Gain 34 lbs of Muscle In 28 Days?

So about a week ago I made a trip to chapters out of boredom (something I never thought I'd do) and picked up the book "The Four Hour Body" by Tim Ferriss. For someone like myself who doesn't do much reading, I found this book hard to put down. There's a lot of great information in here, both for men and women, but some of the information in the book had me a bit skeptical. In one of the chapters, Tim makes reference to what is refered to as "The Occam Protocol" a training regime mainly geared towards anyone with a genetically predispositon of skinniness (better known as the "Hard gainer"). The protocol suggest that one could overcome said predispostion and gain up to 34 lbs of natural muscle in just 28 days.

Not only would you achieve mass in such a short time but you'd also spend a lot less time in the gym (less than 20 minutes). Now I'm use to working out in the gym roughly 45-60 minutes (not including warm-ups and cool downs) and I'm use to the standard muscle building principals: 5 to 6+ exercises, using compound movement (bench press, squats deadlift,). X amount of reps, X amount of sets, X amount of rest in between, time under tension and so on. However with the Occam Protocol, You're doing no more than 2-3 exercises a day for 1 set of 7 reps....yeah you read that right...just 1 set.

Here's a round down of what the OCCAM PROTOCOL entails:

Workout A:

Yates Row 1x7

Shoulder Width Barbell overhead press 1x7

Myotactic Crunch 10-15 reps

Workout B:

Slight Incline Bench Press With Shoulder Width grip 1x7

Squat: 1x10

Kettlebell Swings 1x50

And that's it

You can see where the skepticism lies, how could a program with such little volume actually garner the results it claims? Well another thing I've learned through reading numerous forums and also through trials is that it's not so much the amount of volume or the reps that you do that builds muscle but it's the time under tension that your muscles under. While the volume during these workouts are minimal, The OCCAM PROTOCOL requires a cadence of 5 seconds concentric (muscle shortening) and 5 seconds eccentric (muscle lengthening) therefore putting the muscles under a longer duration of stress.

I've decided that I'm going to give this a try and see what kind of results I get from it. Now I'm not exactly as skinny as I was in my "younger" days, however I'd like to increase my mass a bit as well as lower my body fat %.

With this program you'll be training HEAVY so the program requires ample rest, in fact as the weeks go on your rest days in between WORKOUT A and WORKOUT B will increase....(Your body doesn't grow in the gym, it grows at rest).

SUPPLEMENTS:

In the book they list a whole bunch of supplements that I've never even heard of nor have an interest in investing in so I decided to just stick to the ones I was familiar with and also the ones I felt we're sufficient enough to still get the results I want.

The supplements I got were:

GLUTAMINE: Increases recovery and improve immune

function and prevent muscle breakdown

WHEY PROTEIN: Helps aid in muscle building and recovery

MULTI-VITAMIN: Overal health

OMEGA-3: Overall Health

DIET:

I'll be eating relatively healthy and since I'll be doing meal prepping for the week, my meals will most likely be the same everyday with one or two exceptions aka (cheat meals...I love a good pizza :P). I'll be keeping a log and updating everyday. my aim is to consume at least 2500 calories per day. To keep fat gain low, I'll be consuming carbs only on my strength training days.

I took my measurements this morning, using these products:

The Skuplt (pic on the left) was a birthday present given to me by my cousin and it measures the body fat and muscle quality of indviually muscles to give you a more accurate reading. If you've got stubborn fat you're trying to lose in certain areas (of course, keep in mind you can't spot reduce fat) this is a good device to help you track your progress.

http://www.skulpt.me/

Withings Smart body analyzer (middle pic) is a wi-fi enable scale that measures your weight, body fat percentage as well as your heart rate. it's a bit pricey but I love it.

http://www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/HB930ZM/A/withings-smart-body-analyzer

Orbitape (pic on the far right) is basically a measuring tape but it's got this little clip thingy that you snap in while taking a measurement and then once you push the little star button on the base, the tape tightens around the muscle making it easier to take a measurement of yourself or a client. Granted, you don't gotta get all fancy with the shit, a regular tape measure will do.

http://www.treadmillfactory.ca/orbitape-body-mass-tape-measure-btb-15

Here are my current stats as of Wednesday September 23rd.

Height: 5'11

Current Weight: 173 lbs

Overall Body Fat %: 13.7

Chest: 38

Waist: 29.8

Hips: 37

Thighs: (R) 22 (L) 21.9

Calves: (R) 14.5 (L)14.1

Arms: (R) 15 (L) 14.9

Forearms: (R) 11.9 (L) 12.3

Now my overal goal is definitely NOT to gain 34 lbs, I like doing flips and tricks still and can't afford to add that much weight. My main objective is to at least maintain a weight of 175 and to drop down to a single digit body fat percentage. In addition to that I'd like to increase the size of my biceps and delts.

Here is my first "Before" Picture taken this morning, before breakfast