How much water gains should you expect to gain on a bulk?

[Chuck2600]

I'm bulking and trying to minimize fat gains, my weight has gone up 4lbs in the past month. I've read that most people can only gain 2lbs of dry muscle per month, how much water weight do you gain with every lb of muscle?

[ANIMALISTIKZ]

40gs of glyocen per 100g of muscle tissue.

doing the math... 180g per of glycogen(like .4 lb ) per lb muscle mass

[bmay2]

40gs of glyocen per 100g of muscle tissue.

doing the math... 180g per of glycogen(like .4 lb ) per lb muscle mass

where did you get these numbers?

[ANIMALISTIKZ]

where did you get these numbers?

http://www.ironmagazine.com/viewarticle-3995.html

[Reloadguy]

After coming off my nearly zero carb cut, I've gained 12 pounds in the 2 weeks I've been clean bulking. Unless your binging, assume the sudden weight gain is water and not fat.

[EngUAFitness]

After coming off my nearly zero carb cut, I've gained 12 pounds in the 2 weeks I've been clean bulking. Unless your binging, assume the sudden weight gain is water and not fat.

damn. did u add carbs back too fast??

[Breaker10]

it varies a ton from person to person. some people barely gain any water, some gain kind of a lot. you also gain some fat usually. if you're gaining more than 2lbs a month, a lot of it is probably fat and water.

[Reloadguy]

damn. did u add carbs back too fast??

Pretty much, my body hadn't had a huge amount of carbs in over a year so I guess it's expected.

[Saintly]

After coming off my nearly zero carb cut, I've gained 12 pounds in the 2 weeks I've been clean bulking. Unless your binging, assume the sudden weight gain is water and not fat.

Judging from the mirror, how much fat would you guess you gained?

[Reloadguy]

Really hard to say since the amount of water I'm carrying is almost indistinguishable from fat. Maybe a couple of pounds? I'm certain though if I went low carb for 3-5 days I'd drop most of the weight.