That's a fast bulk. You can't be gaining more than a pound or two of muscle each month. That equates to a lot of extra fat. No doubt you'll work some of that off once you start eating at a maintenance level though. Your deadlift must be way higher than 325. There's no way it's the same as your bench, lol, and I'd be willing to bet you can deadlift more than you can squat. I'm thinking about implementing pullups into every training day, just adding it at the end of each workout. My goal is to do 380 pullups...before 2017.
Unless you were up at a similar weight in the past, I'm gonna call bullshit. Without the help of certain... substances... Putting on more than 2 pounds of muscle a month is exceedingly difficult. And not to be a douche, but that bar better be touching your chest on your bench. If it ain't full range of motion, it don't count. Defo lifting more than me on bench, and legs is no compete (botched surgery on my right leg makes weight training not worth it), so props to you there.
That's not that much weight to put on lol I've seen a lot more weight in a similar amount without help from substance. This isn't meant to be rude in anyway because I've got nothing but love for you guys but if you actually think putting on more than 2 lbs of muscle a month is unreasonable than I don't think you know what you're talking about. For the record, I've never even taken pre workout.
I mean, you could still be ripped and be putting on a bit of fat. If you put on nothing but lean muscle, you'd actually be more ripped (have a lower BFI). Not trying to take away from your accomplishment, still sick gains bro, just stating there might be a little more fat in there than you think.
It is unreasonable, according to everything I've ever read. Here are a couple of articles I found from a quick search of "How much muscle can I gain in 1 month": http://www.livestrong.com/article/412614-the-average-muscle-gain-per-month/ http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/how-much-muscle-can-you-gain http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/ask-the-ripped-dude-how-much-muscle-can-i-put-on-naturally.html
If I wasn't at work typing this in the restroom I'd have a lot more to say about this, but reading articles about muscle growth is the worst possible basis to work on. I play at a D1 college and I'm telling you every incoming freshman for football puts on more weight and muscle than I did, in a comparable amount of time. Even the ones without substance. You just need to know what you're doing. If I was taking pre workout and supplements I could've gained even more weight than I did honestly.we can talk on Xbox tonight if you want
Yeah, that's a conversation I'd be really interested in having. I won't be online tonight though. Don't have any idea when I'll be online. Plus, basically the only time I'm able to get online is when everyone is sleeping, and then I can't really talk without pissing people off, lol. If it's not something you feel comfortable sharing in this thread, shoot me a PM. Btw, I hope you aren't taking my posts too seriously. After years of being polite to everyone, I now have the urge to just shitpost constantly, lol.
But it's not straight lean muscle. I've been there, I've thought I gained lean muscle outside the norm before, but really, you do gain some fat with that. Your gains aren't as lean as you think. Which isn't a bad thing. If you weigh 280+ and put on 10 lbs of muscle in a month, a few of those pounds are going to be fat well distributed across your body. You'll still look lean, but seriously, you did gain some fat.
Do you realize how ridiculous you sound telling me gaining more than 2 POUNDS a month of muscle sounds? If I eat the normal amount I do every day, and go this next two weeks working out legs every other day lll put on 5 pounds easy. --- Double Post Merged, Sep 2, 2016 --- Like if I were actually only gaining 2 pounds a month I'd probably have killed myself by now.
If I eat the same exact meals how would that make any sense lol stop reading those articles on human anatomy and muscle gain, they don't mean anything lmao. I can tell you first hand from experience and being around this constantly the past 4 years of my life, I've seen people gain weight really fast, and then hold it. Every human body is different. Seriously, I'll go to bed 10 lbs heavier than when I woke up.
Obviously a persons weight fluctuates constantly. I weight myself at exactly the same time every day, and my weight can vary by as much as 5 pounds from day to day based upon how much I ate, how much water I drank, how active I was, whether or not I just took a dump, etc. However, it's literally impossible to gain weight and maintain it without ingesting more calories than you were at the lower weight. Of course, maybe I shouldn't give so much credit to science. There are 'Breatharians' out there that claim to survive without eating anything at all. Who knows...I just haven't ever seen legitimate evidence that what you're claiming is possible.
I just find it so bizarre hearing things like that when I'm constantly surrounded by a culture of athletes that literally prove it wrong. I'm not saying you're dumb or anything obviously lol but those articles you link mean very little. My best friend just transferred to university of Hawaii two weeks ago to play football there, the three months leading up to it he just worked out at least once a day, took his protein, and ate a lot. He was barely heavier than me before but now he's sitting at 230, if someone were to tell me that its mostly fat I'd probably just laugh in their face lmao honestly you just have to be around the right people.
^ Well that's what I was referring to in my last post...that you have to eat more to gain weight. Here's an interesting article that supports your claim about being able to gain large quantities of muscle in a short time period - http://fourhourworkweek.com/2013/05...reme-muscle-building-secrets-of-ufc-fighters/