Kevin put on 14 lbs of muscle?

[Superman]

You think it's impossible for a professional athlete with access to the best trainers/equipment/supplements/et cetera that money can buy to put on fourteen pounds of muscle in three months without using something illegal? That's interesting...

You say the end of the season as if the Kings stopped playing a couple of weeks ago; the Kings stopped playing before the middle of April.

Exactly.

Working out about 6 hours a week, you should be able to add 1-2 lbs. of muscle a week. Adding 14 lbs in 3 months is nothing for someone who doesn't have to go to work, raise kids, etc., and can focus a lot of time on strength training.

But it wouldn't hurt Kev to do a cycle or two of HGH.

 

[kupman]

Just checking my score card here:

-Brad Miller adds 14 lbs in the 3 months = lazy, piece of garbage who does not care.

-Kmart adds 14 lbs in 3 months = poster child for the hard working choir boy

-Barry Bonds adds 30-40 lbs in 3 years = steroid abuser who should be stoned in the town square.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I somehow disbelieve that, if Miller put on fourteen pounds, that muscle was involved.

And I would like to ask that you leave any tangential Barry Bonds proselytizing in the General forum for those who give a **** about baseball.

 

[Spike]

Just checking my score card here:

-Brad Miller adds 14 lbs in the 3 months = lazy, piece of garbage who does not care.

14 lbs of goo, if you will.

-Kmart adds 14 lbs in 3 months = poster child for the hard working choir boy

Totally doable, proven in earlier post.

-Barry Bonds adds 30-40 lbs in 3 years = steroid abuser who should be stoned in the town square.

Also doable, but the only one of the three who suffers from an enlarged cranium due to "alleged" abuse.

And there you have it.

 

[DocHolliday]

You think it's impossible for a professional athlete with access to the best trainers/equipment/supplements/et cetera that money can buy to put on fourteen pounds of muscle in three months without using something illegal? That's interesting...

You say the end of the season as if the Kings stopped playing a couple of weeks ago; the Kings stopped playing before the middle of April.

Yeah that's almost 3 months. That's not a lot of time in the weight gaining world. If you have the body type and genes that when you touch a weight you get bigger almost through osmosis it's different. I've known guys like that and I want to slap them in hopes of getting some of their genes.

When you're what's called a *hard gainer* which is what Kevin is and it's the same with me. It's very hard to gain weight. 14 pounds of solid lean mass in 3 months would be a TREMENDOUS gain, not attained easily when your genes are fighting you.

I would go with VF on this one that Kevin is probably talking about from last summer to this summer. With hard training, supplements and trainers that could be attained.

 

[Spike]

Not to get into an argument -

but how do we know if he's a hardgainer? I'm working on the assumption that he was just a scrawny dude who didn't go the extra mile to put on the weight because he didn't see the need for it. Just because he's skinny doesn't mean he tried putting on weight and failed.

Protein before/after working out, in addition to Arginine/Glutamine (amino acids) to help with NO production, in addition to a workout that will help stimulate GH production naturally will do it. It's amazing how much the study of weightlifting/kinesiology has progressed over the last few years.

That's where I'm coming from. We can respectfully agree to disagree.

 

[Superman]

When you're what's called a *hard gainer* which is what Kevin is and it's the same with me. It's very hard to gain weight. 14 pounds of solid lean mass in 3 months would be a TREMENDOUS gain, not attained easily when your genes are fighting you.

I would go with VF on this one that Kevin is probably talking about from last summer to this summer. With hard training, supplements and trainers that could be attained.

I'm wondering how much you know about Kevin's genes...

It's not outside the realm of possibility that a professional athlete with access to the best facilities, trainers and nutritionists in the country could put on 14 lbs. of muscle in three months. In fact, it's totally doable.

And it's not likely that he was talking about from last year to this year, because most basketball players lose muscle mass during the season from running up and down the court for 6 months. If their in a strict strength training program all season long, then they have a chance to keep what they have, but they wouldn't see any dramatic gains, especially if Kevin is a "hard gainer", as you claim to know. Any muscle he's put on in the past year has been put on since the season ended.

If we were talking about 25 lbs., that would be different. But 14 lbs. is not that hard to conceive.

 

[VF21]

Okay, folks. Here's the deal. We have members of this forum who know Kevin and his family. I'm going to send them a PM and ask them (the members) to ask them (Kevin and his family) which it is ... 14 lbs. since the season ended or 14 lbs. since last season or whatever else. I'll get back to you - or one of the people referenced above will.

 

[Jechtsphere]

Kevin working out:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_l2BH7hr9QUo...kxl8Xqr2ck/s1600-h/SL-7-10-07+KevinStepup.jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_l2BH7hr9QUo.../JvxRfasx_m4/s1600-h/SL-7-10-07+KevinCurl.jpg

So there's some more pictures to see how much bigger he's gotten or his arms at least lol.

 

[Cal-Kings]

Kevin working out:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_l2BH7hr9QUo...kxl8Xqr2ck/s1600-h/SL-7-10-07+KevinStepup.jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_l2BH7hr9QUo.../JvxRfasx_m4/s1600-h/SL-7-10-07+KevinCurl.jpg

So there's some more pictures to see how much bigger he's gotten or his arms at least lol.

LOL!

I'm not seeing it.

Still the same toothpick legs.

 

[Kingsgurl]

I think it's much ado about nothing. Who would even NOTICE 14 pounds stretched over that frame? He IS a hard gainer, as was referenced, but he IS doing much more 'set' work and less conditioned running. The amount of protein special diet weight crap the Kings have had him on since his rookie season (no, they aren't illegal) he SHOULD, in the natural process of maturing (he's still too young to say aging ) gain something. Since he isn't playing NBA ball right now and is probably taking in the same caloric intake, it would make sense. Even in a revved up metabolism it has to go somewhere.