Muscles Weight More Than Fat ???
Lesliecs
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So I see this statement posted over and over again and I just have to question it. Why would you say that muscles weight more than fat? In my experience (and I could be very wrong), a pound is a pound is a pound. One pound of muscle is one pound. One pound of fat is one pound. Why would one be heavier than the other if you are thinking of it as a pound?
Can someone enlighten me please? Thanks & have a healthy day!
Can someone enlighten me please? Thanks & have a healthy day!
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This tends to be a popular belief and much discussed topic on these boards. You are correct in the fact that fat and muscle weigh the same. 1 lb is 1 lb. The reason that this saying came about is that muscle is more dense than fat thus you get the same weight in a smaller area so in essence by gaining muscle and losing fat you can weigh the same but be a smaller size. You can look at all of the old threads on here for more info.0
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So I see this statement posted over and over again and I just have to question it. Why would you say that muscles weight more than fat? In my experience (and I could be very wrong), a pound is a pound is a pound. One pound of muscle is one pound. One pound of fat is one pound. Why would one be heavier than the other if you are thinking of it as a pound?
Can someone enlighten me please? Thanks & have a healthy day!
You're right.0 -
And this would be one number 2 of my MFP pet peeves! (number 1 is it's "lose" not "loose"!)0
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Muscle is more dense than fat. The only way the statement "Muscle weighs more than fat" is true, is if you are comparing equal volumes of each. One cubic centimeter of muscle will weigh more than one cubic centimeter of fat.0
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Everything weighs the same.0
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1lb is 1lb.
Speaking in volume. Fat takes up more room then muscle. Muscle is denser then fat.0 -
If people want to start being picky on the terminology this much, then we could start to talk about how "weight" is a very loosely defined concept and what we should really be talking about is mass and density.
Weight is just a calculation based on mass and gravity.0 -
a pound is a pound sure BUT a pound of muscle is smaller in size than a pound of fat. So if you have a person who is 130lbs that is muscular they will look smaller and tighter than a person who is 130lbs of fat0
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Muscle is more dense than fat. The only way the statement "Muscle weighs more than fat" is true, is if you are comparing equal volumes of each. One cubic centimeter of muscle will weigh more than one cubic centimeter of fat.
^This.
If you go from being the same inches of fat to the same inches of muscle you will weigh significantly more. check out this picture, it helps make it more visual
http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com/muscle-to-fat.html0 -
A pound is a pound is a pound....
However, a pound of fat takes up more space than a pound of muscle.0 -
Everything weighs the same.
Badgers weigh less than cars.
A pound of fat has a higher volume than a pound of muscle, so people often shorten that down to muscle being heavier than fat.0 -
The pound for pound thing is correct.
I think what that statement means is that if you get a square inch of muscle and a square inch of fat, the muscle will weigh more because of its denser nature. adipose tissue is loose, while muscle is packed.0 -
Visualize a sock with one pound of fat in it. Now visualize a sock with a pound of muscle in it. Does it look different? Yes. Does it feel different? Yes. Does it weigh the same? Yes.0
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a pound is a pound sure BUT a pound of muscle is smaller in size than a pound of fat. So if you have a person who is 130lbs that is muscular they will look smaller and tighter than a person who is 130lbs of fat
BOOM! i weigh about 130 but ive seen some people weigh less and look like they would weigh more.0 -
While this is technically a fallacy when worded that way, as other people have said it's true in the sense of volume to mass. A ton of feathers is going to take a lot more volume than a ton of steel.0
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Yes, per volume Muscle does weigh more than fat, just as per volume, steel weighs more than feathers.
But a tonne of fat weighs the same as a tonne of muscle, as a tonne of feathers as a tonne of steel.
http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com/muscle-to-fat.html0 -
Muscle weighs more than fat -- BY VOLUME!
In other words, a gallon of muscle weighs more than a gallon of fat.0 -
Muscle does not weigh more than Fat, muscle is "denser" than fat.0
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A pound is a pound but 1 pound of muscle vs 3 pounds fat... What looks better in the mirror and is healthier?
I train on weights and if I keep my diet the same I don't loose weight but look and feel so much better.
As a bonus weight training and healthy muscles in general burn more calories. So even days you don't train you will burn more.0 -
Think of Volume not weight. If you had one cup of fat and one cup of muscle they would take up the same space, but the muscle would weight more. If you had one pound of muscle and one pound of fat sitting on a table the pound of fat would take up more "space" than the pound of muscle.0
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