Muscle weighs more than fat (?!!!)

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Aw man that is ace! I've been here so long and I still cant work an awesome gif or meme into a post!
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By volume is the key here, however given that fact it is still feasible for someone who is undergoing a muscle building training regimen and dieting properly to see the scale move very little as muscle replaces fat. That's why measuring success in inches is better than measuring success in lbs. You are right to say that 1lb of muscle does not weigh more than 1lb of fat. That's like asking which weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks? Obviously they both weigh a ton. You'll get no argument from me there. If you managed to gain a lb of muscle (1lb of lean muscle is all that is physiologically possible to gain in a week) and lose a pound of fat per week you would obviously not see a change on the scale (you should see these changes in inches though). It is more realistic that you might gain .5 lb of muscle and lose a pound of fat per week with good dieting and training but on the scale it'd only look like you dropped .5 lbs a week. So you'd lose 1lb every two weeks (painfully slow to some of us).

It is not realistic to step on the scale at home and know how many lbs of muscle you gained and how many lbs of fat you've lost. Just keep working don't stop cause you don't see the scale move a whole lot.

Yeah buddy! Hit that strawman! Make it bleed!!

smh.

Muscle is denser then fat... therefore, yes they weigh the same thing - a pound is a pound... however, to look at a pound of muscle vs. a pound of fat, the muscle would appear smaller.

The worst part about this whole thing is that the OP has been having this same argument since 2010! But the OP is super smart, and knows more than everyone, and doesn't like science, because you weigh yourself on a scale, and when you do that science doesn't count.

Well, I have both...so I'm not really sweating it.

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:

Oh yeah, and THIS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullen_Jones

"Cullen Andrew Jones (born February 29, 1984) is a U.S. competitive swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specializes in freestyle sprint events. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay (long course). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won silver medals in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay and the 50-meter freestyle."

AAAAAnd he's black.

yes, but is he afro-carribean lol

I am a mechanical engineer. Yes, I have a degree and professional experience. This whole argument is irrelevant. It has more to do with proper English than science. Also, people with inferiority complexes like to make these little insignificant arguments to show how they are "awake" and all you dummies are "asleep."

A more accurate statement would be: One cubic inch of fat weighs less than one cubic inch of muscle weighed on properly calibrated scale at the same location and time. Therefore, the density of muscle must be greater than the density of fat.

Notice I added a location and time statement. Haha you dummies! You were asleep and didn't realize that! HA-HA! I am smarter than all of you!

Let me touch myself now!

lol, thats what i meant to say, especially the english part

So after reading this... please answer me this... Why do I GAIN weight when I work out, rather than lose it? I have plenty of fat I could be losing?

Not testing your theory... I am actually wanting to know the reason.