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Originally Posted by Sightseek
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.
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Wow, that is surprising to me. I don't know why that personal trainer didn't think I could gain more than 3 pounds (although it turned out he was right).
I was working out with relatively heavy weights for my size. As I said, I'm 5'9, 135 pounds. When I would bench-press, I'd do sets of 125, 135, 145 pounds. At the time, I could max 185 pounds. But even working out really hard for over 1 1/2 hours, I still didn't gain more than a couple of pounds.
12-16-2009, 02:12 PM
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