Quote: (01-18-2016 04:43 PM)el conquistador Wrote:
Quote: (01-17-2016 03:09 PM)Anabasis to Desta Wrote:
OP there are no shortcuts.
There is no such thing as gaining 30 pounds of muscle in 4 months. 95% of people can't even put on that much in 2 years of consistent lifting along with a perfect diet.
Rich Piana used to be heaver than he is now. He'll gain some weight from muscle memory alone.
Also, he's been bodybuilding for over 30 years – if he claims he can gain 30lbs in 4 months then I wouldnt't bet against him.
Exactly.
He's not gaining 30 lbs of new muscle. Any lifter who's quit working out for a while for some reason or another knows how easy it is to gain back muscle you've lost. Muscle memory is a beautiful thing.
I've gone from 200 lbs at 6'1 to 160. Took me about 3 months to get back to 200 most of it being muscle. So technically you could say i gained 25 pounds of muscle and 15 pounds of fat in 3 months. But it's not "new" muscle. It's muscle that took me over 2 years to build.
So yeah, i don't doubt he can gain that 30 pounds. Given the fact he has sold his buttcheeks to the devil i wouldn't be surprised if he even gained more.
My issue is that newbie naturals like the OP follow his programs expecting the same results and set themselves up for injury.