Article # 145. Does Muscle Weigh More Than Fat?

Does Muscle Weigh More Than Fat?

There are so many myths running around people mind whether Muscle weighs more than FAT or FAT weighs more than Muscle. Most of the personnel trainers also claim that “Muscle weighs more than FAT”.  Here is the answer for the question running around!

"If you put one pound of muscle on a scale, and one pound of fat on a scale, they will both weigh one pound." 

Also if you put one pound of feathers on a scale and one pound of concrete, they'll both weigh a pound, too.  Everything weighs the same.  Because no matter what two items you weigh, a pound is a pound. 

1 pound of muscle weighs the EXACT same as 1 pound of fat.

Muscle is denser than fat and therefore takes LESS SPACE.

Think about the size of a brick and how much a brick weighs. Now think about feathers. How many feathers would you need in order for the feathers to weight the same amount as the brick? A room full.

The brick is muscle. The feathers are fat.

Other example is, there could be a pound of fat sitting on a table next to a pound of muscle, and the pound of muscle would look much smaller than the pound of fat. It takes more FAT to equal a pound than Muscle.

Let me give you a better illustration...

I know two women of the same height and weight--both are 5'9'' and 155 lbs. One, however, looks significantly overweight, with flabby arms and an untoned stomach, and one looks very thin and athletic. How is this possible, when they both weigh the same? Well, one woman is composed of mainly fat, and one is composed of hardly any fat. The athletic woman simply has toned arms and legs and strong abs, which result in a lot of muscle, making her weigh as much as an overweight woman of the same height.

My advise to people is always "BURN THE FAT FEED THE MUSCLE"