Honestly no clue if I should bulk / cut / recomp. If you could tell me what needs work that would be appreciated as well.

What % body fat do you think I am

I mostly just do compound lifts

I have gained almost 20kg in just over a year. Should i keep bulking?

I was wondering if i should keep cutting down to 170 or maingain? Plz respond

Need to bulk, not sure what weight to and want to keep it lean, any advice welcome

Hey everyone!

I'm 31 years old, 5'7", and currently at 155 pounds—down from 194 at the start of January. 155 was my original goal weight, and while I’m really proud of the progress I’ve made, I’m still not quite satisfied with how I look.

I’d love to see more definition, especially in my chest and stomach area. Lately, though, I’ve been struggling to progressively overload in the gym—I’m not getting stronger, and it feels like my muscle gains have stalled.

I’ve heard a lot of advice from fitness influencers (like Lee Lem) recommending maintaining or lean bulking after reaching around 12% body fat. The thing is, I feel like I don’t have enough muscle to show for it yet, and cutting more might just make me look weak and scrawny.

Would love to hear your thoughts or experiences—what would you do in my position?

Also do I have gyno or is that j fat.

Also also what bf percent do you think i am?

thx

Not sure if I should go into a slight caloric surplus or just continue eating at maintenance. Currently 1.75 m (5’9”)and 76.4kg(168lbs). I followed proper protocol for an InBody scan and the results came back as 7-8% bf. I’ve never bulked before, and kind of scared to do so. Pictures are unposed, and in regular lighting.

Think I'm fat lost 12+lb and am almost underweight my stats are 15M 5'7 122lb ChatGPT says 14-15 percent I don't believe him I assume 20-22 used to be like 132 and 24 but lost some weight

I do chest/back and arms/shoulder(arnold split without legs for 6days a week) relatively heavy mostly compound exercise for around 3hrs each session

Trying to hit my pr s everyday to failure

now it's getting very tough because I am hitting a plateau getting insane craving for sweet and heavy carb foods

I have failed my weight goals on second week of August and also failed this week trying to aim for 61.5-60.5kg

I just can't loose stubborn lower belly fat and overall

Should I keep cutting 3lbs Or 1% of bf per week or try to recomp now staying at same weight eating near maintenance calories (1500-2000)

Started at 187lbs mid-March and just weighed in at 151.5lbs this morning.

Been a long 4/5 months of cutting, do you guys think I should look to eat at maintenance then lean bulk now or do something else?

My first proper cut so open to advice (I’m going on holiday for 4 days tomorrow so worried I’ll lose my leanness too lol) 🤠

Used to be really overweight, then got too skinny, now Im here. I want to know if my body fat is too high to have abs. Im not gonna go on a cut, I know how bad that is at my age, I just wanna know if it’s worth trying to get them anymore

So just got a DEXA Scan after 3 years; 5 years into my fitness journey (24y/o, 5’5”):

2020: Total Mass— 163.7lbs Fat Mass— 46.6lbs Lean Mass— 111.6lbs Visceral Fat— 1.6lbs 28.4% Bodyfat C+ Body Score

2022: Total Mass— 155lbs Fat Mass— 26.6lbs Lean Mass— 124.8lbs Visceral Fat— 0.7lbs 15.9% Bodyfat B+ Body Score

2025: Total Mass— 141.8lbs Fat Mass— 17.2lbs Visceral Fat— 0.4lbs 12.1% Bodyfat A Body Score

Thoughts: ~Overall, I look and feel much better! I estimated that I am 12% Bodyfat beforehand, so seeing the confirmation feels very good.

~The scan reports a total lean mass decrease of 6lbs, HOWEVER 3lbs of that was lost in my legs, which makes sense because due to injuries I could not train them adequately for months.

~My arms and shoulders perfectly maintained lean mass and are at 9.1% bodyfat.

~My trunk is at 10.4% bodyfat and lost 2lbs of lean mass

~My bone density increased from 0.5 to 0.7 despite having chronic conditions that make muscle and bone density retention difficult.

~So ideally if I had been able to retain my leg muscle, I would have a 2.5/1 fat/muscle loss ratio. Also, having taken this scan at my most depleted it is possible that the minimization of carbs slightly skewed my lean mass results

Thoughts anyone? Time to do a lean bulk and recoup the muscle? Did I actually lose skeletal muscle or some intramuscular glycogen and water?

I can push that much fat at such low weight

235lbs-205

I already posted here although got controversial answers so trying again with more detailed info this time. I am 49.1kg (108.2 lbs) and 168 cm (5’6) I have been weight lifting since end of March, progressive overload, training until failure, assuming right amount of protein, creatine. I was in a big deficit the whole time because of an ed (700 cals a day for months) so of course I grew little no muscle. Now started eating 1500-1700 calories a day. Some told me to stay at tdee, other to surplus. My goal right now is to make my abs to show: doing weighted sit ups and leg raises, I still feel little “pouch” on my stomach though despite the weight. I do intense cardio 3x a week. Weightlifting 4x a week. 10k+ steps a day. What is my maintenance? And how much should I assume? Thank you all <3 last pics is my routine

5’11 175lbs I’m not sure where to go with this ? I’ve been cutting from 185lbs to present weight of 175lbs over last 3 months approx,my goal is more definition in my abs and lower bf,thinking I might be around 22% bf, I do eat clean,weigh and measure everything and log it along with exercise and a physical job and about a 500 calorie deficit at the moment

20yrs old -240 deficit

I work for a small company that specializes in DEXA scans to track body composition — fat mass, lean mass, and bone density. We recently analyzed over 50k scans in our database to understand how long it typically takes our clients to gain muscle. Some of the trends were pretty surprising. Here’s a quick snapshot of what we saw for the average man in the US. (25-34 years old, 185 lbs).

Check out the calculator to estimate your own lean mass gains: link