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Originally Posted by ssa5522  Hi everyone. Just one question. I just started working out a lot one month ago. My purpose is muscle mass gaining. For that I read thousands of articles on protein intake, calorie intake, carbs, reps, sets, body parts, etc. So I pretty much know how to do it. The thing is I've been gaining about one pound each week. Is this enough? Or is it too little or too much?
I'm not supposed to do cardio and I do bikram yoga (it burns about 800-900 calories for and hour and a half session), so this is the reason I have to eat about 1000 calories more each day I practice yoga. So I've been gaining weight even by doing this yoga practices so I guess that is a good sign, and my muscles feel a lot bigger, but I wanted to ask if a pound a week is ok. Next week Im gonna go get my body fat percentage measured... I'll be keeping track... I hope what I've gained is more muscle than fat.  |
A pound a week is good if it is fairly lean. If your strength is going up this is a good sign. Of course bodyfat % tests are not accurate and some are not consistent. Caliper tests are cheap and can be consistent if the same person is doing them. So ignore the number; take note of the change.
So if it changes from 10% to15% or from 15% to20% the important thing is that it is going up, as from experience you could get two tests done by different qualifed people on the same day and get very different results.
If the result is little change in fat % and you are happy keep doing what works. How long it will keep working is another question. At that point people will tell you to eat more which may or may not work. If it does not work, they will tell you it is your fault for not eating enough. This of course can become very annoying and fustrating very quickly. Of course most people turn to drugs within a year or two as a result;if they arn't on them from the start. I hope you will be a rebel like me and avoid drugs, weight can be a long road for some.
Good luck