I aint gaining weight

[Coldshot]

I've been bulking rather cleanly over the past 3 weeks. Been training hard but i dont seem to be putting on any weight. In fact i loss abit of wgt today.

The thing is i notice some muscle growth when looking at the mirror.

Is this normal? To gain muscle mass but to remain at the same weight?

 

[bishonen]

I've been bulking rather cleanly over the past 3 weeks. Been training hard but i dont seem to be putting on any weight. In fact i loss abit of wgt today.

The thing is i notice some muscle growth when looking at the mirror.

Is this normal? To gain muscle mass but to remain at the same weight?

You could be losing body fat, it could just be a water weight disparity, or you could have magical lighter-than-air muscles.

Give it some time and see how your progress goes.

 

[Baby Gorilla]

Inches aren't everything....

Doesn't that sound like innuendo?

Fact....if you eat right and train hard, you can't rely on numbers.

I lost body fat. Went from about 22% to 12%. I lost an inch on the arms and most anyplace else. I felt puny, but an honest look in the mirror showed veins popping out of my forearms, biceps, calves, and my six-pack started to show. My 14" arms depressed me, but a ripped 14" looks better than a fatty 16" anyday.

You might be overtraining....tearing down faster than you're building. Only you can be sure of that. If so, try working out less often each week (maybe 3 days instead of 5). I have to do that every now and then when I get burned out on 5 day/week training. I make gains, but spend longer workouts on training days. When that gets old, I go back to 5 day/week training and so forth.

You might not be eating enough. I'm on the MuscleNow program. If you aren't making gains, you up by 500 cal/day on intake and see what happens. You should have gains in either arm or chest measurements over time. If you are "bulking," you will put on some fat, but keep bulking until you add 2 inches to your waist. Then "cut" to get the fat off (drop 1,500 cal/day off the intake) until you get those 2 inches off and then up by 1,000 cal and see what happens. The program I use has pre-determined carb/protien loads for each meal.

Hope that helps some.

 

[MrMakaveli]

Depending on your history and stats and all there may be some deviation but EAT MORE!. Best advice I can give, I wasnt gaining either until I upped my cals significantly.

 

[Coldshot]

ok thanks for the advice guys.

I'm training only 3 times a week about 1.5hrs each time so i doubt i'm really over-training. But like baby gorilla mentioned i'm gaining vascularity. So i might be losing fats pretty fast.

I will try to eat more. its so hard at times esp when i'm bulking clean. My daily intake is around 3000-3500cals. I was experiencing constipation and runs from the increase intake in food. Kinda scared of eating now.

BTW, what is the MuscleNow program?

 

[lamp24]

what are your stats? height? weight? experience?

 

[T-800]

measure correctly and consistently. if after that, you really are not gaining weight, eat more.

 

[Baby Gorilla]

MuscleNow....

....BTW, what is the MuscleNow program?

If you go to www.MuscleNow.com, you can read up on it.

The guy spent over a decade trying most every legal supplement, diet, and training method out there just to eventually learn what the pros actually do. His program is based on getting your training and diet squared away so you maximize the body's natural anabolic potential.

I thought it was worth the money because so far evey good training and diet tip held in regard on this site is already in the book. If you don't know who to rely on for info, going to a source like this saves a lot of wasted time and money on gimicks that don't work.

 

[Coldshot]

what are your stats? height? weight? experience?

I'm hovering around 70kg, 5'10. Been training on and off for about 1 year. Wasnt serious until a few months ago. Started eating and pumping right.

 

[lamp24]

try eating like this....take in 2.5g - 3g of carbs per lb of body weight and 1.5g of protein per lb.....this is pretty much a no fail way to add some weight.......try getting some good fats in there but limit your fats so you dont gain bad weight......some nuts, natural peanut butter, flax oil, omega 3's, salmon.....stuff like that....hit some red meat and make sure your calories are nutritive calories not just calories for the sake of calories.....its quality and quantity that give the best results

 

[MrMakaveli]

^ Nice, very nice

 

[vinylgroover]

Are you deadlifting? If not, start deadlifting and you'll be surprised how much muscular weight you put on.

 

[Coldshot]

Are you deadlifting? If not, start deadlifting and you'll be surprised how much muscular weight you put on.

yap i'm doing my deads as well as squats.

What would be a good rep range for deads? I normally do abt 4 sets of 12.

 

[vinylgroover]

yap i'm doing my deads as well as squats.

What would be a good rep range for deads? I normally do abt 4 sets of 12.

I go down to four. For my working sets, i rarely do more than 7 reps. Deadlifts are an out and out mass builder, treat them as such by dropping your reps to 4-7 with good form.

 

[Coldshot]

I go down to four. For my working sets, i rarely do more than 7 reps. Deadlifts are an out and out mass builder, treat them as such by dropping your reps to 4-7 with good form.

roger that.

I'm upping my carbs as well. Use to stop taking in carbs after 8pm for min. fat gain.