The following excerpt is from Chapter 18 of The Women’s Book Vol 1. The section was on the topic of goal setting and addresses the realities of women’s muscular potential in terms of how much lean body mass (LBM)/muscle they might carry. I addressed the topic in a slightly different context when I talked about genetic muscular potential and rates of muscle gain. But most of that information was discussing men. In general, women can simply cut the value in half. But this excerpt gets into it in a more specific way in terms of how much muscle a woman might realistically gain or carry.
Gaining Lean Body Mass
While the goal of gaining (or at least maintaining) LBM is an important one for all women, many readers of this book may only be interested in gaining relatively small amounts without huge consideration for the total amount that is or has been gained.… Keep Reading