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6 lb weight gain but only .2 shift in body comp, good or bad?


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So I've gained 6 lbs since I last had my body comp done- I've gone from 119 at 20.7 to 126 at 20.9

 

So, obviously I'm still planning on losing fat because I want to get to about 18 percent. But what I'm wondering is if a .2 percent increase with 6 lbs is a lot or a little. Meaning, did I gain mostly muscle? I've been trying to add muscle mass so that when I eventually lean out I'll look better, and I know that with muscle gain comes fat gain. What I'm trying to figure out is if I gained at a good ratio or not?

 

 

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That sounds really good to me.  I use a scale at home that does weight and body fat percentages and just from watching the numbers as my weight fluctuates the percentages do also.  So with a 6 lb gain and your body fat % not changing much I would say thats good.  I'm not an expert, just making an educated deduction on experience.

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If I did the math right, you gained 1.7 lbs of body fat which would mean the other 4.3 was muscle.

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