Why Your Workout is Causing Weight Gain

You’re gaining muscle.

Another reason you could be gaining weight working out is that you’re building muscle faster than you’re shedding fat.The general consensus in the fitness community is that the most muscle weight someone who is new to fitness will gain is about two pounds a month, but that’s not a hard-and-fast number.On more than one occasion, I’ve assisted women who are frustrated because they felt their new exercise regime was making their thighs fat.And their legs were getting bigger, but only because increased muscle was pushing out the fat, making the legs increase in diameter. The trick here is patience. Once that fat burns off — which it does if you keep at it — thick legs will give way to a toned pair of gam