Muscle weighs more than fat (?!!!)

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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Wrong. Muscle DOES weigh more than fat. 1 cubic inch of muscle WEIGHS MORE than 1 cubic inch of fat. Period.

    You don't weigh yourself by cubic inches.

    You may not weigh yourself by cubic inches, but you sure do judge yourself in the mirror that way, and that is also how others judge you.
  • Doctorpurple
    Doctorpurple Posts: 507 Member
    Humans are not assessed through 'weight by volume'.

    Do your scales do this?

    No.

    Actually my scale measures my body fat percentage, my lean body mass, my hydration levels etc. And stop overgeneralizing. Just because some scales does not measure weight by volume doesn't mean "humans are not assessed" by any other measures. You yourself stated that some people get assessed through hydrostatic body fat testing which exactly does that. I for one and many people I know got hydrostatic body fat testing either once or multiple times.

    You explicitly said in your original post that if someone is not losing weight on the scale then they are doing something wrong which most of the above posters noted that its not exactly true. Since people do get assessed by body fat percentage which do change if you build muscle and burn fat while maintaining the same weight.
  • qifitness
    qifitness Posts: 49 Member
    Humans aren't measured by volume on the bathroom scales, so the issue of 'volume is irrelevant.
  • qifitness
    qifitness Posts: 49 Member
    Sadly.... yes :-(

    Idiots still believe this rubbish.
  • Sunka1
    Sunka1 Posts: 217 Member
    I stick up for trainers at the gym (and no I am not a trainer). They always take your measurements as well as your weight as well as your body fat percentage. So many times I meet these itty bitty tiny people who way more than me. Not because I have a warped sense of how I look but because they are "toned" more muscular and therefore more dense/"less fat". But a pound of feathers definetitly ways more than a pound of fat.
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    OK, here is the deal. Muscle weighs more PER CUBIC INCH than fat... THEREFORE, if you are 225 lbs and have a lower fat percentage than another person who is 225 lbs, then you will be SMALLER... You will fit in SMALLER CLOTHES... That is the argument... OF course a pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of metal BUT the volume that is taken up is much smaller for the metal than the feathers.
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    "NOTE: This isn't 'racist'.... it's a simple matter of human physiology. "



    Best. Statement. Ever.
  • sallyaj
    sallyaj Posts: 207 Member
    Agree, 1 pound of muscle weighs 1 pound; 1 pound of fat weighs 1 pound.

    However, when a person says I'm not losing weight this week, maybe I'm gaining muscle, that could be true.
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    OK, here is the deal. Muscle weighs more PER CUBIC INCH than fat... THEREFORE, if you are 225 lbs and have a lower fat percentage than another person who is 225 lbs, then you will be SMALLER... You will fit in SMALLER CLOTHES... That is the argument... OF course a pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of metal BUT the volume that is taken up is much smaller for the metal than the feathers.

    Volume and weight are not the same thing. You basically just proved their point while trying not to prove their point.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    Wrong. Muscle DOES weigh more than fat. 1 cubic inch of muscle WEIGHS MORE than 1 cubic inch of fat. Period.

    You don't weigh yourself by cubic inches.

    No you don"t. But you really should really too much on weighing yourself on a scale either. Body composition. How clothes fit you. Your body composition may change thanks to all your hard work, but the scale numbers may stay the same... But you look a lot better in those jeans and tank top!
  • MartinBenson
    MartinBenson Posts: 7 Member
    I think the main point that is being missed is what is implied by the phrase "muscle weighs more than fat." Technically, yes, muscle weighs more than fat by volume. So, if you're weight training and lose 1 cubic inch of fat but gain 1 cubic inch of muscle you will weigh slightly more.

    Totally agree
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    However, when a person says I'm not losing weight this week, maybe I'm gaining muscle, that could be true.
    I think it takes more than a week to gain a measurable amount of muscle. Not sure, but sure seems that it would.
    One week of the scale not moving is more likely to be water retention, I bet.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Racism in mufti rears its ugly head in the dress of some lame pseudo-physiological explanation.
    Then Edvaldo Valerio, Bronze medal winner, shows that the OP's theory is unclothed.
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    Just skipping along, picking nits picking nits. lalalalalalala

    I just love a good nit-picking!
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Sadly.... yes :-(

    Idiots still believe this rubbish.



    You've been here since 2010. While you keep calling everyone else idiots take a minute and learn to use the QUOTE FUNCTION so the rest of us have some clue who you're talking to.
  • sassy_sadie
    sassy_sadie Posts: 36 Member
    "I think it takes more than a week to gain a measurable amount of muscle."

    ^^ THIS
  • Muddy_Yogi
    Muddy_Yogi Posts: 1,459 Member
    I am sorry but I love that a square inch of muscle weighs more than a square inch of fat. I would rather weigh more on a scale and look in the mirror and like what I see or put on smaller jeans and they fit well any day of the week!
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    "NOTE: This isn't 'racist'.... it's a simple matter of human physiology. "

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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Ok, I'll say this once. If you read the phrase "muscle weighs more than fat," and argue it's false because you think someone is saying that 1 pound of muscle weighs more than 1 pound of fat, then you have some serious reading comprehension issues.

    Nobody is saying 1 pound of anything weighs more than 1 pound of anything else. People are saying that BY VOLUME, muscle is heavier, which means it is possible for someone with more muscle and less fat to be heavier than someone with less muscle and more fat, yet look smaller.

    It's really not a difficult concept to understand.
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
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  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    This is why, at Olympic Games level, no afro-carribeans win medals at swimming. Their greater body density means that they sink further into the water an create greater 'drag', so can't reach the speeds of the other swimmers.

    NOTE: This isn't 'racist'.... it's a simple matter of human physiology.

    I was with you up until this point. This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Athletic swimming has little to nothing to do with the ability to float. :noway: :mad:
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
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    I'm just posting here so I can follow this thread at a later stage.
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    Die stupid fat/muscle weight thread, die!

    Sorry, conditioned response.
  • MudDancer
    MudDancer Posts: 151 Member
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    A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat which weighs the same as a pound of feathers and all those weigh the same as a pound of gold. However, they all have different densities so those four substances will take up much different volumes of space.
    [/quote]

    ^this^
  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
    I'm so glad this issue is finally being discussed. It has gone unaddressed for far too long.
  • Izzwoz
    Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
    Yeh, but hang on a second, a ton of steel is heavier than a ton of feathers, right???
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    The fact that race somehow got worked into this...


    magnificent.
  • 1sisrat
    1sisrat Posts: 267 Member
    Wrong. Muscle DOES weigh more than fat. 1 cubic inch of muscle WEIGHS MORE than 1 cubic inch of fat. Period.




    ^this.... and people are saying 'you don't measure yourself in cubic inces'...of course you don't. but it is sitll a fact. Also, fat grows at different speeds and so does muscle and vice versa. so I ask everyone this- If you gain a 'glob' of fat vs a 'glob' of muscle... which 'glob' weighs more people?
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    This is why, at Olympic Games level, no afro-carribeans win medals at swimming. Their greater body density means that they sink further into the water an create greater 'drag', so can't reach the speeds of the other swimmers.

    NOTE: This isn't 'racist'.... it's a simple matter of human physiology.

    I was with you up until this point. This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Athletic swimming has little to nothing to do with the ability to float. :noway: :mad:

    And another thing... the last time I checked Olympic swimmers were not fat, therefore, your point is completely invalid!
  • AggieFan2011
    AggieFan2011 Posts: 551 Member
    When I read this answer from a personal trainer who was asked that question I found that his answer made the best sense, at least in regards to communicating the concept in a way people can easily understand.

    http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=8311&sc=128

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