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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
This trainer definitely knew what he was talking about. He trained professional athletes.
I guess when it comes to how much weight you can gain from lifting weights, it probably depends on alot of factors including your body type and whether you have worked out before. If you have a really skinny guy with zero muscle, he could probably gain more weight than a lean guy with muscle that has already been working out for years.
When I went to this trainer, I had already been working out a couple times a week for 15 years or so. I'm not a big guy. My weight doesn't fluctuate much. For as long as I can remember, I've been 5'9, 135 pounds. Anyway, I asked the trainer how much weight I would put on if I started working out really hard 4-5 days a week instead of twice a week. He told me that he would not expect me to gain more than 3 pounds or so. He was probably basing that on a number of factors including my body type. I don't have a big frame. A guy with a bigger frame could probably gain alot more than 3 pounds.
Tiger was pretty skinny when he was 20 years old. I don't know if he was working out with weights at that time. If he had never worked out with weights before, I think he could have gained much more than 3 pounds. He could have probably gained a good 10 pounds of muscle or so. But I don't know if he could have gained 25 pounds of muscle. That seems like alot to me.
Do you guys really think that if you started going to the gym every day and working out with weights that you would gain 25 pounds? There is no way.
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I'm a woman and have gained probably 10 lbs or more of muscle in the past 10 years since I've began working out (I'm now 31, began when I was 21). My exboyfriend has gained 30 lbs of muscle since graduating high school - he is 27 now. My friend's boyfriend plays college football and gains 10 lbs of muscle between seasons. It can be done. It's hard work, but it can be done.