HIIT AND weight gain?!

vhamui
vhamui Posts: 30 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi! I am writing this post because I am kind of worried.

I am a very active person: I usually do weightlifting 6 times a week with alternated routines that I only repeat twice a week. I also usually do from 3 to 4 times a week Zumba.

Besides tracking my calories, trying to maintain a discipline and only having one day off from training and for cheat meal, I weight myself once a week to keep track of everything and once a month I try to measure my fat percentage etc. (Usually I loose pounds)

I recently decided to visit my family abroad but I did not wanted to stay sedentary or ruin my progress. So I decided to join this gym that makes you workout for 30mins HIIT.
I love it! It is so intense but in only last 30 mins and makes you end all sweated out like you did a workout of an hour and a half and the next day you end up with that nice pain that tells you, that you did something right.

However, I kept training 6 days a week as usual and on the 6th day (today), I weighted myself in a normal scale.

Last friday I was 64kg. This week I am 68.6kg !!!!
Is this normal at all?!
I am trying to think that is muscle gain to don't get in a mood and be disappointed. But so much in just a week!?

Can somebody tell me what is happening to me?
I need some words or pep talk to feel better or at least understand what is happening to me or if I am doing something wrong.

Thanks in advance!

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Same scale at home or the one abroad?
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    edited September 2015
    Water retention.

    You didn't suddenly gain 4.6Kg of muscle. You'd have to be on some serious gear to do that, sorry.

  • vhamui
    vhamui Posts: 30 Member
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Water retention.

    You didn't suddenly gain 4.6Kg of muscle. You'd have to be on some serious gear to do that, sorry.
    How?? I havent ate more carbs or salty foods... on the contrary! :o
  • vhamui
    vhamui Posts: 30 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Same scale at home or the one abroad?

    scale abroad. But same type of scale.

  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Different scales never weigh the same unless calibrated :)
  • vhamui
    vhamui Posts: 30 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Different scales never weigh the same unless calibrated :)

    any advice?


  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    vhamui wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Different scales never weigh the same unless calibrated :)

    any advice?


    Use the one you use at home and only that one, otherwise you will drive yourself cuckoo :)
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    edited September 2015
    vhamui wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Water retention.

    You didn't suddenly gain 4.6Kg of muscle. You'd have to be on some serious gear to do that, sorry.
    How?? I havent ate more carbs or salty foods... on the contrary! :o

    You are doing a new workout. That can easily equal water retention in the muscles.
    Ignore the scale till you get home then once home see what the scale says in a week or 2. If it still says you're up then adjust from there.
  • vhamui
    vhamui Posts: 30 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    vhamui wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Different scales never weigh the same unless calibrated :)

    any advice?


    Use the one you use at home and only that one, otherwise you will drive yourself cuckoo :)

    Thanks girl!!! :)
  • vhamui
    vhamui Posts: 30 Member
    MysticRealm wrote: »
    vhamui wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Water retention.

    You didn't suddenly gain 4.6Kg of muscle. You'd have to be on some serious gear to do that, sorry.
    How?? I havent ate more carbs or salty foods... on the contrary! :o

    You are doing a new workout. That can easily equal water retention in the muscles.
    Ignore the scale till you get home then once home see what the scale says in a week or 2. If it still says you're up then adjust from there.

    I guess that makes sense. I just home I wont be looking bulkier now... just on the inside...
    Does that makes sense?
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    I always see insane gains after introducing a new hard workout. If you have lower body fat you will also notice your muscles will look "plump" from all the water. It's a normal part of recovery.
  • frankiesgirlie
    frankiesgirlie Posts: 669 Member
    I LOVE HIIT. I do it 5 days a week and only started it 8 weeks ago. Do yourself a favor if you continue to do HIIT workouts--take photos in a swimsuit at the start(when you get home) and then again every 4 weeks. The scale barely budged for me (I thought I needed to lose 10 lbs) but the changes in my body were crazy good and way better than any other routine I've ever done. plus I love that in 30 minutes youre dripping sweat and can feel every muscle the next day. I wish I had heard of it many years ago.
  • vhamui
    vhamui Posts: 30 Member
    I guess I will start using a measuring ribbon instead of a weight scale :)
  • YouHadMyCuriosity
    YouHadMyCuriosity Posts: 218 Member
    I was just about to post something similar! I am on Day 10 of Darebee's Hero's Journey supplemented with a squat and pushup challenge. The workout has high volume bodyweight excercises, some HIIT, some strength training- before the program, I was eating at about a 600 calorie deficit daily, and my "workouts" pretty much consisted of walking uphill a couple times a week. I was losing weight consistently and almost at a direct correlation that one would expect with the deficit.

    My diet has remained the same, aside from adding an extra hundred calories a day to add a little extra protein, but over the last 10 days I have gained 4.6lbs! I know my food is dialed in, and my body is looking better, belly fat is not spilling over my waist band- I can only assume based on my research online that the new workout is causing the weight gain as my muscles repair and recover. I'm planning on ditching the scale for 2 weeks as I get discouraged seeing the number go up. From everything I've read, this is a normal part of beginning a new and intense workout program and should go away within a few weeks.

    Sorry for the long reply- I think what's happening to you is normal, and also agree with PPS that using different scales could be the culprit here as well! Good luck, and push through :)
  • vhamui
    vhamui Posts: 30 Member
    YouHadMyCuriosity wrote: »
    I was just about to post something similar! I am on Day 10 of Darebee's Hero's Journey supplemented with a squat and pushup challenge. The workout has high volume bodyweight excercises, some HIIT, some strength training- before the program, I was eating at about a 600 calorie deficit daily, and my "workouts" pretty much consisted of walking uphill a couple times a week. I was losing weight consistently and almost at a direct correlation that one would expect with the deficit.

    My diet has remained the same, aside from adding an extra hundred calories a day to add a little extra protein, but over the last 10 days I have gained 4.6lbs! I know my food is dialed in, and my body is looking better, belly fat is not spilling over my waist band- I can only assume based on my research online that the new workout is causing the weight gain as my muscles repair and recover. I'm planning on ditching the scale for 2 weeks as I get discouraged seeing the number go up. From everything I've read, this is a normal part of beginning a new and intense workout program and should go away within a few weeks.

    Sorry for the long reply- I think what's happening to you is normal, and also agree with PPS that using different scales could be the culprit here as well! Good luck, and push through :)
    Hey!!! Good luck for you as well!
    I feel better and more relaxed now that these kind people helped me find a logical explanation to the crazy gain!
    I was extremely worried because it did not make sense to me.... I am aware that if you eat carbs and salty foods you will retain water and that will make you gain weight in the scale. And I wast eating this type of food more at all. On the contrary, I increased my protein dose!
    I had no idea muscles could retain water to repair themselves.
    Hopefully once I get back home and I measure my fat percentage and muscle mass these will give me an awesome feedback and the shock my body got with the new excersise on my visit will be great also once I get back to the usual routine :)

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