Muscle DOES NOT weigh more than FAT

EddieG77

I keep seeing responses to posts that muscle weighs more than fat when in fact this is an old myth. When you take 5lbs of muscle and weigh it against 5lbs of fat, according to my math, 5lbs is 5lbs. Fat is much thicker than muscle, so by going by the scale if you are working out and you are not losing weight, you are simply replacing the fat with muscle. You could go months without losing weight, but your clothes are getting bigger and bigger on you. This is because you are losing the fat and converting it into muscle.

Please read here if you could: http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com/muscle-to-fat.html

Let's stop this myth for everyone's sake and don't always go by what the scale says but what you see in the mirror or how your clothes fit!!

Hope this helps!!
Cheers
Ed

LoreleiWalks

Thank you. I JUST read a post stating the old muscle weighs more than fat nonsense. Makes me cringe. UGHHHHH!!!!

NicNac86

I keep seeing responses to posts that muscle weighs more than fat when in fact this is an old myth. When you take 5lbs of muscle and weigh it against 5lbs of fat, according to my math, 5lbs is 5lbs. Fat is much thicker than muscle, so by going by the scale if you are working out and you are not losing weight, you are simply replacing the fat with muscle. You could go months without losing weight, but your clothes are getting bigger and bigger on you. This is because you are losing the fat and converting it into muscle.

Please read here if you could: http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com/muscle-to-fat.html

Let's stop this myth for everyone's sake and don't always go by what the scale says but what you see in the mirror or how your clothes fit!!

Hope this helps!!
Cheers
Ed

Surely going by your own story, muscle weights more than fat.

If your weight is staying the same, but your clothes are getting bigger on you (ie you're getting smaller), then your frame is smaller but you still weigh the same.

I don't think it's about 5lbs = 5lbs at all. Of course it does. I think it's in relation to say 1 inch on your body. 1 inch of muscle could weigh more than 1 inch of fat.

imjessly

I always assume when someone says muscle weighs more than fat, they mean that of the same volume (area) of fat vs muscle, the muscle is heavier as its more dense than fat.

Obviously 5 pounds of muscle weighs the same as 5 pounds of fat weighs the same as 5 pounds of feathers and so on...

EricMurano

Oh f--- not this again!!

shanighias

totally agree with imjessly ........sports man weigh more than 180 pounds at 5 8 and they seem very lean!

EddieG77

Sorry man!! HAHA

acruz049

Oh f--- not this again!!

Lmfao!!! that was cute you sound so bummed about it:explode: :bigsmile:

karensoxfan

I keep seeing responses to posts that muscle weighs more than fat when in fact this is an old myth. When you take 5lbs of muscle and weigh it against 5lbs of fat, according to my math, 5lbs is 5lbs.

Let's stop this myth for everyone's sake

What most people mean when they say muscle weighs more is thatby VOLUME (ex: 1 sq. Inch) muscle does weigh more than fat because the mass of muscle is more dense than thesame size of fat. Like a grocery bag of bricks weighs more than a grocery bag of feathers.

Booboo78

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That is because when someone makes the statement that "muscle weighs more than fat". Then weight is the variable in the equation and your suppose to make the conclusion on your own that with equal volume of muscle and fat. Muscle will weight more.

So in your example if you make weight a constant and you take 5lbs of muscle and 5lbs of fat. You will have more volume of muscle.

Maybe the saying should change and should be "Muscle weights more then fat per volume" Then we won't have these pointless debates, when all of us are trying to get more muscle and less fat on our bodies.

timheywood

Here is the precise and complete truth:

Muscle is denser than fat.

Fit_Canuck

It's denser than fat. So for example if you burn off cubic inch of fat and replace it with one cubic inch of muscle your total weight will go up. So some people may not seen a size change on the tape but will see a weight gain on the scale.

So yes most people relate that to the saying muscle weights more than fat because they don't want to get into the nitty gritty details of muscle tissue density vs adipose fat tissue density. To expand on that, if you took 1 liter of muscle tissue and put it on a scale with 1 liter of fat tissue, then yes the muscle would weight more than fat.

NicNac86

Haha, exactly! so 1 sq inch of muscle would weigh more than 1 sq inch of fat, thanks!

So in your example if you make weight a constant and you take 5lbs of muscle and 5lbs of fat. You will have more volume of muscle.

As above, more volume of fat, less volume of muscle.

Edit: as muscle's denser (as above), that makes complete sense!

MaximalLife

I keep seeing responses to posts that muscle weighs more than fat when in fact this is an old myth.

Come on!
When we say muscle weighs more than fat, we mean BY VOLUME!
FACT: Muscle weighs more than fat ....BY VOLUME!

A gallon of muscle weighs more than a gallon of fat.

That's what we mean.

sweetsarahj

Here is the precise and complete truth:

Muscle is denser than fat.

^^^ exactly what I was going to say

Fit_Canuck

I keep seeing responses to posts that muscle weighs more than fat when in fact this is an old myth.

Come on!
When we say muscle weighs more than fat, we mean BY VOLUME!
FACT: Muscle weighs more than fat ....BY VOLUME!

A gallon of muscle weighs more than a gallon of fat.

That's what we mean.

We were on the same wavelength, just wasn't typing fast enough to beat you to it

krkavanagh

Excellent visual, thank you

KitTheRoadie

I always assume when someone says muscle weighs more than fat, they mean that of the same volume (area) of fat vs muscle, the muscle is heavier as its more dense than fat.

Obviously 5 pounds of muscle weighs the same as 5 pounds of fat weighs the same as 5 pounds of feathers and so on...

Exactly!

If you have 10cm3 of fat and 10cm3 of muscle, the 10cm3 of muscle is heavier because it is more dense than fat...

When will it end??!!

Jen_ht

Brilliant visual, well done. This argument is so old and only caused be people misunderstanding the saying - its completely density/volume - you take 5lb of anything and 5 lb of anything else OF COURSE they're going to weight the same!!!

Purpleflipflops