Ok, how THE HELL did I put on 4KG of (supposedly) muscle in 3 weeks?

[RC2008]

WTF. Well, I'm happy, and concerned at the same time. I stated bulking 3 weeks and 2 days ago, with 1000 alories above maintainance. At the begining of the bulk, I went on Creatine Monohydrate. Bodyfortress capsules (apparently ****), and responded pretty good to it. My lifts were better, I felt stronger etc. About a week after I used Body Fortress I swtiched to one sent to me for free by a company from whom I bought a tub of protein from. I've been on it for 5 training sessions exactly, and havent used it on off days.

Now, 3.2 weeks into my bulk (of some serious toil, eating every 3 hours, eating super clean, and reaonable macro splitting), I have gained...4KG? I just weighed myself in my birthday suit, right on waking, hungry as ****, after pissing twice, and with a clean bowel. 72kg from 68. In 3 weeks and 2 days. And here's the funny part:






I AM leaner. My abs are extremely visible. All 6 of them. 7 and 8 are popping out in fact. Hard as ever. I *look* bigger.

Question: How much of it could be water weight? Have I REALLY put on 4KG of solid muscle in 3 weeks?

[Blindead]

If you ate 1000 calories above maintenance and gained 9 pounds in 3 weeks either you're really new to lifting or you gained fat. You might look leaner because you're cutting subcutaneous, your abs have gotten more muscular, or some other wierd reason.

[determined4000]

creatine makes you retain water too

[RC2008]

If you ate 1000 calories above maintenance and gained 9 pounds in 3 weeks either you're really new to lifting or you gained fat. You might look leaner because you're cutting subcutaneous, your abs have gotten more muscular, or some other wierd reason.

I've been lifting for a year. Since then I've cut, lifted initially for the 1st 5 months with terrible nutrition, and a few more with ok nutrition, but I only really started bulking "properly" around 3 weeks ago. The key thing to rememebr is what my weight was 3 weeks ago. 68KG. I changed my weight on here after weighting myself after workout with shoes and a few small clothes; a vest, shoes and shorts, after drinking a ton of water, and with a bursting bladder. I was 74.1kg then. I just did a rough estimate. I knew I was wrong obviously, but now?

creatine makes you retain water too

Up to how many KG of water? 1KG? 2KG? 3KG? And in the morning on waking and pissing twice, and taking a ****?

[haz_pro]

I think he meant retain water in the muscles, i could be wrong though.

I personally heard it makes you piss allot lol.

[RC2008]

I think he meant retain water in the muscles, i could be wrong though.

I personally heard it makes you piss allot lol.

Yeah I know he meant that. I wans just saying I'd lost a ton of fluids anyways in the morning.

[timhet]

Yeah, water weight dude.

The more food you eat, the more water your body stores. Thats why people automatically lose a couple kilos as soon as they start a low carb/low calorie diet. Then after a couple weeks, the weight loss slows down to normal.

The same happens when bulking. If you go from a deficit diet to a surplus diet, then you will automatically pack on a few kilos of water.

[rude boy]

it's not added size. it's tight t-shirt syndrome