How much muscle did you gain the in the first year of lifting? Beat my 25lb.

[ForeverPulling]

Gained like 15lb in first 6 months and 10lb in second 6 months. Also gained 5lb fat and 5lb water weight from creatine. So gained total 35lb, gone from 125lb to 160lb in the year.

I think the reason I was able to gain so much muscle was because I was so, so skinny and so lean when I began. I'm still skinny at 5ft 11, 160lb 10% BF.

How much did you gain? 25lb seems around the natty limit, haven't seen much more.

[anonymous]

Gained like 15lb in first 6 months and 10lb in second 6 months. Also gained 5lb fat and 5lb water weight from creatine. So gained total 35lb, gone from 125lb to 160lb in the year.

I think the reason I was able to gain so much muscle was because I was so, so skinny and so lean when I began. I'm still skinny at 5ft 11, 160lb 10% BF.

How much did you gain? 25lb seems around the natty limit, haven't seen much more.

I started lifting 3 and a half weeks ago and am 135lbs I gained 4lbs in that 3.5 weeks, only weight though

[Lastman13]

Pure muscle? No idea.

But I've gained 35 pounds in the last 8 months.

(inb4 noob gains)

[lynch0617]

40 pounds total, probably 30-35 muscle? Noob gains ftw

[Kaibusu]

From sophomore to junior year I went from 80 pounds to 120, probably was a little more than a year though so I'm not exactly sure

[Lastman13]

From sophomore to junior year I went from 80 pounds to 120, probably was a little more than a year though so I'm not exactly sure

How the hell did you weigh 80 pounds???

[ghettocandyman]

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time frame was like...6 months i think? maybe about 30 pounds?

[EuropeanHammer]

I went from 160 to 190 in exactly a year.

[stvrjohnson]

30+ pounds in one year, dont get a big ego...

[Stingray970]

When I joined my football team in June 2012, I weighed ~250lbs with ~35% BF.

Now, not yet a year later, I weigh 283lbs and have ~30% BF.

[TMac1993]

145 from senior year of wrestling to end of first year in college went to about 190.

[kirksofcuz]

No way to tell how much "muscle" you've gained... but you can tell how much LBM you've gained if you knew your BF% before and now.

[RussianGerman]

Ok fatty

[ForeverPulling]

No way to tell how much "muscle" you've gained... but you can tell how much LBM you've gained if you knew your BF% before and now.

I did. 10% at 125lb and 10% at 160lb. That equates to 4lb of fat gained, although I also gained around 3lb creatine water weight, so more like 28lb muscle in 1 year= just over 2lb/month.

[ForeverPulling]

Ok fatty

Lol, not sure who that's aimed at.

This was my pic 1 month into lifting:

Not hard to gain 28lb mass when you look like that.

[Kaibusu]

How the hell did you weigh 80 pounds???

Never did any physical activity really and my parents don't allow me to eat very much

[kirksofcuz]

I did. 10% at 125lb and 10% at 160lb. That equates to 4lb of fat gained, although I also gained around 3lb creatine water weight, so more like 28lb muscle in 1 year= just over 2lb/month.

There are more variables in weight gain than just fat and water. Organs, blood, bones, muscle and skin all come in to play. Which is why no one can definitively say that what they've gained is "pure muscle" . You subtract your bodyfat, and what is left over is your lean body mass. That's about as close as you can get to determining how much muscle mass you've gained, and even then it isn't very accurate. Lean body mass is everything besides your fat.

[gunabodybuild]

Gained like 15lb in first 6 months and 10lb in second 6 months. Also gained 5lb fat and 5lb water weight from creatine. So gained total 35lb, gone from 125lb to 160lb in the year.

I think the reason I was able to gain so much muscle was because I was so, so skinny and so lean when I began. I'm still skinny at 5ft 11, 160lb 10% BF.

How much did you gain? 25lb seems around the natty limit, haven't seen much more.

how did you get these exact amounts measured?

[ForeverPulling]

There are more variables in weight gain than just fat and water. Organs, blood, bones, muscle and skin all come in to play. Which is why no one can definitively say that what they've gained is "pure muscle" . You subtract your bodyfat, and what is left over is your lean body mass. That's about as close as you can get to determining how much muscle mass you've gained, and even then it isn't very accurate. Lean body mass is everything besides your fat.

Sorry. Didn't clarify. LBM was 112.5lb, now it's 144lb. However an extra 3lb of creatine water weight was gained.

how did you get these exact amounts measured?

Caliper. Probably innacurate but at least I was consistent in my method of measurement.

[JuggernautGeoff]

I gained 100lbs in 2 years about 70 in that first year

[Powerlifter536]

Gained like 15lb in first 6 months and 10lb in second 6 months. Also gained 5lb fat and 5lb water weight from creatine. So gained total 35lb, gone from 125lb to 160lb in the year.

I think the reason I was able to gain so much muscle was because I was so, so skinny and so lean when I began. I'm still skinny at 5ft 11, 160lb 10% BF.

How much did you gain? 25lb seems around the natty limit, haven't seen much more.

From my 8th grade summer to the beginning of my freshman summer I went from 142-168. Bench press went from 155-230. Squat went from 255-380. I gained a total off 200 lbs combined bench and squat max. 26 lbs body weight. I did this naturally without any supplements. Only hard work in the weight room. I now am around 179-180 ad. Bench press 250 and I'm shooting to squat 405 within the next 2 weeks.

[Ttime101]

I started out at 114 5% bf and gained 22 lbs of muscle over the course of a year.

[CoolCoco]

From sophomore to junior year I went from 80 pounds to 120, probably was a little more than a year though so I'm not exactly sure

Keep eating please, I could curl you

[jz416]

Not sure about pure muscle cus i grew a ton in my first year as well, but i went from about 110 to 150. Now 6 months later im 165.

Just over 2 pounds a month every month, and ive stayed very lean. If i can continue like this for 5 more months, i will be a lean 5''11' 178 pounds.

That sounds pretty good for the summer.

[Kaibusu]

Keep eating please, I could curl you

I'm going at my own pace, I can curl myself too it's not a huge accomplishment

[danlsann]

I've gained 9lb in about 3 months.
Started around Halloween 12' at 116lb.
Now 125lb.
Aiming to be at least 135-140lb and still lean by end of the year, and depending on how I look, 145lb+ after that.

[TheSaltyAngus]

ive gained 17 in the last 5 weeks alone

[LiamChecks]

Gained 34 lbs in 9 months.

Honestly, bulked way too heavy for my first bodybuilding experience. Went from 165 to my current 199 - eating around 3400 calories each day. I went from about 13% to 17.5%

Definitely slowing it down! Haha