Aug 24, 2010 5:41pm
From Tom Holland: Muscle weighs more than fat!
EmailWhen it comes to working with clients for weight-loss, I like to measure success by the way their clothes fit, not by what the scale reads. You should do the same. If you are strength training as you should be, muscle weighs more than fat. So, in essence you can be losing dress or pant sizes while staying the same weight. That's okay! You have lost fat but gained muscle. What matters is how your clothes fit. It's body fat, not body weight that truly matters.
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Muscle doesn’t weigh more than fat! A pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh exactly the same – 1 pound. Muscle, however, is a more dense tissue when compared to fat and that is the reason why you can actually fit into smaller pant sizes when having a higher percentage of lean tissue.
You last sentence is true – body fat is the number we want to focus on reducing. Progress can and should be measured using more than one method – weight, girth measurements, and body fat percentage should all be taken into account. Additionally, when it comes to fat loss – building muscle is important but a nutritious diet makes te biggest impact.
Posted by: Jennifer Parker | August 25, 2010, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm
You really should have payed more attention in science class. Muscle is denser than fat, meaning it has more mass per volume. Weight is just a function of two masses pulling each other. And we wonder why Americans are getting lower test scores.
Posted by: AbsZero | July 3, 2011, 3:01 pm 3:01 pm