10 Pounds of Lean Mass in 7 Months (29 Weeks) Genetic Factors
When I started my health journey I had the following stats: Weight: 152 lb Body Fat percentage: 39.70%. Estimated from my height of 5'3.5", 37" waist, 40" naval measurement, using tape measure method 30 Weeks (Including Week 28 when I was sick and not working out the entire week) Weight: 140 lb Body Fat Percentage: 27.43%, Averaging caliper measurements from weeks 28 and 32 Over the 29 weeks I was working out, beginning with a combination of walking and weightlifting to presently weightlifting, a little cardio, and reducing calorie intake a tad, I gained about 10 pounds of lean mass. That seems a little high for a 34 year old female. So I dug around in my 23andme raw data looking for clues as to why the lean mass gain was on the high side. I was homozygous for the "power athlete" allele in the ACTN3 gene. That means more fast twitch muscles, which are more apt to grow, relative to slow twitch muscles. In my quest to heal my postpartum depression and ins...