muscle weight vs fat weight

I have never understood why people freakout about this so much. It makes sense to me.

Thats like asking which has more calories, chocolate or broccoli? And responding with: Well its the same. 100 calories of chocolate is the same as 100 calories of broccoli. Thats not really what they asked...

When people say "muscle weighs more than fat" They mean by volume.

I have never understood why people freakout about this so much. It makes sense to me.

Thats like asking which has more calories, chocolate or broccoli? And responding with: Well its the same. 100 calories of chocolate is the same as 100 calories of broccoli. Thats not really what they asked...

When people say "muscle weighs more than fat" They mean by volume.

This.

Mmmmm...broccoli....

dinny be so up yourself, everyone knows a pound weighs a pound, when they say it they mean that a a smaller volume of muscle weighs more than the same volume of fat....surely anyone would realise this.

dinny be so up yourself, everyone knows a pound weighs a pound, when they say it they mean that a a smaller volume of muscle weighs more than the same volume of fat....surely anyone would realise this.

this..............
obviously a lb is a lb...........
but a person who has a lot of muscle can weigh more than a person who physically is fatter, and "looks" much bigger..........

dinny be so up yourself, everyone knows a pound weighs a pound, when they say it they mean that a a smaller volume of muscle weighs more than the same volume of fat....surely anyone would realise this.

No not everyone! Some people actually think that. I have seen some people on this site that will tell someone who has gained (example) 5 lbs that maybe they gained muscle mass and that may be why they are heavier but the problem is when you look at their diary have eat unhealthy foods (Pizza, Chinese, fast food, fried food, etc) and for exercise would be: light house cleaning) . You have to do something different to get different results. Sorry about all the rambling lol...

dinny be so up yourself, everyone knows a pound weighs a pound, when they say it they mean that a a smaller volume of muscle weighs more than the same volume of fat....surely anyone would realise this.

No not everyone! Some people actually think that. I have seen some people on this site that will tell someone who has gained (example) 5 lbs that maybe they gained muscle mass and that may be why they are heavier but the problem is when you look at their diary have eat unhealthy foods (Pizza, Chinese, fast food, fried food, etc) and for exercise would be: light house cleaning) . You have to do something different to get different results. Sorry about all the rambling lol...

That's nothing to do with muscle vs fat weight tho, that's to do with people being dumb and giving an answer without actually checking the facts

I must agree with that too!

I have never understood why people freakout about this so much. It makes sense to me.

Thats like asking which has more calories, chocolate or broccoli? And responding with: Well its the same. 100 calories of chocolate is the same as 100 calories of broccoli. Thats not really what they asked...

When people say "muscle weighs more than fat" They mean by volume.

This!
What is the point of freaking out about it? Of course people mean it weighs more for the same volume DUH

Thank you! Again another example: Which weighs more feather or bricks? Bricks! Because when someone asks that they meanBY VOLUME. If the specifically say a pound... well then you are right. If not? Then no need to flip.

I have never understood why people freakout about this so much. It makes sense to me.

Thats like asking which has more calories, chocolate or broccoli? And responding with: Well its the same. 100 calories of chocolate is the same as 100 calories of broccoli. Thats not really what they asked...

When people say "muscle weighs more than fat" They mean by volume.

This!
What is the point of freaking out about it? Of course people mean it weighs more for the same volume DUH

Thank you! Again another example: Which weighs more feather or bricks? Bricks! Because when someone asks that they meanBY VOLUME. If the specifically say a pound... well then you are right. If not? Then no need to flip.

True, and I tend not to freak out anymore. Bothered me in the beginning but not so much anymore.

But . . . if you were bet me which weighs more bricks or feathers and leave the rest of the bet undefined I'd win with my feathers. Broccoli too for that matter. The main reason it bugs me personally is because it's incomplete.

A few deep breaths, to return to center, and I'm willing to let the "standard implication" serve as the completion.

All I got out of this thread was the chocolate and broccoli have the same calories. YES! I KNEW IT I'm taking this new found knowledge and running with it. *do a little dance!*

Yay selective hearing!!!!!

Dancing!!!

Actually muscle is more dense then fat so it does weigh more.

However it does annoy me when people say you've probably put on muscle weight when you gain a few lbs.... Because there's no way you are going to put on a few lbs of muscle overnight.. if your weight increases over night its more than likely just water or the food in your system..

erm no. Muscle is more dense than fat and so muscle is more dense than fat. A pound of fat weighs precisely the same as a pound of muscle. A pound is a pound is a pound. Muscle is more dense and hence has more weight per volume. But that is not the same thing as suggesting it weighs more. Which was the OP's point.

Your second point is accurate.

When your comparing the same volume of course muscle weighs more. But the topic is all moot when you move on to my second point.