Since starting a mere 4 weeks ago, I'd built up an amazing 16
lbs of lean muscle mass.
I had lost 3
lbs of lean muscle mass, and gained 3 lbs of muscle!
Not exact matches
And while that may not sound like much, realize that a 0.5
lb per week
muscle gain over the course
of a year comes out to 26 pounds
of lean body
mass.
So, for somebody who has 21 % body fat at 120
lbs., 25.2 (120 x.21)
lbs of this is body fat and the rest (120
lbs minus 25.2
lbs = 94.8
lbs) is
lean body
mass (mostly
muscle).
While cardio wins the battle in terms
of calorie burn and weight loss, the study shows how cardiovascular training causes loss in
lean muscle mass -LRB--0.22
lbs) when strength training shows a 2.4
lb gain in
lean muscle mass.
I would be very much interested and seeing some before and after pictures
of your physique
of putting on the
lean 40
lbs of muscle mass... I think the pictures alone will speak for itself.
I sure hope 13
lbs of that were not
lean muscle mass (I don't think so, but who knows?).
Also, with all
of your challenging workouts you are likely building
muscle and
lean mass as well as losing fat so if you increase your
lean muscle mass by 1
lb and lose 1
lb of fat the scale wont change but your physique will (
muscle is approx 15 % denser than fat so 1
lb of fat takes up much more space than 1
lb of lean muscle).
He went from 285
lbs of pure fat into 200
lbs of purely natural
lean muscle mass.
1.5 g protein / kg body weight is a good rule
of thumb, meaning a 150
lb athlete should average 100g protein per day to preserve
lean muscle mass.