If You Can’t Decide Whether to Bulk or Cut First
If you know that you need to both bulk and cut to get to where you want to go from where you are now, similar advice to being skinnyfat applies. Which one you do first is a matter of personal preference – Is it more acceptable to you to first be fatter than you want, or to be skinnier than you want? Otherwise, it matters very little which you do first. Some people believe that you should cut and get sufficiently lean before bulking, because this will improve the ratio of muscle to fat gain, but that idea is not supported by evidence.