What's the most STAGE weight you have added from one show to the next

[cnriagu]

Reading a lot of posts lately about gaining weight vs gaining muscle and I started to wonder what is a REALISTIC amount of quality stage weight an individual could attain from one show to their next? Or from one offseason (6-18 months for example).
So my question is what was the most YOU gained? What did you feel contributed the most to your gains? Looking back, did the extra weight improve the QUALITY of your physique, or did you become too obsessed with the numbers game without taking into account overall the quality?

 

[Sieve]

From 88kg to 106kg in 1 year.
18kg(40lbs), I was a steroid virgin.

 

[dalvare1]

i average about 3-5 pounds of stage weight a year over the course of the last 4-5 years

ive gone from 180 to 196 onstage

but thats without ever going over 500mg, no gh, no slin, i dont really use orals or let myself get tubby.

if I went balls-out for 12 months straight maybe i could make that 8-10 pounds, but i dont see the point

 

[biglizard225]

First show I was 195, second was 221, 5 weeks later I did my third and dropped to 208 (leanest I've ever been in my life), 4th I competed at 226 almost as dry as the last.
So for me give or take 8-12 pounds a show. I put muscle on fairly easy right now with youth on my side ha

 

[Jeremy24]

First show 204.8

hoping 225 by my next comp.

 

[southernmuscle214]

Went from 176 to 196....I got really soft that offseason my previous offseason weight was 206 that year I got up to 236 and I am 5'6"....was a little fatter than I should have been though

 

[Flex2019]

190 in June 2011
207.5 in November 2012

17.5 lbs gained, and conditioning was much improved over 2011. I push hard in the offaeason, I've been fortunate enough to gain 15lbs 2 years in a row. It is definitely necessary to fill out my frame.

 

[SIR-LOIN]

Onstage weight
185 in 1990
207 in 2009 (out of retirement)
226 in 2011 (as lean but dryer than 2009)

 

[cnriagu]

My last show I was 185, the show prior to that I was 190 (about 9months apart)...I was lighter but considerably tighter IMO. My training and diet were comparable between both shows, but I was "off" for 3-4 months

 

[Sieve]

From 86kg or 88kg I dont remeber exactly(around 190lbs) to 106kg ( 233lbs) in 1 year.
20kg~ muscle gain

 

[xjpx]

18 year old junior at 80kilos
20 year old at 90kilos
21 year old at 105kilos
23 year old at 120kilos

 

[Deleted member 106824]

xjpx, how tall are you?

i average about 3-5 pounds of stage weight a year over the course of the last 4-5 years

ive gone from 180 to 196 onstage

but thats without ever going over 500mg, no gh, no slin, i dont really use orals or let myself get tubby.

if I went balls-out for 12 months straight maybe i could make that 8-10 pounds, but i dont see the point

 

[xjpx]

xjpx, how tall are you?

5ft 5.5