How much pounds per week....

[CraigMarduk]

...is healthy to gain? i gained 3 pounds in a week... !!

[Aftershock]

How much of it was muscle? Water? Fat? Food? Also how long have you been working out?

[CraigMarduk]

How much of it was muscle? Water? Fat? Food? Also how long have you been working out?

i'm not sure what kind of fat it is..but i ate all but healthy foods all week...massive amounts of it...i just started this week lol

[Great wanderer]

...is healthy to gain? i gained 3 pounds in a week... !!

Good, but it can't last very long. Don't get disappointed because it will soon slow down to 3 pounds per month or below. Unless you lift some serious weights or 2 pounds per month is still unachieveable after half year... (24 pounds a year?) Remember who grow bigger the fastest are strongmen and powerlifters (240+ lb at 6ft tall, natural), not average fitness bodybuilders (sub-200lb 6ft, natural).

You grow fastest usually at the time you first go to gym -- and your strength also goes up fastest. Second wave of growth is when you start lifting heavy.

To keep growing, lift heavy and train for strength. You get stronger in 1RM will probably lead to a higher 8RM, thus increase the loading in your muscle hypertrophy training, and only in this way you can keep getting bigger.

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Are strongmen and powerlifters just fat?

http://www.pudzian.pl/english/mariusz.php#

Strongman Pudzian takes that super supplement of course, as he is a competitor, point to notice is that he is not fat.

And IFBB pro johnnie jackson is a PL'er

http://www.muscletech.com/PROFILES/J..._Jackson.shtml

And also Ronnie Coleman (still!) has some big numbers in PL lifts.

[Jason.H]

Good, but it can't last very long. Don't get disappointed because it will soon slow down to 3 pounds per month or below. Unless you lift some serious weights or 2 pounds per month is still unachieveable after half year... (24 pounds a year?) Remember who grow bigger the fastest are strongmen and powerlifters (240+ lb at 6ft tall, natural), not average fitness bodybuilders (sub-200lb 6ft, natural).

You grow fastest usually at the time you first go to gym -- and your strength also goes up fastest. Second wave of growth is when you start lifting heavy.

To keep growing, lift heavy and train for strength. You get stronger in 1RM will probably lead to a higher 8RM, thus increase the loading in your muscle hypertrophy training, and only in this way you can keep getting bigger.

-----
Are strongmen and powerlifters just fat?

http://www.pudzian.pl/english/mariusz.php#

Strongman Pudzian takes that super supplement of course, as he is a competitor, point to notice is that he is not fat.

And IFBB pro johnnie jackson is a PL'er

http://www.muscletech.com/PROFILES/J..._Jackson.shtml

And also Ronnie Coleman (still!) has some big numbers in PL lifts.

Weight gain is more related to diet than training. If you're not eating enough, you wont gain weight... period. And you can gain 1-2lbs a week for as long as you like as long as you keep upping the calories.

[Aftershock]

i'm not sure what kind of fat it is..but i ate all but healthy foods all week...massive amounts of it...i just started this week lol

Sorry but in a week and with that attitude... Zero muscle was gained if I had to guess.

[SuperDaveJr.]

If it's under 4lbs. then it's possible to gain all muscle. 2-3 is good when bulking.

[CraigMarduk]

yup im bulking