How much muscle can be put on in 4 1/2 months?

[RyanSpaulding]

I'm about to start weight training here in a month for a lil get-chizeled contest...but dude has a head start on me.

Can a good amount of muscle be put on in 4 months if I work hard and eat right?

[fraidycat]

Of course.

[leff]

I'm about to start weight training here in a month for a lil get-chizeled contest...but dude has a head start on me.

Can a good amount of muscle be put on in 4 months if I work hard and eat right?

bout 3-4lbs if you work and eat well

[RyanSpaulding]

3-4? That's it?

[leff]

3-4? That's it?

without steroids thats about it

[Banderivets]

it depends from person to person.

Some people can put on 10lb of muscle in a given time period, some 4 in that same time period.

How hard you work, how well you eat, your body, your metabolism....

Tons of factors.

[leff]

it depends from person to person.

Some people can put on 10lb of muscle in a given time period, some 4 in that same time period.

How hard you work, how well you eat, your body, your metabolism....

Tons of factors.

10 in 4 months aint possibel ask any doctor

[Kid Achilles]

It is possible Leff. I put on about 10 lean lbs in that time when I started lifting. It was about 15 lbs total or so, and I'd assume about 8-10 of it was muscle. My biceps went from stringbean 12" to a respectable (for a 15 year old) 14". Visible pec and back development. This was just from benching and pushups (all I did back then). I bet you could put on even more if you're doing fullsquats and deadlifts. Depends on the individual. It seems I'm the kind of guy who puts on muscle fairly easily as I was a good 210 lbs towards the end of HS and not a flabby 210 lbs either. My waist wasn't exactly tiny (around 35-36") but my chest was 47", biceps 17 1/2" and thighs and calves were 25 1/2" and 17 1/2" respectively. I went from a gangly 140 lber who even the girls teased and picked on freshman year to a big strong kid by senior year. This was all without a coach or access to gym equipment. This was mostly just benchpress in my basement and bodyweight exercises as well as sprinting and running and bodyweight squats for my legs. I could have gotten bigger, a lot bigger, if I had been doing squats and deadlifts.

In four years you can make HUGE gains. In 4 months you can change the way you look significantly. I would say 10 lbs for a beginer who's working on the bench, squats, and deadlift as well as pulldowns or pullups for the upper back and shoulder shrugs for the traps is definitely realistic within 4 months.

[KingDosia]

bout 3-4lbs if you work and eat well

Depending on your diet and training routine you can put 5-10 times that amount on in that same time frame. The gain may not be benificial to a boxer, but would not be an unobtainable feat. WITHOUT steroids. By consuming mass qty of Protiene, 1g per every lb of body weight per day included with a diet that will support the work you will have to do.
Isolating muscle groups, Pyramid to close your max. Training to failure then using back off sets. Using various exersizes to max the range of motion for the muscle being worked. Tactics like this are not benificial to a boxer in fact may hurt your efforts as a fighter, but will put on muscle and fast.

[oshea1690]

depends on age, weight, body fat percent, diet, exercise schedule, dedication
Basically if you stay commited you can put on a good amount, and lose some fat in the process if your doing your cardio.