Muscle weighs more than fat?

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jenslife82
jenslife82 Posts: 229
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I've seen this come up a lot and kind of laughed a little when I saw in a post a few minutes ago about 5lbs of muscle being more than 5lbs of fat... Reminded me of when a girlfriend of mine asked me which weighs more a pound if feathers or a pound of nails?? :). Just sayin!!

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  • jenslife82
    jenslife82 Posts: 229
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    Oops.. Meant to put this under the chit chat topic.. I well I guess this one is a close second!! Lol.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
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    It is funny. But it does burn more calories and is a LOT nicer to have.
  • Eisskween
    Eisskween Posts: 84 Member
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    Well, you almost have it. An inch of muscle weighs more than an inch of fat. A lot of people argue the point buy it's more to do with both measurement and weight, than just weight. Hope that makes sense. :)
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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    By VOLUME, muscle weighs more than fat.
  • vfnmoody
    vfnmoody Posts: 271 Member
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    By VOLUME, muscle weighs more than fat.
    now your talking density.

    gold however is a different story
  • Saiklor
    Saiklor Posts: 183
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    a blob of muscle weighs more than a same-sized blob of fat?
    how's that for technical?
  • jenslife82
    jenslife82 Posts: 229
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    a blob of muscle weighs more than a same-sized blob of fat?
    how's that for technical?
    Right :)

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