no weight gain but my lifting numbers go up

[mrRuckus]

Should i be concerned that i haven't gained any weight in 2 or 3 months even if all my exercise weights climb weekly?

 

[brucevangeorge]

Should i be concerned that i haven't gained any weight in 2 or 3 months even if all my exercise weights climb weekly?

Could be the nervous system is becoming more efficient and making the most out of the muscle you have.

That or you are losing fat and gaining muscle.

 

[Warboss Alex]

yes, you should be concerned enough to figure out why.

if you are continually gaining strength in good form on key compound exercises and not gaining weight (provided your bodyfat is the same - as bruce said you might be recomping) you're not eating enough, simply.

if your bodyfat is the same AND if your form is good then it's your diet. if you're eating 1.5g of protein as most of you are, bump it up to 2g and do a rough calorie count per day. review how active you are and let us know.

bruce, the CNS has nothing to do with this. it can adapt to doing squats within a few weeks but does that mean if you keep putting weight on the bar and pounding out brutal sets and widowmakers you're gonna stop growing just because you've adapted neurally? if you meant bicep curls then I agree with you.

 

[brucevangeorge]

yes, you should be concerned enough to figure out why.

if you are continually gaining strength in good form on key compound exercises and not gaining weight (provided your bodyfat is the same - as bruce said you might be recomping) you're not eating enough, simply.

if your bodyfat is the same AND if your form is good then it's your diet. if you're eating 1.5g of protein as most of you are, bump it up to 2g and do a rough calorie count per day. review how active you are and let us know.

bruce, the CNS has nothing to do with this. it can adapt to doing squats within a few weeks but does that mean if you keep putting weight on the bar and pounding out brutal sets and widowmakers you're gonna stop growing just because you've adapted neurally? if you meant bicep curls then I agree with you.

I thought there was a limit and after that your system adapts to the work.

Don't you have to switch up routines and exercises once in a while? Otherwise you hit the wall if you continue on the same path?

 

[Warboss Alex]

I thought there was a limit and after that your system adapts to the work.

Don't you have to switch up routines and exercises once in a while? Otherwise you hit the wall if you continue on the same path?

once you can't make strength gains on an exercise you change it for another and make strength gains on that one until you stop, then go back to the other one or a different one. (i.e. free squats until you get stuck, then box squats until you get stuck, then free squats again or front squats etc)

I don't think your system adapts to the work after the limit, it's the opposite. after your limit your system can't adapt - you can't lift the weight. otherwise gaining strength would be progressively easier rather than progressively harder.

doesn't matter what you call it. when something stops working (i.e. no more strength gains), then you change it.