this brought up.
Is natural weight a thing? Is it better to bulk above your natural weight and then cut down back to your natural weight? OR is it better to cut down below natural weight and bulk up to natural weight?
OR do you bros just use mirror and go with the "I'm too fat I'm gona cut now" and vice versa? I like to use numbers and a tactic instead of using mirror...
TLDR:
Natural weight is 180 lbs, haven't been to gym, I looked fat in my opinion at that weight so I decided as a newbie gym goer to cut down first to 170 lbs instead of bulk. My concern is that maybe I should have bulked first above my natural weight (to 190 lbs) ESPECIALLY COS I WAS A BEGINNER and cut back down to my natural weight (180 lbs). What I did instead was cut below my natural weight, and looking more or less the same at 170 lbs and 180 lbs, and then I plan to bulk back up to 180 lbs. Should I have bulked instead in the beginning as a newbie cos I wasn't crazy fat? Is "natural weight" a thing? Whats the best way to build muscle, cut and bulk is the most efficient?
Thanks all! I didn't post pics of how I currently look but could definitely do this so lmk!~
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