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The numbers look good enough. Your protein calculations should ideally be based on muscle mass and not body weight, but it's not worth doing all that, just overestimate by a fair margin and you'll be good. Get on BCAAs and creatine if you are not on it already, you'll need it for the cut.
The psychological process of cutting sucks. Your lifts go down in weight, tired and hungry all the time, etc. I am 78kg (170lbs) at 14% body fat right now, which is by sane measures "healthy" but I'd need to get around 10% or below for visible abs and a more "aesthetic face" I am really dreading the process of starting a cut, I feel great right now, high energy levels, plenty of physical strength, etc. I don't even know if it will be worth looking marginally better.
But you definitely need to cut if you are 77kg at greater than 17%bf (assuming your height is below 6'2).
Well, the leaner you are, the harder it must be to cut, as you have to steer your metabolism away from the muscles and towards the remaining body fat. If I ever get to 14% at 78kg I think I'll be ecstatic.
I do. I don't trust my Chinese smart scale too much, but its figures match what I see in the mirror
Assuming your height is around 5-10-6'1, given your current stats. It should be possible 1.5 years from now for you to achieve 14% at 78kg. I'm overestimating a bit because you are 37 and if you can't do 7 pullups, some foundation needs to be laid. Expect around 3 bulk-cut cycles.
It's not a bad place to be, but bodybuilding is a bottomless pit. First, you want the bicep definition, then you want the bicep mass, then you want the mass and definition, then you want the popping bicep vein, then you want the popping bicep vein without a pump, then you want the vein to be visible from a mile away.
A lot of bodybuilders have body dysmorphia but in the opposite direction as teenage females, they think they are too small. lol
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