Group: Experienced Exercise

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How do I know I'm gaining muscle

DX14AG
DX14AG
Posts: 1,055
Joined: 2004/07/22
United States
2004/09/19, 02:59 PM
I have been weight lifting for about 2 months now but I wasn't eating a whole lot to gain muscle for about 1 month...I am not eating about 2000 calories day, and I have gained 5 pounds in 2 weeks...How do I know I'm gaining muscle and not just fat? My gym's BFP calculator is broken so I don't even know what my BFP is. I weigh 150, I'm 15 years old and 68 inches.
DX14AG
DX14AG
Posts: 1,055
Joined: 2004/07/22
United States
2004/09/19, 03:01 PM
I forgot to mention that I lost 60 pounds... I didn't do it the right way though i think i starved myself but I'm not sure...there was like one day where I only ate like 500 calories. But then i did some cardio and that brought down the calories a lot. I lost a lot of muscle because I didn't eat a whole lot, and I did lots of Cardio...
Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2004/09/19, 06:40 PM
Measure your shoulders,chest, biceps, fore-arms
waist, thighs, calves, and then again in 3 weeks. that will tell you what you want to know.

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Ivan
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Montreal Canada
bigandrew
bigandrew
Posts: 5,146
Joined: 2002/10/21
United States
2004/09/19, 09:23 PM
my bodycomp.com, its nto accurate accurate, but it will give you and idea, and will keep track of all your inches.

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