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1 pound is 1 pound is 1 pound

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  • Posts: 3,189 Member
    What about throwing babies in a pool

    But that is when comparing a 10lb baby with a 10lb dumbbell :tongue:
  • Posts: 3,100 Member
    Well, to be exact, it is "Reams of Paper" that are the exception.


    oh noes!! Not THIS again!!

  • here ya go xD certainly fits!

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    lol sorry.... just needed to vent a little and this is getting amusing :drinker:
  • Posts: 4,151 Member

    here ya go xD certainly fits!

    dead_horse.gif

    Without that stick, I'd really be wondering what he's doing, and if he's building muscle and burning calories.
  • Posts: 2 Member
    A ton of feathers weighs less than a ton of lead though.....
  • Posts: 1,231 Member
    Another one of these posts, really? When people say muscle weighs more than fat, they mean that BY VOLUME, muscle is heavier than fat. If you take a piece of muscle and a piece of fat, and they're exactly the same size, the muscle will weigh more. Muscle has a higher MpV (mass per volume) than fat. That's all there is to it.

    Or in simpler more scientific terms... muscle has a higher density than fat.
  • Posts: 3,189 Member
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat

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    There! I said it! I have invoked the summoning ritual. :laugh:

  • Or in simpler more scientific terms... muscle has a higher density than fat.

    :flowerforyou:
  • Posts: 4,852 Member

    But that is when comparing a 10lb baby with a 10lb dumbbell :tongue:

    thank you for clearing that up for me,I would sure hate to be throwing babies in the pool improperly. Does anyone have a dumbbell I can borrow?:laugh:
  • Posts: 1,759 Member
    Another one of these posts, really? When people say muscle weighs more than fat, they mean that BY VOLUME, muscle is heavier than fat. If you take a piece of muscle and a piece of fat, and they're exactly the same size, the muscle will weigh more. Muscle has a higher MpV (mass per volume) than fat. That's all there is to it.
    Correct. If only everyone said it this way, we could avoid so much confusion and baby giraffe deaths.
  • Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat

    frightened.gif
    There! I said it! I have invoked the summoning ritual. :laugh:

    the Candyman is going to come through the mirror and get you now! :devil:
  • Posts: 4,852 Member
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat

    frightened.gif
    There! I said it! I have invoked the summoning ritual. :laugh:

    It only works if you did it naked,holding a ream of paper
  • Correct. If only everyone said it this way, we could avoid so much confusion and baby giraffe deaths.

    true story.... those poor poor baby giraffes :frown: :sad:
  • Hey what if you threw the ream of paper in the pool with the baby? Hmmm? What then?
  • Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat

    frightened.gif
    There! I said it! I have invoked the summoning ritual. :laugh:
    nooooooo!!!!!! Don't release the kraken
  • Posts: 6,296 Member
    you'll implode. instantly.
  • Posts: 1,781 Member
    Correct. If only everyone said it this way, we could avoid so much confusion and baby giraffe deaths.
    But if everyone else who knows what someone means when they say 'muscle weighs more than fat' could just remember that its just a term and we all 'get it' we wouldnt need these incessant posts.
    I suppose the same people never say 'Im starving', 'Im dying', 'Im going to kill you'....Well watch out for the last one.
  • Posts: 35,719 Member
    Where that pic of beating a dead horse

    i LOVE that picture!
  • Posts: 3,189 Member
    nooooooo!!!!!! Don't release the kraken

    But I want to see 12 pages of why paper is lighter than a dumbbell.
  • Posts: 1,039 Member
    Paleo.
  • But if everyone else who knows what someone means when they say 'muscle weighs more than fat' could just remember that its just a term and we all 'get it' we wouldnt need these incessant posts.
    I suppose the same people never say 'Im starving', 'Im dying', 'Im going to kill you'....Well watch out for the last one.

    sorry for being incessant and annoying you .... :grumble:
  • Posts: 1,759 Member
    But if everyone else who knows what someone means when they say 'muscle weighs more than fat' could just remember that its just a term and we all 'get it' we wouldnt need these incessant posts.
    I suppose the same people never say 'Im starving', 'Im dying', 'Im going to kill you'....Well watch out for the last one.
    This is a really good point. Who is going to give first? It is incorrect to say muscle weighs more than fat. Does it matter? I don't know. when I read that statement it makes my ears itch. Could be unrelated, though.

    There have been conversations - very, very long ones - with people who actually did not understand that it was a density issue. Or perhaps did not have a grasp of density.

    If only we had an MFP FAQ where we could simply point people to....
    Does muscle weigh more than fat? | MyFitnessPal.com
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/390247-does-muscle-weigh-more-than-fat
  • Posts: 460 Member
    why? why this again?
  • Posts: 6,423 Member
    AND, a dollar is a dollar is a dollar LOL

    Not necessarily - Aussie dollars are worth more than US dollars!
    (at the moment) :smile:
  • Posts: 537 Member
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat
    Muscle is heavier than fat

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    There! I said it! I have invoked the summoning ritual. :laugh:

    Wrong!

    Fat is lighter than Muscle

    :grumble:
  • Posts: 34,486 Member
    There have been conversations - very, very long ones - with people who actually did not understand that it was a density issue. Or perhaps did not have a grasp of density.

    In fact, their grasp of density was perhaps too great.
  • Posts: 488 Member
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    That's my dads favorite come back when someone starts going off on a tangent about anything being healthy or not healthy for you lol :laugh:
  • Posts: 5,576 Member
    I'm surprised nobody has brought this up before on the boards...ever.
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