Does muscle weigh more than fat?

💪🏽Does muscle weigh more than fat?

Not exactly—a pound is a pound.

👉🏽Common sense tells us a pound of muscle and a pound of fat have to weigh the same, but they do differ in density.

✋🏽This means if you look at five pounds of muscle and five pounds of fat side by side, the fat takes up more volume, or space, than the muscle (it’s also fluffier).

🔥Muscle boosts your metabolism, so a pound of muscle will burn more calories at rest than a pound of fat.

What does this mean?

🔋It means that even when you’re not exercising — you could be sitting on the couch watching TV — you will be burning more calories just by having more muscle. (Oh the benefits of having more muscles 😌).

🦴 Muscle has other benefits, too. It’s critical in improving bone density and helps prevent the loss of muscle mass that occurs with aging, allowing people to stay active as they get older.

So if you have been training consistently but haven’t seen the scale moving…

I want you to remember that there is more to number on the scale and instead, maybe focus on how you feel, how your clothes are fitting, how much stronger you are getting and other benefits that comes along with getting healthier.