Is it even possible to add 4Lbs of lean muscle in just two weeks?
Two weeks ago I was an even 180 and today my weight is 184.
I don't feel like I gained fat as nothing in that area seems different, but even with my hard work in the gym I can't see how I put on 4Lbs lean muscle in just two weeks.
I mean, that's not even possible is it?
Water weight maybe? My calories are well below what I burn in a day so how in the hell did I gain 4 Lbs?
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10-28-2009, 09:30 PM #1Registered User
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Is it Possible to add 4Lbs lean muscle in 2 weeks?
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10-28-2009, 10:11 PM #2Registered User
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I don't think so, no. I remember reading in Men's Health that the average bodybuilder will gain 3-5 lbs. of muscle per year. Sometimes there will be the freaks who gain go 5-7 lbs....but not more than that.
It could be that you're retaining some water, it happens a lot. Especially if there is a lot of sodium in your diet. There a lot a supplements that tend to cause you to retain water as well.What we do in life...echoes in Eternity!
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10-28-2009, 10:15 PM #3Nihilist
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Weight can fluctuate based on all sorts of things. You could have gained some muscle, but it is also possible that you gained a little bit of fat, increased glycogen storage from eating carbs, water retention etc. Probably a combination of all of the above.Originally Posted by hensley258
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10-28-2009, 11:17 PM #4Master Roshi
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Don't forget the contents of your stomach and bowels. You can fluctuate a few pounds there, tooOriginally Posted by Karl_Hungus
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10-29-2009, 12:50 AM #5Registered User
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Are you related to Casey Viator?Originally Posted by hensley258
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10-29-2009, 02:12 AM #6Registered User
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nope.......... not for you........
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10-29-2009, 02:14 AM #7Originally Posted by hensley258
I gained 4 lbs in one DAY...from eating at Olive Garden. As mentioned above your sodium and carb intake will affect water weight.Obsession is a word used by the weak to describe the dedicated
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10-29-2009, 03:38 AM #8Originally Posted by hensley258
just go take a bit dump. You'll lose 4lbs.
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10-29-2009, 03:46 AM #9Registered User
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Originally Posted by hensley258
More than likely water weight or food still floating around in your digestive tract.
A 3-5 pound variation is not unusual in this circumstance.....heck, my weight easily varies around 3 - 5 pounds which is why I only weigh myself on occasion and go primarily by what I see in the mirror.
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10-29-2009, 02:33 PM #10Registered User
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I sure can't be because of carbs. I'm on a tight Keto diet and keep my carb grams below 10 a day.
Maybe all this damn meat and fat I am eating is causing a rise in sodium level. This diet is high in salt.
Then again given that this Keto diet has me so damn constipated that I am bloating up because I can't take a crap.
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10-30-2009, 02:03 PM #11Registered User
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I don't know how you gained the weight, but one thing I do know - you didn't gain 4 lbs. of muscle in one or two weeks. No way. Muscles are microscopically torn during exercise, and it's when they're rebuilt through diet and rest that one gains muscle, but it can be a glacially slow process, so it takes time.
I agree with the other posters. It's probably water weight. Or if you ate some bad stuff, it could conceivably be carbs or protein stored as fat in the intestinal area.Whatever you feed - grows. Whatever you starve - dies.
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10-30-2009, 03:08 PM #12Registered User
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.......or your usin' a stack similar to a top level I.F.B.B. pro! LMAOOriginally Posted by Arnoldfan
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10-30-2009, 03:16 PM #13Registered User
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10-30-2009, 03:34 PM #14SRSGRL'S #1 FAN
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in 52 weeks yes, 2 weeks no
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10-30-2009, 08:19 PM #15Registered User
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Maybe if you had surgery and the surgeon accidentally left a 4 pound steak inside of you.
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10-30-2009, 08:23 PM #16I've never seen anyone gain 4lbs of lbm in two weeks.......never.....Originally Posted by hensley258
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10-30-2009, 08:40 PM #17Old as dirt...
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That would be one big arse steak! More like a roast.........Originally Posted by Blenderate
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10-30-2009, 09:22 PM #18Registered User
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Your all wrong because right here on my free pouch of nitro tech hardcore it says "gain up to 8.4 lbs of lean muscle mass in just 14 days" so in two weeks you brah's are gonna be mirin my gains. u mad?Originally Posted by Old-Time-Lifter
That would be one big arse steak! More like a roast.........
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10-31-2009, 05:46 AM #19Registered User
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A quart of water weighs two pounds. if you really want to keep tabs on your gains, weigh in every day at the same time, same conditions (ie just after you pee in the AM) get a ten day average, and work from there.
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10-31-2009, 11:07 AM #21When in doubt, mumble
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took me 14 months on TRT to put on 4 lbs of lbm, so I would say the answer is no.
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10-31-2009, 11:29 AM #22Registered User
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Four pounds of lean muscle in two weeks? I don't think so. But if you develop the regimen, box it up and sell it, you'll make millions!
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10-31-2009, 11:33 AM #23Powerlifting in disguise
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Sorry guys.....dont mean to come in here and stir the pot.
But I would never say that anything is impossible. It might just be very rare.
My situation is one some of you may be familiar with. I will gladly explain it if need be but I have done it so many times, unless someone asks, I'll just give you the stats.
You asked 4 lbs in 2 week which would be an average of 2 lbs per week.
I actually exceeded this by a good margin. I gained over 30 lbs in 10 weeks. YES LBM. (No AAS or PH)
But I really only count it as 20lbs over 8 weeks because I dont count the first 10 lbs I gained back after my accident because my weight was artificially low and much of the first 10 lbs was probably depleted glycogen.
So being more conservative,(not counting the first 10 lbs I gained) I gained 20lbs of scale weight AND dropped 3%bf in 8 weeks. That is a LBM mass gain of about 26 lbs in 8 weeks or just about 3.25lbs / week.
I will say that my case is probably rare...and has a lot to do with muscle memory, but I am here to say that it can happen and is not totally impossible.
I have now been back training 6 months. Obviously my gains have slowed and I can not continue to gain at this pace that I did at first, or even close to it. But I have gained about 7 more lbs since. This puts me at over 30 lbs in 6 months (40lbs if you count me starting from my artificially low weight after my accident). My gains will be hard fought from here on out I am sure.Last edited by induced_drag; 10-31-2009 at 11:36 AM.
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10-31-2009, 11:52 AM #24When in doubt, mumble
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You must have natural high levels, it would take me very high doses of AAs to achieve that in two years or more.
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