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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a myth for people to think that muscles gain a lot of weight through muscles building and strength training. It takes three solid months just to gain 5lbs of muscles unless you start loading up on steroids. [/quote]

Not sure what your goals are, but you certainly can gain 5 pounds of muscle in a few weeks.
If your goal is to get big and strong, you can go on a program like Starting Strength https://startingstrength.com/
and eat (male) 4000+ calories a day.  For someone just starting lifting, you should expect on that regimen to gain at *least* a pound a week.

I doubt anyone in this thread wants to go through the "novice phase" of a Starting Strength style program.  But maybe?

Anyway, bottom line: if you lift weights in reasonable volume, and eat enough, you will gain weight.  Full stop.[/quote]

You're talking about males trying to get swole. I'm a female who does a lot of weightlifting (free weights, max 30 lbs weight each hand which is a lot for a woman). I am on the skinny side and haven't gained any weight. Inalso usually eat less than 1700 calories per day, and I wouldn't want to gain a pound a week. Women weightlifters want to be strong and svelte, not like swole beefeaters. [/quote]

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