MUSCLE WEIGHT GAIN WITHOUT STEROIDS
Avoiding any steroid or growth enhancing aid is a wise health decision for athletes and non athletes. A drug-free muscle weight gain program can be very effective with considerable dedication to both diet and exercise. For high school and college athletes, sound, safe approach strives to add NO MORE than a half-pound of muscle per week, two pounds per month. This is about as quick as the body can add lean muscle. Faster approaches involving too many calories are almost certain to add adipose (fat) tissue. For some high school and college athletes, an even more conservative, effective approach is one-fourth pound per week, one pound per month, 12 pounds in one year.
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