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[53Fan]

Matthews was a 166 lb. LB/TE as a freshman. He's now a 240 lb. LB.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

Matthews was a 166 lb. LB/TE as a freshman.

In highschool?

I was 147 lbs as a freshman, 170 as a senior, and 4 years later I was 205. And I was not a professional athlete or heavy into lifting during that 4 year span. I was in the Army though so there was physical exercise. That was a 21% increase in weight and mass over 8 years.

Brian Cushing had a 35% increase, but he was playing football and lifting heavy while in college. It is not much of a stretch to see those type of gains when you are working hard.

Hell, nowadays (12 years later) I'm pushing 230, but I need to get back to 195-205...beer hasn't been kind to me.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by Angry

In highschool?

I was 147 lbs as a freshman, 170 as a senior, and 4 years later I was 205. And I was not a professional athlete or heavy into lifting during that 4 year span. I was in the Army though so there was physical exercise. That was a 21% increase in weight and mass over 8 years.

Brian Cushing had a 35% increase, but he was playing football and lifting heavy while in college. It is not much of a stretch to see those type of gains when you are working hard.

Hell, nowadays (12 years later) I'm pushing 230, but I need to get back to 195-205...beer hasn't been kind to me.

No, at USC. You can gain a lot of weight when you're undersized and trying to be a starter at LB at a major program. I think it's more a case of hard work than steroids. I hear ya. It wasn't that kind to me either.

[warriorzpath]

Originally Posted by Angry

In highschool?

I was 147 lbs as a freshman, 170 as a senior, and 4 years later I was 205. And I was not a professional athlete or heavy into lifting during that 4 year span. I was in the Army though so there was physical exercise. That was a 21% increase in weight and mass over 8 years.

Brian Cushing had a 35% increase, but he was playing football and lifting heavy while in college. It is not much of a stretch to see those type of gains when you are working hard.

Hell, nowadays (12 years later) I'm pushing 230, but I need to get back to 195-205...beer hasn't been kind to me.

Actually it is more of a 44% increase (that's 6% shy of half his body mass- 74 divided by 166 ). And that's 4 years. I don't know if that's normal.

Angry, you had a 39% increase (from 147 to 205), but that was 8 years.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by warriorzpath

Actually it is more of a 44% increase (that's 6% shy of half his body mass- 74 divided by 166 ). And that's 4 years. I don't know if that's normal.

Angry, you had a 39% increase (from 147 to 205), but that was 8 years.

Yeah, I calculated percentage from his current weight. The Army teaches interpulation rather than math. We were also taught 1 and 1 is 3...Long story. Not that either of those is a solid excuse for my incorrect calculations.