Should You Bulk or Cut First? Here’s What to Look For

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When trying to build your ideal physique, should you focus on muscle first or should you focus on fat loss first?

Should You Bulk or Cut First

A lot of this depends upon how much body fat you are currently carrying.

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Where some people mess up is they focus on BMI and not body fat percentage.

Here’s a video explaining what levels of body fat have to do with whether you should bulk or cut first.

One thing she discusses is how if you are brand new to fitness you might be lucky enough to gain muscle and lose fat simultaneously.

If you are someone who needs to drop body fat?

I have a detailed post on how to do this without losing muscle…

Here’s an article I wrote with a proven workout routine to use when you want to maintain muscle while losing body fat.

How to Maintain Muscle While Dieting

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-Rusty Moore

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