He probably meant 20 pounds of muscle, not fat. 20 pounds of muscle
can be easily achieved in 10 weeks (legs, back, and arms).


Yeah with steroids. Gaining 20 pounds of muscle in 10 weeks is barely possible
for professional athletes and they can afford to pay dieticians and trainers
and literally devote their full off season time to putting on 20 pounds of lean
muscle mass. The closest I've come to serious muscle weight gain since I exited
puberty was a 4 month tour on Diego where I all I did was eat, lift and work
about 4.5 days a week. End result was a gain of about 6-7 pounds of muscle
weight. Even with the Mark McGuire method ("healthy" portions of creatine, next
best thing to andro which can't be taken by USAF aircrew), we had guys gain
just over 10 pounds in 4 months, but with creatine, at least a third of that is
water weight which will be gone within days of your last dose.

To put this back on subject, I'm pleased with the new weight ROE. I've only
been at or below my max allowable weight for my first year and a half on active
duty, and thats because I was scared there would be serious consequences if I
exceeded it. I was a shell of my former self and much less healthy. Once I
realized it was ok to exceed my max allowable weight (requirning a simple
measurment test to insure I was; "under fat"), I got back in the gym. Now, age
and increased responsibilities at work (ie less time during the week to
exercise) have conspired to throw about 5-7 pounds of "waste" around my mid
section, but I still believe my overall health (strength, endurance and
flexibility) is better now than when I showed up at Minot with circles under my
eyes, little energy and the strength to barely bench my own weight
(exaggeration, but not too great). Every year I head on over to the hospital
for my tape test (which, on another note is the most unscientific method of
determining body mass I've ever seen). From now on I'll be able to just simply
have my commander look me over. My life just got easier.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"