Drveejay11
Community Veteran
A good majority of weight gained on a cycle is from
retention of cellular and extra cellular fluid. This is
what many lifters will call "water bloat".
This initial water weight gain is beneficial up to a
certain point. It provides extra nutrients to the muscles
and increases their ability to contract by simply giving
them more area to work in.
The average weight gain on a steroid cycle ranges anywhere
from five to thiry pounds. Let's say a lifter has gone on
a two month cycle and gained a total body weight
of twelve pounds.
By monitoring body fat percentages, through body
composition analysis, the bb'er can keep an idea as to
how much of what they gained is body fat. Although
gear can increase the body's ability to
mobilize and use fat stores, many athletes find that they
go through an increase in body fat while on a bulking
cycle.
This is simply because they take in an excess amount of
calories on an effective bulking program. This is actually
a benefit, not a hindrance, at this time.
Let's say our subject who gained twelve pounds determined
through body composition analysis that he had put on four
pounds of body fat.
This leaves an eight pound increase in lean body weight.
Of that eight pounds, it is very likely that only two
pounds are skeletal muscle.
It is known that for every one pound of skeletal muscle
you put on, the body brings with it three pounds of
supportive cellular and extra cellular fluid. Still, an
increase of two pounds of skeletal muscle mass is a
substantial gain.
retention of cellular and extra cellular fluid. This is
what many lifters will call "water bloat".
This initial water weight gain is beneficial up to a
certain point. It provides extra nutrients to the muscles
and increases their ability to contract by simply giving
them more area to work in.
The average weight gain on a steroid cycle ranges anywhere
from five to thiry pounds. Let's say a lifter has gone on
a two month cycle and gained a total body weight
of twelve pounds.
By monitoring body fat percentages, through body
composition analysis, the bb'er can keep an idea as to
how much of what they gained is body fat. Although
gear can increase the body's ability to
mobilize and use fat stores, many athletes find that they
go through an increase in body fat while on a bulking
cycle.
This is simply because they take in an excess amount of
calories on an effective bulking program. This is actually
a benefit, not a hindrance, at this time.
Let's say our subject who gained twelve pounds determined
through body composition analysis that he had put on four
pounds of body fat.
This leaves an eight pound increase in lean body weight.
Of that eight pounds, it is very likely that only two
pounds are skeletal muscle.
It is known that for every one pound of skeletal muscle
you put on, the body brings with it three pounds of
supportive cellular and extra cellular fluid. Still, an
increase of two pounds of skeletal muscle mass is a
substantial gain.
