Realistic Weight Muscle Gain

[Andystal03]

I am curious what is believed to be a realistic weight gain over the period of a year.

With just average diet and average lifting. A few days a week lifting, not slamming fast food but not completely healthy.

5lbs? 10lbs? 15lbs? 20+?

 

[mattu3743]

I am curious what is believed to be a realistic weight gain over the period of a year.

With just average diet and average lifting. A few days a week lifting, not slamming fast food but not completely healthy.

5lbs? 10lbs? 15lbs? 20+?

it all depends bro, like what body type are you, can you gain weight easy, lose easy.... bro if i was to put a realistic weight gain in a year for me I would say 20 + but i dont do that

 

[Big_BK]

Also keep in mind the more you train the slower the gains come, i put on a good 10lbs the first few months i lifted and each month the gains were slower and slower, now i shoot for 10lbs a year but i stay lean all the time.

 

[Andystal03]

I'm just thinking on an average scale mattu. I know that gains will come easier if you are small to begin with, or harder if you are deeper into it. I'm just thinking in terms of someone who has lifted consistently, but not heavily for a few months with average eating. Just a decent size like 6 foot and 200lbs with average build.

 

[ExtraMile]

Also depends on age, Im 14 and since september Iv added around 30lbs. LOL. (not all of that is muscle, I know)

 

[ThePVangler]

Wow 20 pounds really? I always heard that the average muscle gain in a year is around 5 pounds, but with supplements you could possibly pull off 10...

 

[ExtraMile]

Like i said above depends on age, and like other people have said depends on bodytype and diet etc

 

[mattu3743]

Like i said above depends on age, and like other people have said depends on bodytype and diet etc

lets see i did this all in one years time:
went from 190 to 171, 171 to 196 and from 196 to 232

 

[timtim]

Wow 20 pounds really? I always heard that the average muscle gain in a year is around 5 pounds, but with supplements you could possibly pull off 10...

people usually report total weight gain, not lean muscle gain. lean muscle gained over a year, 5 to 10 pounds is alot after the first year or so.

 

[scotty too hotty]

If you include quality squats in your routine, the amount of weight you gain will increase. My friend started training legs with me once a week for two months (he quit). He gained five pounds in those two months without changing his diet at all. I don't think he worked too hard on the other days he was lifting without me. Like the others said though, it all depends on the individual.

 

[Sculelos]

In the first year of training 25-30lbs max with decent genetics after that maby 10-20lbs for a few more years and then 1-10 every year after that.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

hotty, i am still nursing a broken leg i got in october. Before that i did not do squats consistently.

Im 180 right now, its possible to get to 185, 190 just by adding squats/deadlifts?

 

[scotty too hotty]

If your doc gives you the go ahead to train again, start right away. That type of injury is limiting for an extended period of time, or sometimes indefinetly. I think in a year it is possible to gain at least 10 lbs of leg muscle if you never trained with good squats once a week. Everything else will grow from the release of growth hormone, even your arms probably. I used to train only upper body when I first started. I could only get to 165 lbs. I added squats and that went to 185. Then I added proper nutriton and other supps, and I go anywhere now from 190 to 215, depending on my goals at the particular moment.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

damn, thats good to know!

bad thing is i played bball last night at open gym, and my ankle is really feelinl ike shit today. Even though the bone heals doesnt mean that the pain doesnt stop. And when i had my cast on, i still walked around in it. fuck, you really thinki wouldnt be able to do squats indefinetly? I mean i know you dont know but there is a chance that i cant do squats ever again?

 

[scotty too hotty]

I don't know the extent and location of your injuries or how they were repaired. Tell the doc you want to start resistance training your legs and see what he recommends. If the injury is bad enough, he should tell you right away, don't do squats! If he doesn't say anything, use caution and work your up. Some doctors don't like people squatting irregardless, because it is a common cause for injury. Add that to the fact that many doctors are out of shape (my teacher, for example) and you'll get some prejudice towards bodybuilding. Second opinions are always warranted, in any medical situation.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

OK thanks. Ill tell him i might even just start up ligh and have my dad xray it hes a chiropractor

Anyway weight gain is definetly individual. SO this question is too broad.