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Where did the .5lb/max weekly muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 13:44:07

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Seen it mentioned but never asked why, just wondered what its based on.
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RE: Where did the .5lb/max muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 13:46:07

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In what time frame?

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 13:47:02

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A week, oops edited appropiately.

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 13:55:24

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good question

i thin it is probably from a bit of science and a bit of experience

put it one way though if i could gain 0.5lbs of muscle per month now after just 18 months of training i would be happy....0.5lbs per week is more like beginner gains and steroid gains

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 14:16:05

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Probably here...

http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1268956

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 14:19:11

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Thanks gaz, shame they didnt reference any studies to read.

Hopefully nigee will read this as i think he was the first i saw to mention this and hes like a walking pub med

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max weekly muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 14:19:42

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.5lb a week is quite a lot if you think about it.

2lbs a month, up to 24 lbs a year of lean tissue

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max weekly muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 16:24:25

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real world results and science

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max weekly muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 17:29:25

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real world results and science

yeah loadsa real world results............. i do not know any naturals who can gain 0.5lbs per fortnight never mind per week of lbm once beginner gains are gone

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max weekly muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 17:30:56

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re- read the thread title mate

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Where did the .5lb/max max weekly muscle gain come from

i've highlighted the relative text for you

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max weekly muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 17:32:05

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quote:

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real world results and science

yeah loadsa real world results............. i do not know any naturals who can gain 0.5lbs per fortnight never mind per week of lbm once beginner gains are gone

thats why generally monitoring and adjusting past the point of newbie/1 year gains is advised. I would think most if not all trainers were smart enough to learn their own bodies in this timeframe

btw that 0.5lbs is not lean mass its a target to gain in terms of total bodyweight, no one gains 0.5lb of lean mass past a certain point. maybe half that but it will show up as 0.5 due to increased glycogen and water storage etc

its just a more realistic benchmark than the 1-2lbs a week BS

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max weekly muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 18:04:53

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quote:

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re- read the thread title mate

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Where did the .5lb/max max weekly muscle gain come from

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re- read

tio... imo any fat free mass counts, so if training increases glycogen and water as well as muscle then it all counts as it all stays whilst training continues.

i would say i have gained at this rate at the beginning however i now expect gains of about 4lbs per year from my body and that is why i would much like to focus on remaining leaner as the mass changes wont show very quickly

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RE: Where did the .5lb/max muscle gain come from? - May 15 2008 19:49:04

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Hopefully nigee will read this as i think he was the first i saw to mention this and hes like a walking pub med

I got the 0.5lb/week max figure from Lyle's site. It's an estimate. Women & men with small builds will gain less. Newbies & naturally-muscley men may gain more.

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