What body fat percentage am I?

[Anonymous]

Im gonna start going to the gym for the first time and i don’t know if i should bulk or cut first. It says on a website that I shouldn't bulk if i have 20% or more fat

[DrunkAss]

It's really hard to tell. I don't think you can get an accurate estimate from pics. I would guess in the teens range. But you have a good start -- good build, some budding definition. Whether you cut or bulk is up to you.

I actually like to try both at the same time, sorta. I was a sprinter when I was a teen so I can burn calories like a madman one day through sprint intervals and dashing up and downstairs and hills with weights on my body. Actually, I count on that too much sometimes to get me back in shape real quick (I might not be able to count on it so much anymore in the following years). But I exchange that with days where I lift heavy and probably don't burn that many calories but meat the nutritional requirements to build some mass. And I don't mix those days. So it is bulk/cut cycling in a sense, but not bulk for seasons then cut for seasons. I do it at a much shorter alternating cycle -- days or weeks, not months.

That helps me a lot because I get pissed off if I get too flabby, even if I'm bulking. It's a psychological thing for me.

[DrunkAss]

I can show you even when I was feeling pretty lean a couple of years back my pic. Guess what bodyfat percentage I was then?

[DrunkAss]

Arm vascularity (pumped):

I dunno what people put me there but I was around 16% bodyfat according to DEXA scan at the time. My body distributes fat in weird ways -- more towards lower body.

[JohnO45]

You already look like you've been workin out.
If i were you I'd do a very slow and lean bulk for a year to add more mass then do a mini cut.

[Asker]

I did push ups and pull ups at home. What is a lean bulk?

[JohnO45]

Lean bulk means you only eat a little bit more calories more than you burn, so you add muscle and a little fat but very slowly, like Half kg every month.
This way you don't add too much unnecessary bodyfat.

[JohnO45]

Do you know how many calories you need to eat to maintain your current weight? not adding or losing fat.

[Asker]

2200 maintence

[JohnO45]

I'd go 2500kcal daily for a while to gain strength and muscle.
Then when you want you feel like you don't wanna get any fatter slowly go down to 1800kcal for a few months.

[JohnO45]

That's pretty much what I've done and I've gotten great gains. The trick is to bulk very slowly and focus on getting stronger to gain muscle

[Asker]

Ok thanks a lot for the advice

[Anonymous]

*Whistle sounds* hey baby, I'd throw a couple of ones at that.

[stupidgrls]

Damnnn boi, you're sexy. *Ahem* how much for a night? Jk 😂

[PrinceNeo]

You have about 15% to 19% and I would say only woke up if you really want to.

[Tea-Spaghetti]

My guess is you're at 6-8% body fat I don't know