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  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
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  • squatsandlipgloss
    squatsandlipgloss Posts: 595 Member
    Hey. I have an idea. How about everyone stops acting like we are in elementary and just...

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    ... do whatever the *** you wanna do.
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    Studies have shown that Calories Per Minute (CPM) through chocolate consumption far exceed the CPM in most forms of cardiovascular activity.

    Therefore: Chocolate > Cardio

    Moral of the story: Eat More Chocolate.

    :drinker: :love: :tongue:
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    "It's true but not to the extent that most people make it out to be. Last I heard I believe something on the order of 6kcals/lb LBM. Considering that it takes a long time to gain say, 15 lbs of muscle, that's a whole 90 kcals added to your TDEE.

    That doesn't make it negligible as it certainly adds up, but I think people often over-state it. "- side steel
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    does this mean that if i have 150 LBM, 150 x 6 (cals) = 900
    so my muscle is adding 900 cals to my TDEE? or am I reading that wrong?
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I'm sure this has been covered but I'm not reading 7 pages of replies...

    Calorie deficit produces weight loss, with or without cardio. Strength training helps ensure that more of the weight loss is fat and less of it is muscle. Cardio helps increase your cardiovascular fitness.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    "It's true but not to the extent that most people make it out to be. Last I heard I believe something on the order of 6kcals/lb LBM. Considering that it takes a long time to gain say, 15 lbs of muscle, that's a whole 90 kcals added to your TDEE.

    That doesn't make it negligible as it certainly adds up, but I think people often over-state it. "- side steel
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    does this mean that if i have 150 LBM, 150 x 6 (cals) = 900
    so my muscle is adding 900 cals to my TDEE? or am I reading that wrong?

    LBM is non-fat mass, not just muscle. The other thing to remember is that your TDEE includes the calorie burn from muscle, and fat, and everything else. You don't get to tack on more calories.

    The distinction ss was making is that all things considered, if two people are exactly identical except the first person has 1 pound of muscle that the second person has as fat, the first person's TDEE will be approximately 4 calories per day* (6-2) higher than the second.

    *I don't remember if the figure was per day or per hour.
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    ok that makes sense, it would be 900 added to my BMR not TDEE
    what determines if your muscle burns the low or high end of calories?
    just depending on what kind of muscle, where it is, how often it's used?
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    ok that makes sense, it would be 900 added to my BMR not TDEE
    what determines if your muscle burns the low or high end of calories?
    just depending on what kind of muscle, where it is, how often it's used?

    I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think it was Lyle that stated it. That figure is basically the upkeep cost of the mass. Fat uses 2 calories per day/hour (again I don't remember the rate unit) and muscle uses 6 just 'being there'. Using it is different, this is just for like transporting the bio-goop the cells need and getting rid of the bio-goop they don't etc etc etc #sciencycrapthatmakesmetwitchysinceIskippedclasstoplaysports
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    ok that makes sense, it would be 900 added to my BMR not TDEE
    what determines if your muscle burns the low or high end of calories?
    just depending on what kind of muscle, where it is, how often it's used?

    I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think it was Lyle that stated it. That figure is basically the upkeep cost of the mass. Fat uses 2 calories per day/hour (again I don't remember the rate unit) and muscle uses 6 just 'being there'. Using it is different, this is just for like transporting the bio-goop the cells need and getting rid of the bio-goop they don't etc etc etc #sciencycrapthatmakesmetwitchysinceIskippedclasstoplaysports

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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