Thibs New Training Questions #4

[quote]timmcbride00 wrote:
CT,
In this article:

You mention this…

In relation to HTH methods, I believe you mentioned that you thought the amount of muscle that could be built was more than you originally thought. Can you give us any updated averages per week of possible muscle tissue gain under best circumstances with appropriate recovery and HTH training?[/quote]

Over a a yearly average, I still believe that 26lbs of muscle in a year is about the most a non-beginner can build…

But keep in mind that this is DRY MUSCLE WEIGHT… and in that regard, 26lbs is HUGE. Understand that muscle is 70% water and roughly 25% protein tissue. So a gain of 26lbs in MUSCLE TISSUE could weight as much as 78lbs on the scale!!! In reality though it is closer to 50lbs.

So I totally stand by my original comment that you can build roughly 0.25 to 0.5lbs of dry muscle weight per week. Which can translate into scale weight gains of 0.5 - 1lbs per week… and up to 1.5lbs per week without fat gains… ON AVERAGE.

One thing that has changed in my belief is the way the body can add muscle.

What I did when I wrote the article was look at the most muscular body weight gained in a year that I have seen, then made a weekly average from it. This obviously assumes a linear muscle growth, which never occurs.

In reality muscle growth comes in spurs. You might gain a lot of muscle in a very short period of time then stabilize for a few months. So while the weekly average stands on a yearly basis; in a reality you might gain 3lbs per week for 3-4 weeks, than stabilize for 8 weeks, or something like that. That is always how I personally progressed… I’ll gain a lot of muscle fast for up to 6 week than stay at that level for a while.