I'm being trained by one of the trainiers on this board. Been following the training, diet, and supplements he's written out, with only one or two cheat meals a week when I take family out to dinner and I don't go overboard even then. Haven't had to have too much discussion with him after the initial few b/c everything is moving along nicely and he was laid everything out for me in good detail.
I was looking back over my log book for the past few months. I keep a very detailed log daily of not just meals and training, but how I felt that day, how busy work was, anything unusual each day, and I track my vitals and other things I won't get into.
Well, last night I did a complete read thru of the last 3 months looking for trends or anything that jumped out at me. Spot on, EVERY time, the day AFTER I trained quads/hams, I find that my weight increases about 1.5 to 2.5 lbs. Every day after leg day it is like clockwork, and of course my legs are swollen the next day a bit.
I do consume a bit more water on leg day, but it's determined only by thirst and not a planned out things. But I'm usually not as hungry the rest of the day after training legs so don't eat as much, go figure.
Then two days after leg day my weight is about .5 lbs higher than it was the morning of that leg day, before training, and doesn't drop back to that initial weight. Meaning, I'm guaranteed an immediate increase in weight the day after legs and then .5 lbs of it stays.
I don't see this on other muscle groups to the point where it's a spot on consistent thing.
Questions/thoughts. I'm thinking the initial weight gain is water in my legs from the infllammatory response to the squats. So I hold a lot of water after leg training. That would make sense to me IF that is what is going on.
But the consistent .5 lbs that stays? Is that really lean muscle gain? Is that really possible? It can't be .5 lbs of leg muscle only, I don't think?, because my weekly weight gain is at about 1 lbs per week.
Anyone else notice a consistent initial weight gain the day after training legs? And anyone else notice about .5 lbs of the weight stays? This could be like "ABC" to everyone here. IDK. Just noticed this and thought I'd share and ask.
I was looking back over my log book for the past few months. I keep a very detailed log daily of not just meals and training, but how I felt that day, how busy work was, anything unusual each day, and I track my vitals and other things I won't get into.
Well, last night I did a complete read thru of the last 3 months looking for trends or anything that jumped out at me. Spot on, EVERY time, the day AFTER I trained quads/hams, I find that my weight increases about 1.5 to 2.5 lbs. Every day after leg day it is like clockwork, and of course my legs are swollen the next day a bit.
I do consume a bit more water on leg day, but it's determined only by thirst and not a planned out things. But I'm usually not as hungry the rest of the day after training legs so don't eat as much, go figure.
Then two days after leg day my weight is about .5 lbs higher than it was the morning of that leg day, before training, and doesn't drop back to that initial weight. Meaning, I'm guaranteed an immediate increase in weight the day after legs and then .5 lbs of it stays.
I don't see this on other muscle groups to the point where it's a spot on consistent thing.
Questions/thoughts. I'm thinking the initial weight gain is water in my legs from the infllammatory response to the squats. So I hold a lot of water after leg training. That would make sense to me IF that is what is going on.
But the consistent .5 lbs that stays? Is that really lean muscle gain? Is that really possible? It can't be .5 lbs of leg muscle only, I don't think?, because my weekly weight gain is at about 1 lbs per week.
Anyone else notice a consistent initial weight gain the day after training legs? And anyone else notice about .5 lbs of the weight stays? This could be like "ABC" to everyone here. IDK. Just noticed this and thought I'd share and ask.