Good Gaines

What in all of your eyes is considered a good gain over a week. Ex: 135x5 this week and then 145x5 the next week. Would that be considered a good gain. Or how about something like:total 900 in a meet this month then next month total 925 at a meet. Is that a average good or excellent gain? Just wondering what to think about my gaines.

personally any gain for me i consider a good gain. to be honest with you, i would not put numbers to this question. if your are happy with your gains then that all that matters. yes i feel it is good to set marks you want to acomplish but set reasonable ones so that your not discouraged if you happen not to make it. thats my personal thought

Age - 24
5'6
Weight- 145
bf % - 9.9
Bench - 250 max
Bench during training 210
leg press - 340
deadlift - 225

I don't try anything, i just do it

So basically if you get your last set 1 more rep then u did the previous week it should be good. I always felt that way but wasn't sure if it was considered a good gain at all.

what ever keep you going.

Age - 24
5'6
Weight- 145
bf % - 9.9
Bench - 250 max
Bench during training 210
leg press - 340
deadlift - 225

I don't try anything, i just do it

Yeah if youve been lifting for awhile, 5 pounds every 2 weeks is pretty good.
 
But asa long as oyur making pretty consistent gains your doing fine.

Stats-
Height-5'11
Weight-160
Bench- 185
Squat-225
Deadlift-275

Ok good becuase I always get worried when my squat or bench will only go up 5 lbs sometimes. Makes me feel like im not tryin hard enough.

Is this possible...  This kid in my school was lifting 95 pounds 4 reps on the bench a month ago and now he can do 1 rep of 200...  how the heck did this happen?  i wasn't there but is this possible?

did he tell you that or did someone see it.

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Ok good becuase I always get worried when my squat or bench will only go up 5 lbs sometimes. Makes me feel like im not tryin hard enough.

I agree with Klocinski on this one. I try not to anticipate my improvements in numerical terms. As long as my strength is improving and things keep growing week to week, I don't really care by how much. I'll take an extra two milimeters on my biceps over two lost any day. I'll even tolerate a little stagnation once in a while, but not for long.

Lately, I've been seeing 1Lb to 1.2Lb per week gains in lean mass, and honestly, that's faster than I remember growing during PUBERTY!

The key (for me at least) is getting a handle on impatience. Remember, this is your body you're talking about -you know, the one that took 13 YEARS just to decide you needed hair on places other than your head, LOL. This is just one of those things I think we all have a slight problem with: it can be waaaay too easy to take the speed of our gains for granted just 'cause we (well, most of us, anyway) grew like weeds when we first started lifting

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I agree any gain is a good gain.  It means its working and that is fine with me.  Although if it took like 3 months for a small gain like 1 lb of muscle, then there mut be something you can do to improve your gains.

little gains are good gains no matter what it is keep pumping out reps im in same boat whit weights at meets.
wt 190
bp 315
sq 490
dl 575
to 1380

Oh yeah the kid said he did, and a couple kids saw him.  But still thats alot of weight fast, and he sure didnt gain much weight.