Ok after reading this thread I had to post. The claims in this thread that a 17 year old kid can not put on 25 lbs of muscle in 12 weeks is ignorant.
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Sorry if this post comes across harsh but I felt it had to be seeing as there was so much conviction in the post that claimed it not possible.
Ignorant is kinda of harsh. Uninformed might be more appropos but having been a poster in the thread and having reread it there was no conviction much less "so much".
There was considerable awe and there was skepticism. Those two words frequently are found together. Things can be wonderments until the mystery is broken down through explanation.
Keep in mind this a fan based sports board not the Kinesiology Association Workshop. No trainers, no physicians, no dieticians. So it's true we do base things on our experience which brought up the reference to Kamara and then digressed, as fan boards, and general conversation does into our own experience complete with self deprecating humor.
I admire the zeal and dedication anyone who excels but I question the judgement of a parent that lets their child go to such extremes. A teenager's body is still growing and needs more rest than that of a 20 or 22 year. There are quite a few in the medical community who look at someone encouraging a child to do 5000 stairs a day as reckless. I know one orthopedist who does lots of sports surgery who considers it criminal.
I found your post informative. I do have one question and bear with me, I'm only an engineer by training simply looking at conservation of mass. You noted a program of very strenuous activity. High caloric expending activity yet you only had an intake of 3500 calories. A typical 16-18 year old male takes in around 3000 calories per day. Your workout regimen harldy makes you typical. Based upon your intake and your calories expended I'd actually expect you to have lost weight not added 25 pounds regardless of the time period.
