Should I Cut or Bulk? — ReppySetGo

These two sections will give you general advice about cutting or bulking. The cutting calculation is quite arbitrary, but holds up in my experience — if you do a hard cut when you're already skinny, you are going to get worried looks from people who know you. I learned this the hard way. This tool can nudge you in the right direction, which for me was "bulk up a bit first".

The cut assessment uses your height and current weight to determine whether a cut will actually make you look good. It's not a body composition measurement — it doesn't know how much of your weight is fat versus muscle. It's a rough structural check. If you're well above the minimum threshold for your height, a cut is viable. If you're right at or below it, you might not have as much muscle as you think, and cutting will be more likely to make you look depleted, skinny and weak instead of ripped, godlike and muscular. So consider a lean bulk first.

The bulk advisor is simpler. It asks you to pick the statement that best describes your current situation — stalled, making progress, or overdoing it — and gives you a direct recommendation. There's no calculation involved. It's just three scenarios and three honest answers. Most people already know which one applies to them.