Which weighs more?

TCASMEY

I am constantly reading on posts that muscle weighs more than fat. Is this really true? No! 1 pound of muscle weighs the same as 1 pound of fat, but that being said 1 pound of muscle takes up less space than 1 pound of fat. For a more extreme example which would you rather carry in a race 1 pound of feathers or 1 pound of lead? That is why sometimes when 2 people weigh the same and are the same height they can look totally different depending on how much fat or muscle they carry on their framel

TCASMEY

I am constantly reading on posts that muscle weighs more than fat. Is this really true? No! 1 pound of muscle weighs the same as 1 pound of fat, but that being said 1 pound of muscle takes up less space than 1 pound of fat. For a more extreme example which would you rather carry in a race 1 pound of feathers or 1 pound of lead? That is why sometimes when 2 people weigh the same and are the same height they can look totally different depending on how much fat or muscle they carry on their framel

Falcon

where did you get this information from? Just really curious

prayerfulmom

I like to put it this way:

a pound is a pond. but a body of muscle is compacted like a trash compactor would do.

TCASMEY

Basic physics!

singfree

Muscle weighs more than fat PER UNIT OF VOLUME, because it is more dense. :grumble: :grumble:

Phoenix_Rising

Muscle weighs more than fat PER UNIT OF VOLUME, because it is more dense. :grumble: :grumble:

Yes, but most people misconstrue that into "Muscle weighs more than fat!" which is not true.

EDIT:
UNLESS you are talking about volume. Fill two containers with the same volume, and then yes muscles weighs more.


HEY, I made a whole extra post to restate what you already said!

:frown: I don't think my brain is working today. Pardon me.

TCASMEY

That is what I was trying to get across. They both weigh the same but the muscle takes up less space.

fatstrat

This is silly. NOBODY actually means a "pound for a pound." Why must people constantly wave their red herrings around over this topic? This is misleading for NO good reason. People here are usually trying to trim VOLUME from their bodies.

In the context of what people are trying to accomplish here VOLUME IS AN IMPORTANT FREAKING VARIABLE. You can't just ignore it and call yourself a physicist.

BY VOLUME, MUSCLE WEIGHS MORE THAN FAT. Comparing pound for pound is pointless. It's like adding nothing but zeros all day and calling yourself a mathematician.

:explode: I could just explode. :explode:

MTGirl

lol at fatstrat! I hear ya!

Where you see "muscle weighs more than fat" Just add "by volumn" in your head - it will keep you from going nuts over the phrase - cuz that's what people mean anyway. Really - it is!

Phoenix_Rising

This is silly. NOBODY actually means a "pound for a pound." Why must people constantly wave their red herrings around over this topic? This is misleading for NO good reason. People here are usually trying to trim VOLUME from their bodies.

In the context of what people are trying to accomplish here VOLUME IS AN IMPORTANT FREAKING VARIABLE. You can't just ignore it and call yourself a physicist.

BY VOLUME, MUSCLE WEIGHS MORE THAN FAT. Comparing pound for pound is pointless. It's like adding nothing but zeros all day and calling yourself a mathematician.

:explode: I could just explode. :explode:

NO EXPLODING!! My stomach exploded once and it took a week in the hospital with a $25k repair bill. I repeat, NO EXPLODING!!


I think I am mostly trying to lose VOLUME, but I'd still be a little upset if the actual weight number didn't drop too. I mean, if I was still 200+lbs and a size 2.... well I'd look great, but I'd still be unhappy with that number. Now if I stay at 160lbs forever but manage a size 2.... well, I'll be an anamoly but I'd be happier...

FYI, "anamoly" doesn't look like it's spelled right.
FYI2, I would look unhealthy at a size 2. Just threw it in there for example.

stef_e_b

I still think its a cope out to explain a fluxuation which is most likely water. but a 200 pound athlete and a 200 pound couch potato look very different.

LuckyLeprechaun

a pound is a pound.

but muscle is denser than fat, so the size (in volume) of a pound of fat is larger than the size (ditto) of a pound of muscle.

it's just one of those things people say, not to be taken literally-:ohwell:




Lauryn, your post is giving me the willies- what do you mean your stomach exploded? I'm scared to ask, but dying to know......

FluffnStuff

Example...
I weigh about 185 currently... (bounced around this number for a decade)

In the summer when I train HARD my weight fluctuates between.... 180-175... BUT... I LOOK to be bouncing around 130-135. My volume has decreased significantly BUT my weight has altered very little.

For some, it's about the numbers (I became obsessed with the number this last year)... I am going back to how I LOOK (better for me mentally). Because in the big picture...I don't care that I weigh more then average, as long as I am healthy and look healthy.

Falcon

Lauryn, your post is giving me the willies- what do you mean your stomach exploded? I'm scared to ask, but dying to know......

I'm wondering about that too, I've heard its possible with enough pasta or rice you can do so but I never heard of anyone going to the extremes before.

Enquiring minds would like to know

Dave198lbs

This is silly. NOBODY actually means a "pound for a pound." Why must people constantly wave their red herrings around over this topic? This is misleading for NO good reason. People here are usually trying to trim VOLUME from their bodies.

In the context of what people are trying to accomplish here VOLUME IS AN IMPORTANT FREAKING VARIABLE. You can't just ignore it and call yourself a physicist.

BY VOLUME, MUSCLE WEIGHS MORE THAN FAT. Comparing pound for pound is pointless. It's like adding nothing but zeros all day and calling yourself a mathematician.

:explode: I could just explode. :explode:

SILLY?...how dare you call anything here silly
you silly silly boy...

in this land of denial a leaf of lettuce has 300 calories

in this land of the experts....people will take 4 pages to say eat sensible and exercise

in this land of cookies...people will eat 12 and wonder why the scale refuses to move yesterday

so silly silly boy

in this land of do it tomorrow

a pound of muscle most surely weighs much more than a pound of fat

it is a wonderful world

LuckyLeprechaun

oh dave you are a silly goose:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: