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Want to gain 10lbs muscle

loco_hot_ron
loco_hot_ron Posts: 1
edited November 2024 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Currently 158 want to be 170

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  • markjacobs1987
    markjacobs1987 Posts: 162 Member
    Eat big + Lift big = win. Is there any other question you have?
  • beastcompany
    beastcompany Posts: 230 Member
    Expect to be lifting for (No less than) 10 months or mo continously to add 10lbs of muscle mass, and also expect that you're going to add a solid 10-15lbs of fat mass in that same time frame.

    The bodies ability to develop lean mass at optimal potential is (roughly) 1lb/month of FFM, which generally will go hand in hand with equal fat mass development.
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    I don't think the OP has the energy to do the 10 months hard labour judging by the apathy in the post....
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    you wont gain 100% muscle..so if you want to gain 10 pounds of muscle you probably need to gain 20 pounds...assuming 1:1 ratio
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    Springfield1970 wrote: »
    I don't think the OP has the energy to do the 10 months hard labour judging by the apathy in the post....

    Agree. OP Wanting is nice but what are you plans?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    How does OP have zero posts, if he started this post?
  • boyds01
    boyds01 Posts: 2
    beastcompany wrote: »
    Expect to be lifting for (No less than) 10 months or mo continously to add 10lbs of muscle mass, and also expect that you're going to add a solid 10-15lbs of fat mass in that same time frame.

    The bodies ability to develop lean mass at optimal potential is (roughly) 1lb/month of FFM, which generally will go hand in hand with equal fat mass development.

    10 months to gain 10 pounds of muscle seems pretty high. you could eat at 500 cal over your TDEE while lifting heavy, put on ~1 lb per month with a 50/50 fat/muscle split.

  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    How does OP have zero posts, if he started this post?
    That has started happening since the forum "upgrade". Not sure if starting threads don't count as posts (and only replies are counted) or if the counter actually starts as -1 in some internal coding glitch.
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  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    boyds01 wrote: »
    beastcompany wrote: »
    Expect to be lifting for (No less than) 10 months or mo continously to add 10lbs of muscle mass, and also expect that you're going to add a solid 10-15lbs of fat mass in that same time frame.

    The bodies ability to develop lean mass at optimal potential is (roughly) 1lb/month of FFM, which generally will go hand in hand with equal fat mass development.

    10 months to gain 10 pounds of muscle seems pretty high. you could eat at 500 cal over your TDEE while lifting heavy, put on ~1 lb per month with a 50/50 fat/muscle split.
    I have no clue what you're trying to say. Because, your math, no bueno.

    Only off by a factor of 4 -- how bad could that be?
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