Do I bulk or cut?

3 times is fine you ass, let him do what he wants

Yeah but wouldnt cutting halt my strength development?

3 times a week is fine IF you are running a full body routine. Going 3 times a week and doing PPL or any other split is a waste of time.
Also you're not gonna see much progress in a month anyway breh

Ya didnt see it was just a month... a month is nothing, you've lifted 12 times so far...

it's the SS 3x5 compounds I've been running as I've been lead to believe the Strength training accelerates fat loss as opposed to a bro split/hypertrophy, only concern is the prog overload

Yes, aside from any technique improvements and / or CNS adaptations.

It's a dangerous path to just care about strength - you may end up permabulking. I have a friend who has been 30%+ bodyfat since his teens because he never wants to cut and see his lifts drop. I guess you need to decide what is more important for you, both in the long and the short term - the raw strength, or stuff being lower bodyfat brings like better hormonal balance, being able to run and fuck better and so on.

Just note that the more you stick to bulking, the longer it will take for you to cut down eventually.

You make a very strong point. Ill finish SS, do a hypertrophy cycle with maintanance calories and then straight up cup.

>for a month
Come back in 6 months you impatient POS.