should I Bulk or Cut or body recomp ?

[jackmikemon]

Hey guys, i intend to return to gym this year but i have no plans whether i should cut or bulk, but first, lemme tell u about my story :

I used to go to gym when i was 17 years old, at the time i was in highschool and i did it for like 10 months and then i stopped after graduating....I enclose a picture of me when I was lean, i was 56 kg and used to practice jogging every week :

https://preview.redd.it/j2di9db3csx...bp&s=2d9748ad0c3a01c1c18c64f45a62d765b40939f3

But afterwards, I started not having time with studies in University, so I had to stop for 1 year. In 2019 I decided to return to gym again but this time i decided to bulk, i kept on a bulking program for like 5 months and I went from 62kg to 70kg...Then Covid came up and i stopped and stayed fat as fuk until now..

https://preview.redd.it/vsg6cjw5csx...bp&s=8b35773a535bd487f9453621bd0d1e9832a0f42d

https://preview.redd.it/hjotl70bcsx...bp&s=59e16a3aab8c9675620989dbaeddf6aa69eb9917

Today, after 3 years of stopping, i finally graduated from university and found a 9:5 office job, so im pretty more stable than before and after all the ups and downs im finally determined to go on a non stop journey in what i always loved : being a Gymbo fitness man.

I dont really know how to start again because im like 72kg and 175cm but i feel like my face became chubby and there's fat all over my body ! What do u recommend me to do ?

 

[kaiisbae]

@jackmikemon Small deficit, drop some body fat slowly, maintenence for a bit, lean bulk.

Train hard the whole time.

 

[cfitz]

@jackmikemon Right now, your body fat percent is probably over 20%. So you can lift for muscle gains as well as do a slight calorie deficit and still get beginner muscle gains. Once you are closer to 15% bodyfat, you can decide where you want to go from there.

 

[jackmikemon]

@cfitz Thanks! So i see that its gonna be a cutting bulking program.. But in order to make that small deficit, should i use a cutting diet or bulking diet?

 

[cfitz]

@jackmikemon Just get enough proteins/day. That's the most important thing.