Newbie gains

>>40576056
you don't gain any muscle mass in the first month or two of lifting

>>40576068
bullshit

why is she blowing into his bellybutton?

>>40576082
Not him, but this is partly true.

While your CNS is adapting, you are not applying enough stress to the muscle to do significant damage to it, although you still are gaining muscle slowly.

Once you increase the amount of force you are pushing, your muscles get damaged enough to super compensate.

>>40576139
bullshit again

so all the weight you gain is pure fat? stop posting retard

>>40576113
Came to post this.

>>40576149
A good amount of the weight is additional glycogen and the intramuscular water that follows with it.

>>40576068
third month into lifting and i have lost a good amount of fat but have also seen good progress in muscle development

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>>40576227
>A good amount of the weight is additional glycogen and the intramuscular water that follows with it.

so the muscles literally get bigger, got it

>>40576284
Yes, but you're not creating much extra tissue, so the strength gains are mostly from CNS/technique improvements.

>>40576284
it's not permanent size. just like how your belly extends after you ate a big meal.

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>>40576325
no hypertrophy is permanent, none, if you stop lifting and eat life shit for a year you'll go back to DYEL mode

>>40576311
so why would the muscles need to absorb more glycogen and water if you can just rely on muh CNS magic gains? stop being stupid

>>40576348
Glycogen is mostly for endurance, but it doesn't take much to trigger adaptation for it when you're just starting out. The water comes with the glycogen because that's how it's bound.

>>40576068
You do, you're just never going to be able to see it.

Also water and glycogen in the muscle does make it look bigger.

>>40576284

No.

The space occupying that area gets bigger, but the muscle tissue doesn't increase.

>>40576056
The only times you gain muscle while at a deficit is when you're a beginner and when you're a fat fuck