I'd forget about gaining much muscle mass in a month. However you can make them look bigger by lifting weights. They'll get filled up with blood. If you already have a thin body, you will definitely look bigger by lifting.
I read in a book by Arnold Schwarzenegger that a person can only gain 2 to 3 pounds of real muscle mass per year. I know that there are a lot of articles out there that say you can gain 20 or 30 pounds of muscle per year. I just don't believe it.
Look at the former 8 time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman (lost to Jay Cutler in Sept.) He didn't start winning Mr. Os until he was in his 30s. It wasn't that he wasn't a great bodybuilder, it just took several years for his muscles to reach the mass to win Mr. Olympia's. It took time along with hard work. He won his 8th Mr. O at the age of 41 (it's all down here from there though). Arnold was winning Mr. Os in his early to mid 20s, but remember he started at 17 and was really compeiting against hobbiest.
Lift to look good. However, I hope no one on here wants to bodybuild for a living. You'll live a poor and unsatisfied life, even if you are on the top. If you are not at least 5 foot 9, forget about it. Look at Ronnie Coleman who was the top of the World for 8 years, but he lives in just a modest house. They don't get paid hardly anything for advertising, because Mr. O owners take all the money. The bottom half doesn't earn anything and the next in line wins only a $1,000. Ridiculous! I'd recommend you watch videos from Netflix showing training for the Mr. Os and training by Coleman and Cutler. You'll learn a lot about body building.
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