Weight training: bulk and weight gain

[Yen]

Each body is different. I can leg press 3 sets at 360 pounds. My legs are less bulky than when I started with my trainer and my butt has a much better shape. My back and shoulders are definitely more massive from my weight training. I like it, since I was not gifted with the body of a twig. I'll take strong and muscular.

But each body is different. Talk to your trainer. He/she is the person who sees you and knows what you are doing. Presumably they took measurements when you started. You can always have them measure you again.

Veronica

Thanks, I will ask my trainer about this next time I see him. My hips and thighs are taking shape, and definitely are much stronger. We didn't take measurements when I started, but he did measure my body fat, intending to test it again later on.

Another thought... I have been doing fewer cardio work-outs than before, in favor of the weight room. Previously, I did more treadmill workouts, and other walking more often. Maybe I need to do more of that.

[itself]

It's not uncommon to put on muscle weight when weight training. I've been lifting over twenty years. I generally run about ten pounds heavier when lifting as I bulk up quite a bit.

You might try doing higher reps of 12-15. Lighter weight won't bulk/thicken the legs up as much.

[marni]

also look at the fat content of your diet. I cannot lose any weight nor do I trim down muscle bulk until I eat under20 g of fat a day. I have lost inches in the muscles, but am also fighting the 62 year old inevitable 1-10% year of muscle tissue loss. Still what you are trying to increase is lean muscle so the fat content definitely becomes an issue, along with all synthetic sweetners which don't help, and although they may taste good, rot your brain cells and increase tencancy to sunburn, as do a lot of the other not natural, or too much of a natural additives. Hang in there and go for more frequent slower reps of lighter weight to develop less bulky more elastic muscles.