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Originally Posted by -King-
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This is what I posted in that other thread.
20lbs of muscle in a year is doable, especially when nutrition, rest and supplements are in check. You figure when bulking, you aim for 1lb/week bodyweight gain. To be fair, half is fat/half muscle (unless on peds). 52lbs/year, easily will yield 20lbs of muscle if you trained your ass off, so I think 10/per 6 months is doable, especially with the assistance these guys get.
Now there are other factors involved, one big being genetic potential like Silock mentioned, so Im going to assume someone that has not reached that point yet. You will need to be in a constant caloric surplus to optimally build muscle, and will gain some fat. In Eric's case, the additional fat gain may not be a bad case. If your a leaner guy and want to keep da abz while trying to put size on, you WILL need to track every macro and find the 'sweet spot' where your getting stronger and slowly gaining weight. Its a slower process but eliminates the 12 week's you will need to lean back out/recomp.
When I initially 'bulked', went from 185-225 over about 10 months, as I knew when I got to college, big dudes where going to be crushing me and the extra bodyweight would help. I did gain a good bit of fat, but ended up getting a lot stronger too. I ended up 'recomping' during the first year as I learned to train and eat correctly, and didn't get much playing time my first year. Now when I started training seriously again in about 2012 when life settled down, I remembered how to do it the right way and slowly bulked from 195 up to 237 (todays weight) using 5/3/1 lifting parameters and making sure I hit my macros every day. My goals now are to continually get stronger without injury, so I take it slow. I dont expect to gain much more weight, In fact I should start dropping a bit as I upped my conditioning with the prowler to 3 days/week. Ultimate goal is to be a lean 220 (not Silock ripped though) and looking for a 375-400 bench, 500 squat and 650 DL. Right now my current bests are a shitty 295 bench, 435 squat and 550 sumo dead. In case you havent seen my videos I am a long limbed mother ****er, so bench numbers are way off because I have to semi-close grip pressing to save my shoulders.
EDIT: my apologies as I took it from a point about Eric Fisher to my personal goals/plans. Too much 'black magic' coffee this morning!
