5lbs of lean muscle? or fat coming back.

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I work out 5-6 nights a week, I lift for about an hour to an hour and half. When I lift, I work one muscle group a night intensely. Is it possible to gain 5lbs of lean muscle due to my faithfully lifting in one month?
 
It's unlikely if you have a crappy, one muscle per session split. Post your training plan and diet and people will be able to help more (pictures would be ideal)
 
like typhoon said one bodypart splits are crap IMO,but you can still build muscle on them,especially as a newbie,i doubt 5lbs would be lean muscle some fat as well maybe.
 
5lbs in a month is likely to be about 40 / 60 split of fat and muscle, but you can easily trim the 2 lbs or so of fat per week
 
1 body part splits are great....if you're a pro-bodybuilder over 200lbs who's been lifting for 15 years.

otherwise, its doing more harm than good. try an upper/lower split, or a push/pull split...or even a Full body workout 3x a week. I bet a 3x FBW will kick your ass in ways you never expected.

remember the point of trainign isn't to make the muscles hurt like hell the next day!

No Pains = Good Gains!
 
Go to the local university or your doctor and ask for skinfold or DEXA testing. This will let you know which is the case. It'll run you $30-free, depending on your insurance and your doc.

Everything else is just speculation. Trust me, $30 and an hour of your time is a low, low price for peace of mind.
 
yeah, back before I knew anything about exercise in high school and started working out, I had the same philosophy of working the each muscle group individually day to day. Results?? An imbalance body: Huge Pecs/only slightly bigger back, hige tris/slightly smaller bis. The toughest thing about splits like this is there are some days where you can't make it to the gym, so that day, that muscle group gets neglected and you may not get to it until the next week.

Now, if you do what Malkore says, full-body, or some kind of split, you want to focus on compound multiple-joint exercises. The results will amaze.
 
I figured fat had something to do with it since Ive been eating a lot more lately, i was ranging around 212-215, and the other night I weighed in at 220! I mean 5lbs is 5lbs, but come on I'm trying to get my weight down to 205 a tleast. I'm coming from used to weighing 310lbs about a year and half ago, so I feel its unacceptable unless its lean muscle.

Normally I do 3-5 different workouts for the muscle group I'm working on, If I do a split of backs and biceps, are 3 different work outs per muscle group acceptable for a substantial work out?
 
When people are refering to a split it usually means upper/lower split. I.e. one day you work your upper body, the next workout is the lower body. You do not need to focus on specific body parts at this stage.

You can give yourself a brutal full body workout with only 5 or 6 compound exercises which would be a FAR greater option for a person in your position than wasting your time on body part splits. Add to that you would only have to hit the gym 3 times per week.
 
JTM said:
When people are refering to a split it usually means upper/lower split. I.e. one day you work your upper body, the next workout is the lower body. You do not need to focus on specific body parts at this stage.

You can give yourself a brutal full body workout with only 5 or 6 compound exercises which would be a FAR greater option for a person in your position than wasting your time on body part splits. Add to that you would only have to hit the gym 3 times per week.
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What exercises would be considered compound?
 
Have a read of the weightlifting 101 sticky in the weight listing section, it will answer all your questions.

In short, a compound exercises move your body through more than one joint movement, thus work multiple muscles simultaneously. Good examples includes squats, deadlifts, benchpress, dips, lunges etc....
 
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