gaining weight, due to exercise??

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  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
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    The most common causeof weight gain from exercise is:

    Water weight due to the body adapting to something it's not used to. If you all of the sudden start exercising muscles that have been inactive for a long time you will cause some damage to them. This is normal, it's the same process as building muscle uses. However, the body will attempt to repair the damage and in doing so it collects extra water in the muscles for the recover process.

    Lifting weights does this a lot.

    A good rule of thumb is that if you are sore you are probably going to carry extra water weight and the more sore you are the more water you'll retain.
  • RMinVA
    RMinVA Posts: 1,085 Member
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    Weight loss/gain is 90% diet...exercise is a bonus. If the scale is going in the wrong direction, you have to take a long hard look at WHAT you are eating.

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