I'm 6'0 and weigh at 176 right now with about 14% body fat.

I want to be lean at around 170-172 so how much more mass in terms of pounds would I have to gain to start cutting? And how long (working out 4 times a week) should I be cutting for?

You're asking like there's only one solution for everybody.

cut till u done with losing weight

gain muscle until lean at 172

np men

do u know why u would do a cut?

first answer this

Simple, take what you eat now and eat less, depending on how much less you eat will determine the rate of the loss, to much can be detrimental. Should also note that your goal is a loss of 6 pounds so pay attention to water weight as you could cut 6 pounds of water weight in a day.

if you're 14% body fat, you probably need to lose more than 5 lbs....

give pics

This post was edited by rsm on Jan 1 2016 03:51am

you could always just slow bulk for an entire year then cut 3-4 months next spring,

stop worrying about the numbers, everybody is different

Numbers mean shit, post pics.

-nvm-

This post was edited by ChowYunFat on Jan 1 2016 03:43pm

This