I cant remember if u can gain 2lbs a week or a month, I’m pretty sure its a month, correct? So in a year its like 24lbs.
Am I right.
[quote]delux0 wrote:
I cant remember if u can gain 2lbs a week or a month, I’m pretty sure its a month, correct? So in a year its like 24lbs.
Am I right.
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.5-1lb/week if you have everything right(routine,diet,etc). so 2-4lbs in a week is the standard I always hear quoted.
Probably more than 4 and probably less than 14. Seriously, there are limits, but everybody’s different. If you start attaching numbers to you progress right away you’ll either wind up frustrated or underachieving.
theres no way u can gain 1 lb of muscle per week. That would be 52lbs of muscle per year. I think you should look at it more on how much u can gain a year, as muscle gain is not linear. I would say in a year you should be able to put on 6-12 lbs of muscle, after your newbie gains have slowed down.
In “Starting Strength”, Marc Rippetoe says that many of his students can put on 30 lbs of muscle in 6 months. That’s slightly more that a lb per week. That’s probably the limit except in genetic freaks. He didn’t say what these students did in their second 6 month period but I expect it substantially less, probably closer to the 6-12 per year that you mentioned.
[quote]playmaker08 wrote:
theres no way u can gain 1 lb of muscle per week. That would be 52lbs of muscle per year. I think you should look at it more on how much u can gain a year, as muscle gain is not linear. I would say in a year you should be able to put on 6-12 lbs of muscle, after your newbie gains have slowed down.[/quote]
I gained at least 40 lean pounds in less than 2 years in the early 90’s. This is what I mean. Now this guy is liable to think he’s necessarily doing something wrong if he doesn’t gain a certain amount or be satisfied with 6-12 lbs in a year when he may be able to get more. I do agree he should view his gains more long term.
if you eat clean, enough, and work out hard, i don’t see why you cant put on at LEAST a solid 20lbs lean muscle in a year. probably more. just gotta stick with it.
It’s different for everybody, I gained 70lbs in under a year, how much of it was pure muscle? Who knows? Am I getting stronger? Yes, and that’s all that should matter.
1 pound per week
only under optimal conditions :
Food : ok , rest : ok , perfect workouts
Anyone who starts throwing out numbers better be pretty certain from real observations and not what they read by some author. This question needs to be qualified, in your first year? 10 years down the road? Some guys are putting on 50+ lbs there first year trianing, 5 lbs would be fantastic for a top level bodybuilder, it would be pathetic for a beginner.
Somebody should have told me I could only gain 6-12 lbs of muscle this past year so I could have slowed down.
The weight gained (even lean weight, no fat) isn’t all muscle. You’ll have muscle, water, glycogen, etc.
So if you start with 10% BF, gain 20 lbs. and end with 10% BF…you’ve gained some muscle, some water/glycogen, and a some fat.
If you start with 10% BF, gain 20 lbs., and end with 8% BF…you’ve gained some muscle, some water/glycogen, and less fat than the above example.
there is no magic number.
I’m a newbie. I’ve put on about 10lbs of MASS in 8 weeks.
I’m not looking as lean as I was but my pants still fit and my lifts have gone up so I could not have put on more than 1:1 ratio of muscle to fat (I hope).
So 5lbs of MUSCLE in 8 weeks = .625 per week.
I have stopped gaining though. That is, gaining muscle is not linear.
If I gained for 32 weeks of the year (60%) then 20lbs sounds about right for a GOAL TO AIM FOR.
Fastest I have put on muscle was about 5 lbs in 2 weeks and 10lbs in 4 weeks. This was year after 1 year and 3 respectively. I was really diled in those weeks though.
I’m pretty sure around 20-25 pounds would be a goal to shoot for, and probably the maximum you could reasonably expect. I’m wondering how much an aas user could put on in that time frame? Anyone have any insight?
[quote]Defekt wrote:
I’m wondering how much an aas user could put on in that time frame? Anyone have any insight? [/quote]
According to Steve Turano only one pound per week if you’re not an AAS user…This guy is NOT a Phd,but still he seems to be very proficient I like his videos very much
I hate questions like this… they serve no purpose and can only hinder training and progress.
Don’t put limits on yourself and just work real hard.
About a year and maybe 3 months ago i weighed around 140 and now i am around 170 or something around there since it fluctuates. It’s definately not all muscle since my stomach has some more flab on it, but i have seen notable difference in certain body parts like legs.
I can see that some people on this thread seem to be missing the key concept of periodisation.
Physiologically I believe that it is possible to increase muscle mass by substantially more than 1 pound of muscle per week. Does this however mean that I believe we can do this year round?
Well of course not,It is very evident that begginners especially can have extended periods of muscular growth however this is because they are physiologically more primed to do so.
Advanced trainees are still capable of increasing muscle mass at these fast weekly rates but only when these weeks are meticulously planned over months. Hypothetically they could achieve 2 lbs of growth in a week but this would be achieved after perhaps a month of work capacity, body alignment, and maximum strength training.
People are tending to limit themselves to much on this thread. If you shoot for the moon and miss you can still land among the stars.
Long Live The Bodyscience
[quote]Kalle wrote:
I hate questions like this… they serve no purpose and can only hinder training and progress.
Don’t put limits on yourself and just work real hard. [/quote]
There IS a validity to the question though, if someone puts on a ton of weight very quickly it might be more fat than muscle. Some people carry fat a lot better than others and can put on 10-20 pounds very easily without it particularly making them look much fatter(especially if they’ve also put on some good muscle in the same time).
This can be a problem, don’t you think? especially for a beginner, doubly so when it is compounded with a general attitude of “eat a fucking ton of food!” that is often found around here.
I absolutely agree with you, for the most part, don’t get me wrong. I just think that there is a certain validity in knowing, very roughly where the high and lows are on the spectrum of feasible weight gains. For a beginner, to help them understand putting on fat versus putting on muscle, how you look versus how your body is functioning…etc.
But it is a slippery slope, and outside of a very broad and rough ‘idea’ of what is and isn’t realistic, I would never encourage someone picking apart this information too much(unless it is their job to do so of course)