Can u measure MUSCLE weight gain?

[Taylor]

im in a personal health/wellness class this semester and we need to set a goal to begin

my goal is to gain between 10 to 20 pounds of muscle over the time i'll be rehabilitating my shoulder (its a baseball injury called internal infringement, i'm sure quarterbacks get it too)...it doesn't bother me a ton lifting weights except db raises...anyway, i'm going to begin rehab when my baseball playoffs end which will be within 3 weeks depending on how long we last

from the time i begin this rehab to the time i end i want the additional muscle (i will not be able to throw a baseball while rehabbing this shoulder)

when i go to the therapist would they have something handy to measure my initial muscle/fat weight ratio?

my teacher told me to use the weight and repetitions from my workouts to measure what muscle i gained when i asked her this question, but i'm regularly getting stronger. I'm also not going to be maxing out everytime i lift, i rarely max anyway to begin with.


in one sentence, can u measure the MUSCLE you gain from point A to point B

[num1son]

Infringement or impingement, I've only heard of the latter... Yah when u go to the therapist they should have a body fat testing device take it a few times over a couple days and take the average that will be your start, as far as 20lbs I assume over a semester wow hopefully they have no idea if you are going to use or not don't think by any means natty this will be achieved, also take measurements in mm of course for more accuracy peak arm peak quad, calf chest etc... hope this helps

K

[Stonecold54]

yes with this...http://www.exercisecertification.com...logicselg.html

anything else is pretty much a waste of time for any type of accuracy.

[Taylor]

impingement

impingement


i've never really tried to gain muscle from point a to point b, i've just lifted and eaten properly, depending on what i'm doing i will eat more to gain size...

but i've never tried to say beginning of september i'm starting at this point, and by the middle of october i want to have gained exactly this and that...so 20 was just a ballpark i think i'm gonna cut it down to 10

i'm probably gonna do it natural but the temptation not to is itching away at me

[Taylor]

yes with this...http://www.exercisecertification.com...logicselg.html

anything else is pretty much a waste of time for any type of accuracy.

thanks, hopefully where i'll be rehabbing will have something similar or identical

[NYCmitch25]

yes with this...http://www.exercisecertification.com...logicselg.html

anything else is pretty much a waste of time for any type of accuracy.

SC good post. Its interesting how the BioAnalogics system far exceeds traditional hydrostatic weighing device known to be inaccurate; but most professionals still use the hydrostat?!? Old Arent we really talking about LBM. What percentage of the body isnt fat. Taylor im curious why your interested in tracking LBM? It just seems like an odd goal to set for one self.

[Taylor]

Taylor im curious why your interested in tracking LBM? It just seems like an odd goal to set for one self.

we had to come up with a goal for this personal health/wellness class and that's what came to mind