Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
My bodyweight is now 140lbs, up from 135 when I was just rowing. So I've gained about 5 lbs of muscle (well weight at least) in the last 5 months, although the last couple months it's remained the same.

I'm thinking maybe this is just my ideal natural weight?

I'm not looking to add size or bulk. Ideally I'd love to start to resemble a boxer's body, muscular but lean. I guess training 3 hours a week probably isn't going to produce that, but if I could look in shape, so I at least look like I work out, that would be great.

I don't think I llok like that yet, but I look much much better than I did at the start of the year.

everyone would like a boxers body, its just difficult to achieve

there arent many people who can add muscle and burn fat at the same time

if you havent used you muscles for a long time then maybe you will fill out a bit when you first start to put them into action again but they wont grow at a very fast rate if you dont bulk

and by a very fast rate i mean even the best bulkers (natural of course and over a certain age) will only put on 5lbs absolute maximum in a year (more like 2-3lbs for most people), and thats bulking with out worrying about fat gain

youll only put on weight if you are taking on excess callories

so if you eat 3500 and burn 1000 rowing (daily allowance 2500) then youre not gonna gain any weight of any kind