I think that's a guy number, or a beginner number. In 5 years of lifting, I've probably added about 10 pounds of lean mass, and I lift VERY heavy, doing a 5 day split. That means 1 body part per day, for about an hour. I lift for size and strength, eat and train like a body builder.
When most people say "oh I'm not losing because I'm gaining muscle", IMO, they are deluding themselves unless they started at a fairly healthy body weight and are documenting the changes with a reliable measure of body composition- NOT an online calculator.
Guys can put on muscle much faster- especially young guys who are novice lifters.
If you've been pretty inactive and are young, and are eating to maximize muscle growth, I'm sure you can put on more that I've achieved. I'm a lot older and have always been active. Even so, after a while it gets harder an harder to build muscle, and realistically, do you really want to keep adding a pound of muscle every 3 weeks? What are your goals?
Mel
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