whats your rate of weight gain?

[hope7]

At what rate do you gain weight per month/year. This is assuming you are working out to gain weight and you are following the stikies on this forum (working out 3-4 days a week, eating right, working out right, ect. ).

I gained weight at 10 lbs per year, workingout wrong but eating right. Now i've been gaining weight at around 2 lbs a month for the last 3 monthes working out right (by incorporating squats/deadlifts into my workouts)

What about you guys?

 

[theory of knowledge]

quite fast...20lb in 8 months. i've been eating at 2.0 x protein, 3.0x carbs, weight training and no cardio.

 

[MrS]

A chunk of that is fat, theory of knowledge

 

[simon]

Gained a ridiculous 52lbs over the course of one year. Working out 3 times a week. 2g protein / lb bodyweight. High-fat, low-carb. Probably put quite a bit of fat on since last year, but my thighs are really quite lean and I've put at least 2 inches on each. Really not sure how I've put on this much weight. Gained about 0.5 lbs this month, though I've been having a break from lifting and haven't been eating as much as I should.

 

[MrS]

52lbs easily half of that is fat.
Don't just look at numbers.
52 pounds is 20kg.
Noone gains 20kg of muslce in a year.
7-8kg? Probably, rest fat.
High fat low carb says it all.

 

[ApC23]

when i started i was gaining 2-3lbs a week. but when i started working my meals got messed up and i lost most of what i gained.

 

[Analytic]

I gained probably about 15lbs in the last 12 weeks and 10lbs of those are Lean body mass. I expect the gain to come slower for my next 12 week cycle though.

 

[simon]

52lbs easily half of that is fat.
Don't just look at numbers.
52 pounds is 20kg.
Noone gains 20kg of muslce in a year.
7-8kg? Probably, rest fat.
High fat low carb says it all.

Like I said, I probably put on quite a bit of fat. I've always been able to put on weight very easily, and was quite underweight when I first started thanks to a diet with a bare minimum of protein. I'll be able to tell you my bodyfat when I get my calipers in next week, though at the moment I can't even 'pinch an inch'.

Don't be so quick to judge the high-fat, low-carb diet. I suggest you google 'anabolic diet' and read up at the following:

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=658379 (very interesting reading)
http://www.impulseadventure.com/weights/hifat.html
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/hugo5.htm

Espi; I don't use any steroids. People who haven't seen me for a year sometimes don't even recognise me because I look so different. It's great.

 

[simon]

You're right, Mr. S: 52 lbs. in one year ain't happening.

I hate to say this, but I would estimate 99.9% of reported gains are grossly exaggerated.

I was 133lbs at the time of weighing, July last year. Yesterday morning, (post crap, empty stomach) I was 185lbs. I never claimed that it was all muscle.

Believe what you want, it doesn't matter to me, because I know for sure what I've accomplished. I'm still nowhere near where I want to be, but I'm gonna keep on going.

 

[simon]

No worries. It's really weird how fast the weight went up though.

Congrats on your gains btw.