Lean muscle mass

kjtcan
kjtcan Posts: 3 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
What is the most amount of lean muscle a man or woman can put on in 1 month?

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  • Cahgetsfit
    Cahgetsfit Posts: 1,912 Member
    Naturally (as in no 'help') a woman not much apparently. have been told about 1-1.5kg per year.

    my last DEXA had me up 100grams in 3 months... on a deficit. Dunno how accurate that was but I'll take it!

  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    About 1/2-1 lbs a month for women and 1-2 for men in a surplus and a progressive overload lifting g program if you do everything perfectly
  • maxit
    maxit Posts: 880 Member
    Here's some science-based info regarding your question: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/whats-my-genetic-muscular-potential.html/
  • jolive7
    jolive7 Posts: 283 Member
    I put on 2kg lean mass in a month. That is totally up to how much you are eating, training, how long you have been training etc etc etc.

    I put on this rapidly as I started eating at maintenance and my lifting went from about intermediate to advanced in most lifts
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    jolive7 wrote: »
    I put on 2kg lean mass in a month. That is totally up to how much you are eating, training, how long you have been training etc etc etc.

    I put on this rapidly as I started eating at maintenance and my lifting went from about intermediate to advanced in most lifts

    How are you measuring your muscle growth as 2kg is huge for a month
  • jolive7
    jolive7 Posts: 283 Member
    edited October 2016
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    jolive7 wrote: »
    I put on 2kg lean mass in a month. That is totally up to how much you are eating, training, how long you have been training etc etc etc.

    I put on this rapidly as I started eating at maintenance and my lifting went from about intermediate to advanced in most lifts

    How are you measuring your muscle growth as 2kg is huge for a month

    Body fat %

    3rd September 69kg/23.3%bf = 53kg lean mass
    1 Oct 71 kg/22.6%bf = 55kg lean mass

    And in actual fact I am about 71.5kg now but I am rounding down

    Edit: just calculated the month before that as well.
    23 July 69kg/25%bf = 51.75kg lean mass so in the first 6 weeks that was a 1.25kg in 6 weeks. I am not saying 2kg a month is my norm
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    How are you measuring body fat? Not to harass you but you are claiming you gained 4x more muscle than what is the best case scenario for women.
  • jolive7
    jolive7 Posts: 283 Member
    edited October 2016
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    How are you measuring body fat? Not to harass you but you are claiming you gained 4x more muscle than what is the best case scenario for women.

    My coach is measuring with calipers at the same 5 sites each time. Any fat testing method may not be totally accurate but the rate of growth would be the same if the same method to test body fat is used. I tested the last measurements at different times of the month as well to see if there was any fluctuation depending on my cycle with no change.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,461 MFP Moderator
    edited October 2016
    Just to point out, body fat calipers measure lean body mass. And lean body mass is more than just muscle (glycogen capacity,tissue, improved bone density, muscle, etc...). If you want to cheat it, you can go keto for awhile and then increase carbs. Boom instant increase in lean body mass ;)
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