how many pounds of muscle can a woman build in one year?

[satchboogie]

i know for men its 5-8/

 

[spatts]

Varies by woman. Same as for men.

 

[MS]

What spatts said, plus someone new to training will gain a lot more than someone who has been lifting heavy for years.

 

[bignate73]

where are these figures coming from?

5-8lbs??? LOL. that has to be someone who is spinning his/her wheels. high ball figure being less than 1 lb of lbm per month???
low end about .5 lbs?

hmmmm....

 

[spatts]

where are these figures coming from?

5-8lbs??? LOL. that has to be someone who is spinning his/her wheels. high ball figure being less than 1 lb of lbm per month???
low end about .5 lbs?

hmmmm....

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Yeah, I wasn't going to say it.

 

[SuperWoman]

In this book, Mind and Muscle by Blair Whitmarsh, PhD he states that for wll trained male athletes the maximum amt of muscle you can gain in a month is approx 1.5 lbs, or 18 lbs per year. This is naturally. For untrained men the first year can be up to 25 lbs.

Female athletes can gain 8 to 12 lbs per year. This is also done naturally via diet. Note the word, "athlete" typically someone who lives and breathes for their sport not a recreational bodybuilder or gym goer.

 

[satchboogie]

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Yeah, I wasn't going to say it.

you werent gonna say what?

5-8 pounds a year sounds about right in a trained body.

what's the commotion about?

 

[Hannibal]

A book can only tell you what most people do....not what all people do. I hate to see people limit their thinking because they read something in a book that told them that they couldn't do something. Books, studies and papers only tell you about the past...they can't define your future. It's just like the question about wrist size. If my wrists are X inches in circumference...do I have a chance to gain muscle. If you have to ask the question you are already setting limits that you don't need to set...IMO.

http://www.jimloy.com/physics/bee.htm

how many pounds of muscle can a woman build in one year? how hard is she willing to work...not just in the gym, but outside of it LEARNING.

 

[Nonerz]

you werent gonna say what?

5-8 pounds a year sounds about right in a trained body.

what's the commotion about?

bignate73 says....
the commotion is you have to stipulate whether or not its just lean mass or if weight gain is not an issue. if someone is bulking that figure is looking more like a few months(total LBM not counting fat) and not a year. if you are talking about FFM (fat free mass) then it may be reasonable because that person has to juggle moderate calories hovering around maintenance......

not real conducive to breaking plateaus and getting new growth in the trained individual.

either way...5-8 lbs...maybe on a standard "lifting" program with slightly above estimated caloric intake, following the majority of those rules about protein intake, exercise protocol etc. that is commonly used in studies.

i would never set a low figure for myself to shoot for, because i know that would be too limiting. much more is possible, and im definitely a trained individual.

 

[spatts]

you werent gonna say what?

5-8 pounds a year sounds about right in a trained body.

what's the commotion about?

A. There's no commotion, and after the weekend I had, there ain't gonna be.

B. If I had a 5-8 pound year, I would be seriously re-evaluating my training. I'd probably even throw something. Perhaps my scale.