Muscle Myth #1

Have you ever heard someone say that muscle weighs more than fat? That’s false. If I put 1 pound of muscle on a scale and 1 pound of fat on a scale; guess what? They will both weigh 1 pound. Makes sense, right. The difference is that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat. Muscle has a smaller VOLUME size than fat. One pound of muscle may be about the size of a baseball, where as a pound of fat will look like a bowl of JELL-O. They weigh the same but the consistency and the volume are very different. So, if you stand two people next to each other who weigh 150 pounds, and 1 is 12% bodyfat and the other is 22% bodyfat, not only will they look very different but the 22% bodyfat person will take up more space.