correlation between pounds of muscle gained and amount of weight lifted?

gwendolyn86

Hi all,

I had a question and could not find answers anywhere on the internet! does anyone know if there is any measured, average correlations between how much muscle you gain while lifting and how much you can lift? For example, provided you have a lifting plan that covers all muscle groups, for every 5 pounds of muscle you gain your PR's go up by x percent? I know it's probably very different between different people and also hard to measure as you would need accurate body fat percentage measurements, but I'd love to see a study on it if anyone knows of one!

EliseTK1

I've never heard of this, but I would love to know the answer if you find it.

SonyaCele

i don't think this is something you can measure because there is so much more involved in lifting and PR's than just muscle size. Although experienced lifters may have an little idea how much their own lifts will suffer if they drop or gain weight just from past experience. I think it is not possible to have a general formula for this because there is just too many other factors involved.

gwendolyn86

sounds about right, I'd settle for a handful of anecdotes at this point lol.

nossmf

Anecdote #1: last time I gained 20#, my squat went up 20#. Since my legs were lifting less of me, my legs felt they were lifting the same weight if I added weight to the bar. Alas, this principle did not apply to my bench press.

jemhh

nossmf wrote: »

Anecdote #1: last time I gained 20#, my squat went up 20#. Since my legs were lifting less of me, my legs felt they were lifting the same weight if I added weight to the bar. Alas, this principle did not apply to my bench press.

It may because it's late in the afternoon and I've had a whopper of the day but I don't understand what you mean by your legs were lifting less of you? Are you referring to your body:squat weight ratio decreasing?

SonyaCele

jemhh wrote: »

nossmf wrote: »

Anecdote #1: last time I gained 20#, my squat went up 20#. Since my legs were lifting less of me, my legs felt they were lifting the same weight if I added weight to the bar. Alas, this principle did not apply to my bench press.

It may because it's late in the afternoon and I've had a whopper of the day but I don't understand what you mean by your legs were lifting less of you? Are you referring to your body:squat weight ratio decreasing?

maybe it was a squat pullup hybrid lift?

Azdak

You can substantially increase your strength levels without adding muscle mass at all.

You can also "gain muscle" with different degrees of strength gain.