50# of muscle in 1 year!! The Importance of Testosterone!!

[Immortal Soldier]

This whole statement is so flawed in theory I dont even know where to begin. Being muscle is comprised of about 72% water you cant discount it as being water weight. If thats your way of reasoning a person with 200 lbs of lean only really has 56 lbs of muscle.

I don't discount it as being water weight, I never said that most of what you gain is water weight, I said a small amount is

And Trew Brewer is 310 in the off season cause he's FATTrue he was pretty puffy at 310, but like I said that was on example I was using, I wasn't trying to say he gains 50lbs of glycogen and water weight when after competition. Dropping water and carb depleting will drop a significant amount of weight the last week before a show but dont forget. Many of these guys weigh in friday night for a saturday show. This gives them a chance to carb back up. You have middleweights (176lb limit) on stage at over 180 all the time. My point being, when Trey Brewer is onstage his muscles are loaded with glycogen. I disagree with you here Trey Brewer on stage is not loaded with glycogen. 4-5lbs is not "loaded" for a 176lb person. I lose 4-5lbs when I get sick for 3-4 days. One of the reasons I dont agree is because glycogen can interfere with appearance in some cases. Most of what you see on stage is the use of "pumps", I mean I have watched videos of Dexter and Jay going to Mr. Olympia (the one where Dexter won) talking about how they feel like **** and how they wanted to throw up from dehydration and how tired they were from having no carbs in their system. As for my theory, its not a theory I can tell you that, I dont doubt I didnt explain it properly but I remember reading several articles on this. If you were able to gain 50lbs of LBM in one year you would be Ronnie in no time. I have books that give estimates on how much muscle you can build per year at what age for every year you continue lifting and it decreases as you get older and the amounts are low (take into account this is from a natural standpoint)

My response old chap

[FireGuy]

My response old chap

I am not saying I agree that he put on 50lbs of muscle. In fact, I rather doubt it. My point was, if a guy puts on 50lbs in a year without gaining any fat then its counted as muscle. Remember, water weight is lean mass.