Muscle Mass Gains In Perspective

[CremasterBlaster]

A few months ago there was a nice poll on mass gains/per year and the solid average appeared to be about 5-7 lbs (muscle mass excluding water, fat etc)

About every day someone posts that they wanna gain 20lbs (or more) of lean mass and I was thinking about this while I cooked up a steak for dinner.

Take a 1lb steak (lean) and if you could wrap it around your arm, or better yet ball up a pound of lean hamburger and place it on one bicep, it kind of puts real gains in perspective.......many people "new" to weight training in general think that 20, 30, or 40 pounds is easily attainable (which it is if you include water and excess fat) but solid mass gains of 1-2 pounds can make the difference between 15" arms and 19" arms.

Quality over quantity.......now take the meat off your arm!

 

[redtopp06]

couldnt say it better. people need to look at the whole picture.

 

[holy ghost]

agreeed

but im at 19in

lol

i owe you one for earlier

 

[Harleymarleybone]

A few months ago there was a nice poll on mass gains/per year and the solid average appeared to be about 5-7 lbs (muscle mass excluding water, fat etc)

About every day someone posts that they wanna gain 20lbs (or more) of lean mass and I was thinking about this while I cooked up a steak for dinner.

Take a 1lb steak (lean) and if you could wrap it around your arm, or better yet ball up a pound of lean hamburger and place it on one bicep,

Quality over quantity.......now take the meat off your arm!

eg


The freakish meat imagery makes me think of Greg Valentino.

 

[Mac173]

I would say that 10lbs is about the upper limit for muscle gains in 1 yr, given everything is done perfectly.

 

[instant.muscle]

adding a pound to ur muscle would take a longgg time, bicep is one of ur smallest muscles so in this 5-7 pounds a year thru out ur entire body i think about .2 of those 7 pounds is ur bicep lol

 

[chazk]

I rember doing the same thing looking in my grocery cart at 25lbs of chicken
breast .
Thats alot of fucking chicken

 

[redtopp06]

it takes so many pounds of all foods just gain 1 pound . it sucks but thats what it takes. juice helps too. ive benn able to make solid gains with juice so far though. i keep wanting to run a cycle but im not gonna run one i feel im at my complete natural limit.

5'8'' 213
13% bf
390 bench
505 squat
475x3 deadlift

 

[rambleon]

I rember doing the same thing looking in my grocery cart at 25lbs of chicken
breast .
Thats alot of fucking chicken

hahahahha

Did that exact same thing! A shitload of bird alright!

I like this thread. A month or so ago we had the "did the dark side live up to ur expectations?" -thread. I think that most of the guys who said no had unrealistic expectations. IMO the key is setting realistic attainable goals while keeping a level of ambition that'll make it challenging. Thats the balancing act for me.

 

[Stryker1992]

hahahahha

Did that exact same thing! A shitload of bird alright!

I like this thread. A month or so ago we had the "did the dark side live up to ur expectations?" -thread. I think that most of the guys who said no had unrealistic expectations. IMO the key is setting realistic attainable goals while keeping a level of ambition that'll make it challenging. Thats the balancing act for me.

I went straight for the melons on my biceps!


LOL


Yah, this is the real truth behind the juice, the reality is that it is advanced chemistry but it does not solve everything. It can be a bit frustrating at times. My first cycle, even after 10 years of training gave me 22lbs. I kept every ounce! Since then, maybe 2-3 lbs stay with an avergae of 8-10 lbs gained when on! Most of that goes bye bye post cycle.

 

[instant.muscle]

do u use pct?

 

[stressman13]

it takes so many pounds of all foods just gain 1 pound . it sucks but thats what it takes. juice helps too. ive benn able to make solid gains with juice so far though. i keep wanting to run a cycle but im not gonna run one i feel im at my complete natural limit.

5'8'' 213
13% bf
390 bench
505 squat
475x3 deadlift

some pretty solid numbers in my book.....nice job