R J
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I don't mean it as a thought experiment, I mean it as a REAL experiment.
Anyway, if you look at the studies that Lyle cited, it doesn't seem far fetched (although I am proposing this in men who start of with a muscular disadvantage, not normal men nor regular weightlifters).
In 10 weeks, normal men gained 13 pounds of muscle with 600mg Test per week plus training.
In 10 weeks, hypogonal men gained 11 pounds of muscle with just 100mg Test per week.
A higher dose to hypogonal men should have allowed them to gain more muscle mass in 10 weeks, based on other studies cited.
It might be too much of a stretch, but clearly, 11-13 pounds of muscle mass gained is in the realm of possibility in 10 weeks...... so long as you believe the studies.
I think those studies are maybe getting some water retention mixing up with lean mass. I think if muscle cell swells with water it gets counted as lean mass? Not sure. I once gained nearly 20lb in 6 weeks on a testosterone and GH peptide cycle. It mostly disappeared when I went off because it was just bloat. Actual muscle gain was like 3lb maybe. I was training and eating in a non worthwhile manner anyways.
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