Average Monthly Muscle Gain

[ragehammer]

As far as anyone implying "you can't build muscle at a certain age" i'd like to present you this link.


http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/pasco.htm

[Bando]

Relax
weight lifting is part of the game.
Some people goals are build and strength gain
Nothing asinine about that

pics

[freebirdmac]

"You must spread some reputation around before giving it to Oldsuperman again"

Covered.

[freebirdmac]

As far as anyone implying "you can't build muscle at a certain age" i'd like to present you this link.


http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/pasco.htm

Dang! Another impressive example.

[BuckSpin]

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/pasco.htm

Awesome.

[grace_ou]

Well somebody forgot to tell me how old I was and that I cain't add alot of muscle mass in a year,,, maybe if I had known,,this wouldn't have happen..


110 kind of an older pic..


Most current pic I have my avi,,, 150 to 145

Now the majority of my muscle gains have been in about the last 8 months..(maybe a year I'm not very good at tracking things) when I switched from volume and endurance training to mass building and strength training. Powerlifting.. I would guess I've gained about 30 to 35lbs of muscle.. I'm still adding mass but it's slower now.. no I don't take anything other then legal supps.

[namtrag]

you guys are amazing.

It's good genetics, which I must not have, because I have gained at most 10 lbs of muscle since I started lifting almost 4 years ago

[JC480]

you guys are amazing.

It's good genetics, which I must not have, because I have gained at most 10 lbs of muscle since I started lifting almost 4 years ago

Well, I think you were also eating a calorie restrictive diet to lose fat as well weren't you? Losing fat + gaining muscle is a horribly slow process...albeit very healthy and tends to be a more permanent change.

I would also suspect that you gained more than 10 lbs as muscle density can change without growing alot in size.

[namtrag]

possibly, I am still struggling with the fat loss!

I need to stay out of this thread, I can't relate to people who want to gain weight, no matter if it's lean or not!

[unclemick]

I started lifting a little over 3 months ago with the "you could look like this in 90 days" keeping space in my head. Now 3 months later I just don't look like that LMAO!! But.......I've lost 12 lbs (down to 194 now), I notice when showering that my body feels ALLOT tighter, and my average blood sugar has gone from about 140 down to around 100 (I'm a type 2 diabetic). Am I ever going to get huge? Most probably not but I DO look and feel allot better so for me it's worth the 6 hours a week I put in and if I gain 5 lbs of muscle this year it will be 5 more than I had when I started. Thanks to my friend Putt for getting me started on this and THANKS TO THE PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM for putting their knowledge up for all of us to share!! The progress pictures help allot to us newer people to keep us going so thank you for those also!!

Thank you guys and ladies,
Mick

[grace_ou]

possibly, I am still struggling with the fat loss!

I need to stay out of this thread, I can't relate to people who want to gain weight, no matter if it's lean or not!

Idk if it's that they want to but if it is easier to gain muscle when ya eat for it.. but there's no reason why you need to gain much fat.. personally I think you should only eat slightly over your cal needs when bulking. I've been doing bulk cycles followed by cutting for a few weeks and then back to bulking and leaning out agin..I believe it's helped me add muscle faster then I would have on say a recomp or lean bulk.. but I just that to get me a solid foundation .. aka the bulk of my mass.. now I'm working on leaning out a little more (I think I need to be around 140) while still adding some strength and muscle gains..though I expect them to come at a much slower rate now. LOL I did have to go threw a bit of a chubbiness on my first bulk..

This is from my first bulk and I weighted in at 150 here to but I didn't have as much near as much muscle here..LOL this though is the pic everyone likes best! Apparently men like it when girls are ... shall we say soft and curvy?? I got hit on more at this phase then any other point.

[oldsuperman]

Idk if it's that they want to but if it is easier to gain muscle when ya eat for it.. but there's no reason why you need to gain much fat.. personally I think you should only eat slightly over your cal needs when bulking. I've been doing bulk cycles followed by cutting for a few weeks and then back to bulking and leaning out agin..I believe it's helped me add muscle faster then I would have on say a recomp or lean bulk.. but I just that to get me a solid foundation .. aka the bulk of my mass.. now I'm working on leaning out a little more (I think I need to be around 140) while still adding some strength and muscle gains..though I expect them to come at a much slower rate now. LOL I did have to go threw a bit of a chubbiness on my first bulk..

This is from my first bulk and I weighted in at 150 here to but I didn't have as much near as much muscle here..LOL this though is the pic everyone likes best! Apparently men like it when girls are ... shall we say soft and curvy?? I got hit on more at this phase then any other point.

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MMMMMmmmmm...... Bulking never looked soooo good!

[SP1966]

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MMMMMmmmmm...... Bulking never looked soooo good!

LOL, now there is a bulk diet I could enjoy!

[grace_ou]

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MMMMMmmmmm...... Bulking never looked soooo good!

LOL, now there is a bulk diet I could enjoy!

LOL, I get more comments on bulk pics then I do on leaner ones!

[freebirdmac]

Idk if it's that they want to but if it is easier to gain muscle when ya eat for it.. but there's no reason why you need to gain much fat.. personally I think you should only eat slightly over your cal needs when bulking. I've been doing bulk cycles followed by cutting for a few weeks and then back to bulking and leaning out agin..I believe it's helped me add muscle faster then I would have on say a recomp or lean bulk.. but I just that to get me a solid foundation .. aka the bulk of my mass.. now I'm working on leaning out a little more (I think I need to be around 140) while still adding some strength and muscle gains..though I expect them to come at a much slower rate now. LOL I did have to go threw a bit of a chubbiness on my first bulk..

You've got to understand, namtrag does not respond like the rest of us. Hopefully with his new doc and new trainer he'll see the results he wants.

[OnkarUK]

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Now thats the kinda inspiration i need..

[grace_ou]

You've got to understand, namtrag does not respond like the rest of us. Hopefully with his new doc and new trainer he'll see the results he wants.

Well everyone responds differently and we all have to find what works best for us individually.. I wasn't aiming the comments at him so to speak just explaining what worked for me...ya know...

[grace_ou]

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Now thats the kinda inspiration i need..

Thanks.. it's a learning process.. I'm still learning but making improvements as I go.

[ironwill2008]

It never ceases to amaze me on the forum, those that seem to give out the most advice and go for the negative approach, are always missing the avatar with no pic's. Yet they post astronomical lifting stats like "400 lb squat", "500 lb bench"!

And when they're called on their lack of avatar, stats, progress pics, or anything else that gives them any credibility, all you get is lame excuses.

[Derek.c]

I can honestly say in my op that 25 pounds of muscle gain in 1 year for a newbie is not hard to do I did it . I started back a year ago at 250 and 35-38 % bodyfat lifting and could not see my feet I now weigh in at a average 237 and I would say I am in the 17% or lower area .

[Xyphis]

I'm just trying to envision someone training their @$$ off every week to gain less than an ounce of muscle on their entire frame.

Even less in February!

Can't wait for a leap year when I can really pack on the milligrams!