Group: General Fitness & Exercise

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Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Gain 15-20 lbs and get cut

Jayda2guard23
Jayda2guard23
Posts: 7
Joined: 2002/09/30
United States
2002/10/01, 12:10 AM
Sup Yall
I am new to ft. I perused many of the posts and the workout pages last night and I think that you guys gotta great thing going on here.
I played basketball in highschool and have since stopped now in my first year of college. I worked out all summer, as I've done every offseason, and progressed well in my muscle gains, but my size never really improved. I signed up for the 12 week program as I am looking to add anywheres from 15 to 20 pounds of lean muscle while maintaining my definition.
Is this within reach? How long can I expect to work for such gains? I am currently 6'1 200 lbs with a high matabolism (sp?).
Any of yall getting back to me would be appreciated.
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wagnerzx2
wagnerzx2
Posts: 36
Joined: 2002/08/07
United States
2002/10/02, 04:12 PM
Well, this will be within reason, as long as you make sure you eat enough of the right thing.

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aliceonh
aliceonh
Posts: 7
Joined: 2002/10/17
United Kingdom
2002/10/18, 05:19 PM
Have you any daily menu suggestions?
mackfactor
mackfactor
Posts: 766
Joined: 2002/10/17
United States
2002/10/23, 12:01 PM
I would advise that even at your age you shouldn't expect to gain more than 1/lb per week of LBM. You should strive for it, but don't expect more than that. Eat your lungs out and workout. Personally, I've found that the Muscle Mass workout on this site is a little too high volume - mine prescribed 35 sets, when I think optimum for muscle mass is closer to 20-25. You lose a lot of intensity when you're running volume like that. This is especially true for ectomorphs like myself.
qualters
qualters
Posts: 343
Joined: 2002/04/21
United States
2002/10/23, 06:26 PM
I worked the 12 week program and it helped me break my plateu (did I spell that right????) I am 5'9" and weighted about 190 before the program and about 198 at the end.....I tried to consume as much protein as possible because I needed to consume more then I burned......duh.....ONLY WAY TO GAIN MASS....LOL......Cut back on your cardio, eat 6 meals a day, try to hit around 200-250 grams of protein daily.....and rememebr to get proper sleep.....Are you thinking about any Supps?
Alice try the bagged tuna 3 or 4 times a day.(that is kinda much)....plus chicken cooked on the LEAN MEAN GRILLIN MACHINE...FOREMAN STYLE!

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