muscle DOES NOT weigh more than fat!!!!

crisanderson27

I just would love if everyone did their research on exactly how long/how hard you actually have to work to gain actual muscle mass. It doesn't happen in a weeks time or cause an overnight gain. Get real and stop saying "muscle weighs more than fat" with Jane Doe posts that her weight is 2 lbs more than 3 days ago. It doesn't work like that.

This I am on board with completely. It DOES weigh more than fat...but is (and I say this very seriously) never, ever the cause of not losing weight over the course of a month...yet having your clothes fit better. In six months, if you're not quite as light as you expected (by 3-5lbs), and you've been on a high protien diet and lifting heavy weight multiple times a week...you might blame that slight difference on muscle mass.

Other than that...water, waste...undigested food...one (or more of) those would be the culprit folks.

Cris

PJilly

i don't rant often, but this is just IRKING MY NERVES!!! UGH!!!

I didn't know nerves could be irked. Hmm. I guess I learn something new every day. :laugh:

debbiequack

That’s ridiculous. Nobody thinks a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat. Surely not? Inch per inch, muscle does weigh more. I think that is what people mean when they say that.

Yes, muscle is more DENSE. I have never misunderstood when people said that.

DQ

just_silk

No wonder I'm so heavy. I must have been weighing myself in muscle lb rather than fat lb.

The issue is really that the science/maths have been simplified into catchphrase language. The people who use the phrase (myself included) know exactly what it means and tend to use it with people who are like-minded. It's not like it's an everyday term.

Head over to a wedding forum one day. They will drive you crazy with their use of isle instead of aisle. :grumble:

n0013987

Here is my question:

If you have a pound of fat, and a chunk of muscle that is the same size & volume as the 1 pound of fat, how much does that chunk of muscle weigh?

shesajoy

That’s ridiculous. Nobody thinks a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat. Surely not? Inch per inch, muscle does weigh more. I think that is what people mean when they say that.

I'm pretty sure this is what everyone means when they say a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat. Simmer down. lol!

shesajoy

i don't rant often, but this is just IRKING MY NERVES!!! UGH!!!

I didn't know nerves could be irked. Hmm. I guess I learn something new every day. :laugh:

Jill. I love you.

nwg74

Here is my question:

If you have a pound of fat, and a chunk of muscle that is the same size & volume as the 1 pound of fat, how much does that chunk of muscle weigh?

I have read that muscle weighs 2.5 times heavier by volume so I assume that would make 1 pound fat = 2.5 pounds muscle for the same volume.

I was catching up on the UK biggest loser and it was rather annoying when one of the trainers saying the person probably didn't lose weight because muscle weighs more than fat. Nothing about being more dense or by volume.

watboy

What? What? What?

LorinaLynn

Five dollars worth of manure costs the same as five dollars worth of gold, but not many will argue with me if I say gold is more expensive than cow poop.

The "by volume" is implied.

watboy

Best analogy ever. Wow just brilliant.

Five dollars worth of manure costs the same as five dollars worth of gold, but not many will argue with me if I say gold is more expensive than cow poop.

The "by volume" is implied.

Mustangsally1000

But it does. Say you have a cubic foot of muscle and a cubic foot of fat. The muscle will weigh more.

a pound is a pound is a pound. It make take up more or less space..but a pound is a pound no matter how you look at it.

fatcellsuck

Muscle is way better for you.

SarahSwimmer

OP: we know a pound is a pound. We know muscle is more dense. CAN WE STOP NOW?

PJilly

Five dollars worth of manure costs the same as five dollars worth of gold, but not many will argue with me if I say gold is more expensive than cow poop.

The "by volume" is implied.

I'd rather be worth my weight in gold than cow poop.

snewsome7

http://half-the-girl.com/2012/02/15/muscle-weighs-more-than-fat-and-this-just-in-the-earth-is-flat/

I don't know how to post the picture...

TrailRunner61

Yeah it does weigh more than fat and it tastes better too. :laugh:

cloud2011

True a pound is a pound. But a pound of feathers equalling a pound of lead doesn't mean that we think of them as weighing the same. The volume would be different, so I agree with another poster, that's what people mean.

Muscle is more compact, I think. When I was in great shape and very muscular I didn't look like I weighed as much as I did. But when I'm out of shape, I sure do, because I take up more space even though I weigh the same.

cowgirlzride

I posted a similar post over a month ago. Pound of lead
VS a pound of feathers. Weighs the same. Space it takes up is different. I was ripped a new one by a bunch of punk young mean girls~ or over bearing controling grown women. It was CRAZZZZZZYYYYYY. My post was nice and not in your face or anything close to an aggressive post. I could not believe the immature snotty women.

Huffdogg

This is idiotic. By this logic, nothing weighs more than anything else. Apparently steel and cotton weigh the same. A pound of each is the same...

o_O

When an equal volume of one thing weighs more than the same volume of another thing, the first thing WEIGHS MORE.

amymrls

really who cares take a chill pill

SnazzyTraveller

oh!

SPNLuver83

o i know drives me nuts too

luvmybaby333

Five dollars worth of manure costs the same as five dollars worth of gold, but not many will argue with me if I say gold is more expensive than cow poop.

The "by volume" is implied.

This post wins the thread.

SPNLuver83

This is idiotic. By this logic, nothing weighs more than anything else. Apparently steel and cotton weigh the same. A pound of each is the same...

o_O

When an equal volume of one thing weighs more than the same volume of another thing, the first thing WEIGHS MORE.

You got it wrong. Volume and weight are different. There will of course be more cotton to accumulate a pound that it takes for steel, BUT A POUND IS STILL A POUND NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT TAKES TO CREATE THE POUND (or how little as it pertains to muscle and fat)

juicemoogan

This again?... really?

Didnt we just argue about this last week.

and the week before.... and the week before..

Bikini27

But it does. Say you have a cubic foot of muscle and a cubic foot of fat. The muscle will weigh more.

a cubic foot is a measurment of area.... not a measurement of weight.

FTW!!

Lost_Mermaid

Honestly? Do you need a whole thread to tell people that pound is a pound? When people say that muscle weighs more than fat they mean by volume. Anyone who is able to use this website will know that a pound is a pound. So are you saying that steel weighs the same as fethers? and water same as air? and everything in the world weighs the same, just have a different size? And you weigh the same as me, as pound of you = a pound of me? MUSCLE WEIGHS MORE THAN FAT BY VOLUME. thats what people mean. Dont insult anyones intelligence.

this

Bikini27

This again?... really?

Didnt we just argue about this last week.

and the week before.... and the week before..

Yep, we covered made up faces and ugly faces at the gym all yesterday, tomorrow will be....HCG or Paleo...or whatever.

LPCoder

I think what we are referring to is that muscle is more dense than fat. So instead of saying, "muscle weighs more than fat," can we all agree to say that "muscle is more dense than fat?" That should make everyone happy!