Getting started

[BrotherAP]

Well I'm just about to get started on working out. I have a membership to the local gym and I'm trying to decide where to begin.

I'm about 5'8", and I weigh somewhere between 135-140 lbs. This is heavy for me, as I'm a textbook skinny guy who, at the same height, once weighed 125lbs. At that weight, however, I had a six pack. Now it seems that I have gut and my pecs are dangerously close to becoming man boobies. Even so, I'm still a skinny guy.

Should I start right away bulking up, or should I drop some of this extra body fat first?

 

[Warboss Alex]

Let's make a new law. Anyone under 180 lbs who considers 'cutting' should be castrated.

 

[Warboss Alex]

Okay, more constructively.. if you're only 10lbs off having a six pack then you don't have to lose this. Get a nice structured workout at the gym and in a coupla months I bet you'll've got your sixpack back more or less - the bodyfat being burnt solely through the body's new exertions.

 

[semag]

Originally posted by Warboss Alex
Let's make a new law. Anyone under 180 lbs who considers 'cutting' should be castrated.

LMAO, damn straight bro.

 

[Visceral]

Originally posted by Warboss Alex
Let's make a new law. Anyone under 180 lbs who considers 'cutting' should be castrated.

So at 150 pounds I should still bulk despite being at 25% BF?

I'm only 5'6", BTW.

 

[Warboss Alex]

At 150lbs and 25% bodyfat you've got better things to worry about than whether to bulk or cut, my friend.

 

[Visceral]

Like what?

 

[Warboss Alex]

Eating properly!

 

[LordBrian]

bulk first... when you have more muscles... the fat will be easier to take off.

 

[Phantasmal]

In the case of a skinny guy at 25% bodyfat, wouldn't the body be predisposed to storing fat over building muscle? What sort of diet would a person in that situation go on?