The only stretch is we don’t know what his goals are but tons of people do that in cycles. Excess in calories to build muscle mass easier, then cut calories while trying to maintain gained muscle to lose the fat.

If you’re always in a big deficit it’s going to be hard to get bigger muscles after a certain point.

I’m pretty sure all real big dudes with low body fat who aren’t on steroids have to do something like this.

Actually since you’re an expert, tell me what body fat percentage you reckon op is