Gaining One Pound a Week for a Year?

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[quote]laro83 wrote:
I gained 40 lbs in 6 months eating clean and a lot of it. Of course it is my first 6 months working out like crazy. I’m not ripped or anything but I am happy with my results so far there are pics in the profile.
I see no reason to limit yourself at all. [/quote]

You have made great progress for 6 months (if the comparison in your profile shows a 6 month period).

But sorry it’s clearly impossible, you’re only allowed to gain 5lbs of muscle in 6 months. You’ll have to go back and start over :stuck_out_tongue:

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[quote]eigieinhamr wrote:
laro83 wrote:
I gained 40 lbs in 6 months eating clean and a lot of it. Of course it is my first 6 months working out like crazy. I’m not ripped or anything but I am happy with my results so far there are pics in the profile.
I see no reason to limit yourself at all.

You have made great progress for 6 months (if the comparison in your profile shows a 6 month period).

But sorry it’s clearly impossible, you’re only allowed to gain 5lbs of muscle in 6 months. You’ll have to go back and start over :p[/quote]

Agreed…and let me say how arrogant he must be to simply bypass the preset guidelines that we all must adhere to. I mean, who does he think he is?! The rest of us are making damn sure we ONLY gain .35lbs of muscle a month and this IDIOT goes and gains several times that!?

You can’t break the LAWS of nature, young man!!! How do you think that makes the rest of us look?

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i hate the laws of nature…because of them, peter parker would’ve gotten a very infected hand and probably have to amputate it, instead of becoming spiderman. And I will never be able to punch a hole through a reinforced concrete wall no matter how hard i try =((

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[quote]That One Guy wrote:
i hate the laws of nature…because of them, peter parker would’ve gotten a very infected hand and probably have to amputate it, instead of becoming spiderman. And I will never be able to punch a hole through a reinforced concrete wall no matter how hard i try =(([/quote]

They have to be obeyed or people might get tooooo hyooge

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lol.

[quote]eigieinhamr wrote:
But sorry it’s clearly impossible, you’re only allowed to gain 5lbs of muscle in 6 months. You’ll have to go back and start over :p[/quote]

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[quote]Sabastian525 wrote:
This is getting ridiculous.

I used to believe “you can only do this or that”. I used to believe you could stay lean and bulk, gain muscle and lose fat. I used to be a small bastard too. No coincidence there.

For the first two years of my trained life, I stagnated in the gym and didn’t gain shit. Maybe a few pounds here or there. Newbie CNS strength increases of course, but no muscle volume. Plateaus kicked in early and hard.

I was just skinny and weak, afraid to eat cause I might lose my definition, unable to think clearly that there in fact was no definition without muscle, no growth without growth!

Two years to learn one lesson.

Seven months ago, I saw a picture of Frank Zane that kicked my ass into gear. I have gained more than 40 pounds in seven months. If you do the math, I’m on pace to surpass 52 pounds in a year. Oh noes but that’s impossible!!!

7-site caliper measurements put me at 190 @12% in March. I’m currently at 234@18% in October. Do the math, that’s 25 pounds of muscle, 19 pounds of fat. OMG fat eww!!!

Look, if a strong old guy like Dan John can drop 19 pounds of flab in a month, can’t a young guy with skinny genetics do it even easier?

I’ve also added 100 pounds to my bench, 140 pounds to my deadlift, and vastly improved my cardiovascular health thanks to the stairmill. What, but fat makes your cardio health worse?!!

Sure in the long term, for sedentary people! Look, I’ve gained more muscle in seven months than I would have gained in seven YEARS by actually eating!

I’m just sick of it. It makes me extra sad that I used to think this way. IF you want to get bigger, lift heavy and eat all the damn time. I eat at the desk, in the car, in the bathroom, all the time. If you haven’t thrown up from overeating, you don’t really know how much you can eat.

THAT’S a rant for you.

-Sab[/quote]

Awesome post.

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I guess this does away with most peoples excuses…

I have more, if you are buying…1 excuse for $10.00 or 3 for $50.00.

You want a reason for not gaining size, I have them all. Come one, come all, excuses are like assholes, we all have one and they all smell like shit!!

Ummm, mine included by the way.

[quote]laro83 wrote:
I gained 40 lbs in 6 months eating clean and a lot of it. Of course it is my first 6 months working out like crazy. I’m not ripped or anything but I am happy with my results so far there are pics in the profile.
I see no reason to limit yourself at all. [/quote]

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[quote]Mega Newb wrote:
josh86 wrote:
Livefrom781 telling people that they should only expect 10lbs of muscle a year is really kind of ridiculous unless they are advanced. Limiting your expectations is a good way to limit your gains. You have admitted that your nutrition sucks, that could be why you can only gain 10lbs a year…

the sad thing is maybe 1 person in 100 out of lifters will even come close to putting on 10lbs of muscle in a year.[/quote]

It’s not that bad… is it???

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
18 inch arms in 5 years is “gifted”? lol on someone 5’8 maybe.

lol and im the genetic defect?

Do you have arms over 18"?

no theyre 17 cold, which even still seems small. ive been training 2 years seriously. by the time i hit 5 they better be a shitload bigger especially considering ill be jucing before the 5 year margin anyway.

So, you don’t have 18" arms yet you think getting 18" is “average”?

I know people with genetics that are decent who can’t get their arms that big. I also know mine were that size before 3 years had past.

Yes, if someone can build arms larger than 18" early on in their training, they are generally considered “gifted” when it comes to bodybuilding.

It doesn’t surprise me that you don’t know this. Most people should be able to get their arms to 17". Very few are going to get them past 18" and even fewer could get them past 20".[/quote]

That’s natural and fairly lean right?

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That’s a great point. A simple one or two month long diet should remove all that fat while you’re still left with 25lb of newly-earned muscle.

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Lets be real, it doesnt matter what is possible 2 do in a year in regards to muscle mass, we are all different. and even if we all followed the perfect diet and was trained by arnold we still couldnt garantee that number. You need to just concentrate on YOUR training and eating and forget whats possible because unless you get stuck in u aint getting nowhere! Train hard buddy, eat well and you will Grow!

dale

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It’s beyond me why anyone would even prefer to pigeonhole themselves. What are you gaining from that?

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the word inteligent needs to be removed from the marquee.

you guys are flat out ignorant.

lol@ people saying my arms wont ever get an inch bigger.

to the people saying you gained 70 lbs in a year or whatever. you havent been lifting long. if its your 3rd year lifting and youre claiming to have gained 40lbs ill say that i falt out dont believe you, or you didnt get shit done during the first 2. if its your first year ill say congragulations, you hit puberty. like this kid who’s 17 saying he gained 50lbs. thats fantastic bro 20 of it was from lifting the other was from filling out. shit you probaly grew 3 inches too, musta been the squats.

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[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
the word inteligent needs to be removed from the marquee.

you guys are flat out ignorant.

lol@ people saying my arms wont ever get an inch bigger.

to the people saying you gained 70 lbs in a year or whatever. you havent been lifting long. if its your 3rd year lifting and youre claiming to have gained 40lbs ill say that i falt out dont believe you, or you didnt get shit done during the first 2. if its your first year ill say congragulations, you hit puberty. like this kid who’s 17 saying he gained 50lbs. thats fantastic bro 20 of it was from lifting the other was from filling out. shit you probaly grew 3 inches too, musta been the squats.[/quote]

As long as you keep posting, maybe “intelligent” should be removed. No one said you won’t ever be able to gain another inch on your arms. None of us knows if you have the genetics for that and I doubt any of us really care what you do.

I do know that if you think it will be as easy reaching that extra inch as it was getting that initial spurt in growth, you are sadly mistaken.

I also know that 18" arms are not “average”. In the average gym today, there may be 5 people with arms that big and less than two with arms bigger than that. That goes for the dedicated lifters as well.

If we took a poll right now and people were actually truthful, how many people on this site do you think have arms bigger than 18" and are NOT obese?

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i dont know. but if i have arms as long as most people’s legs and i have 17" arms, i dont think it should be very difficult for others to achieve the same thing and at least be withen reasonable distance to 18"

i would also say most people in the gym have subpar size because as most of us know it isnt cool to be a bodybuilder anymore, its cool to be “functional”. and its impossible to be functional and be built like Louisianna Tech’s running back who can plow through the defensive line then break 4 tackles while a nosedive is on his back.

im still in awe at the amount of people who believe its possible to add 20 lbs of muscle a year but think adding an inch to arm size is an impossible feat. probaly why im so picky about who i choose to take advice from around here.

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[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:

i would also say most people in the gym have subpar size because as most of us know it isnt cool to be a bodybuilder anymore, its cool to be “functional”. and its impossible to be functional and be built like Louisianna Tech’s running back who can plow through the defensive line then break 4 tackles while a nosedive is on his back.
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actually…only T-Nation and 40 year old sedentary women have that “functional” training in mind. When i go to the gym, all the guys are doing traditional bodybuilding routines.

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[quote]That One Guy wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:

i would also say most people in the gym have subpar size because as most of us know it isnt cool to be a bodybuilder anymore, its cool to be “functional”. and its impossible to be functional and be built like Louisianna Tech’s running back who can plow through the defensive line then break 4 tackles while a nosedive is on his back.
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actually…only T-Nation and 40 year old sedentary women have that “functional” training in mind. When i go to the gym, all the guys are doing traditional bodybuilding routines.[/quote]

Same here. I don’t see most people, especially the ones making the most progress, worrying about TBT routines or how “functional” they are.

I also did not tell him that hitting 18" is impossible. I said it takes above average genetics for someone to have the ability in the first place. I say this because there are many people who have trained consistently for years who don’t have arms bigger than 18".

There may be 5 people on this ENTIRE website who have arms bigger than that…in fact, 5 is probably pushing it. While the reason may be anything from flat out laziness to training like a pussy, the fact still stands that few people in most gyms are walking around with arms closing in on 20".

It takes above average dedication to food intake and pushing the limits with the weight used to get that big and most people just don’t have it in them. They TALK like they do, but then they walk around 15" arms and they think that is an accomplishment.

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[quote]Sabastian525 wrote:
I’m just sick of it. It makes me extra sad that I used to think this way. IF you want to get bigger, lift heavy and eat all the damn time. I eat at the desk, in the car, in the bathroom, all the time. If you haven’t thrown up from overeating, you don’t really know how much you can eat.

THAT’S a rant for you.

-Sab[/quote]

Eat in the bathroom? What, do you wipe yourself with the sandwich? That’s just nasty Bro!

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lol if he gains 5x lbs in 1 year hed be considered extremely lucky if 15-20lbs were actual muscle, that weight will be gained way too fast and will mostly be fat, unless you have some sort of inhuman training regiment + juice

i dont get people that want to bulk up to 300 gajillion lbs and become fatasses, and people that set weight goals

how about you set goals for your weights instead, and try to increase your strenght without going up 500 weight classes

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20 and 18 are in different leauges.

i seriously doubt theres only 5 people on this site with 18 inch arms, theres more people than 5 who have arms that big at the gym i go to.

you never said i couldnt hit 18, there were a couple others who implied it.

i dont agree that you need above average genetics to hit that size though. i think you need above average genetics to hit 20, thats for sure. or drugs.

i dont know where you guys train either, but a shitload of people at my gym train “functionaly” and superset with 2 completely random exercises, pullups and squats, benching and cleans thats the freeweight side. then you look over to where most the machines are and theres people doing kettleball squat thrusts and bosu phoenix curls.

maybe sometime ill take a trip into your bizarro world where its an astounding feat to accomplish 18 inch arms yet everyone trains like a bodybuilder and can gain 20lbs of muscle a year.