Added Strength Training, Weight Went Up

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  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    My weight went up (6.6 lbs at the most) when I started incorporating strength training and took a few weeks to settle back down. I assume it was water retention for my poor, poor muscles. I kept on keeping on and my weight is now a couple lbs under goal. It was a little unsettling at first, but it all worked out.
  • Sarahliquid
    Sarahliquid Posts: 201 Member
    Don't stress about weight - it's normal to add some weight when you start weight training. Remember muscle burns more calories at rest and takes up less space than fat. While you may not see a difference immediately at the scale - long term inches will start coming off. Google pound of fat versus pound pound of muscle and take a look at the pictures.

    Thank you!
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Your just gaining muscle its completely normal your muscle weighs alot so its good weight you shouldn't be worried about your weight be worried about your body fat % because u could be burning fat from the weight training and gaining weight from muscle your developing but burning fat and thats a good thing so worry about body fat% and forget about how much u weight

    Yah no...

    Muscle gains require surplus...even if these are noob gains it wouldn't be that much...

    OP it is probably just water don't worry about it and keep going.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    untrained muscles hold less water, when you start lifting muscles become filled with more glycogen (water in muscle) so its not anything out of the ordinary... I was injured and had to take two weeks off from the gym and I lost about 5lbs from NOT working out.. its intracellular water that will make you look better so don't go by the scale go by the mirror especially at first if you are untrained..

    What he said.

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