Easier to Burn More Fat when you have more muscle???

[MrMuscles1992]

Is this true? say you have a man with good muscle mass, but quiet a bit of fat on him aswell covering these muscles. would it be easier for him to burn more fat than a man with the same amount of fat but no muscle???

[roybatty6]

It must be true, Arnold never did any cardio before his Olympias.

[adanac23]

every pound of muscle you have increases your BMR and the calories that must be burnt to meet it. More calories burnt more fat lost.

[MolotovMan1263]

From what I hear its not as much as you would think. 6 calories per pound or something like that?

[jonnycook]

every pound of muscle you have increases your BMR and the calories that must be burnt to meet it. More calories burnt more fat lost.

unfortunately it's negligible

[DietBrah]

From what I hear its not as much as you would think. 6 calories per pound or something like that?

...what if your not a manlet and actually made it to average height same principal apply...

[MrMuscles1992]

Right...So eat a lotl. weight train...and your sorted...

[upt88]

this is a fact, but the amount of extra cals u burn is not that big of a difference,
i just think the fact that most people with muscle mass or atheletic body types tend to be not lazy and are more active or spend more time gym

[StrongMeat]

i think of it like this

someone with more muscle mass lifting heavy weight is probably expending more energy than someone of lesser size lifting heavy weight(proprotional amounts of weight IE 250lbs for a 200 lbm man vs 200lbs for a 160 lbm man assuming both men have a total weight of 220 or so)

so its not that your muscles at rest are doing alot more(they are burning more but not a huge number like one would think) but once in the gym and your "engine" is working, youd have to think the bigger engine requires more energy(thus expending more energy)

just a theory, no facts here

-StrongMeat-

[punjabster]

Easier with muscle. Plus, if you don't have muscle, you can lose weight and you'll still look "fat". What's known as skinny-fat.

[ejthomp]

i think of it like this

someone with more muscle mass lifting heavy weight is probably expending more energy than someone of lesser size lifting heavy weight(proprotional amounts of weight IE 250lbs for a 200 lbm man vs 200lbs for a 160 lbm man assuming both men have a total weight of 220 or so)

so its not that your muscles at rest are doing alot more(they are burning more but not a huge number like one would think) but once in the gym and your "engine" is working, youd have to think the bigger engine requires more energy(thus expending more energy)

just a theory, no facts here

-StrongMeat-

That really is the key... When I was 260 pounds and out of shape, I struggled to squat 10 reps at 220. Now I'm 200, squatting 10 reps at 315. Which guy is burning more calories? It's that simple....the lean (and strong) burn more calories than the fat (and weak). And let's not complicate this with the Olympic power lifter as he isn't here.... Delusional fat boy is... Olympic power lifter is busy in the gym.

[StrongMeat]

That really is the key... When I was 260 pounds and out of shape, I struggled to squat 10 reps at 220. Now I'm 200, squatting 10 reps at 315. Which guy is burning more calories? It's that simple....the lean (and strong) burn more calories than the fat (and weak). And let's not complicate this with the Olympic power lifter as he isn't here.... Delusional fat boy is... Olympic power lifter is busy in the gym.

if you look deeper though

at 260 you were technically squatting 280(because of the extra 60 lbs on you)

that weight that you were squatting then has transferred to the bar + 35 more lbs

ive noticed this with my own losses where ive mistaken strength gains on my legs for me simply making up for the weight lost

-StrongMeat-

[mpipes]

Bigger bodies will burn more energy while active, however it also means bigger bodies will have bigger hunger if total energy expenditure is also bigger.

So, technically, no, it's really not any easier in relative terms, to burn more fat when you have more muscle.

A building phase is a nice break from dieting though, however if you're not happy with your bodyfat right now, you *really* won't be happy with it after a build/bulk phase.

Ultimately though, whether you diet all the way down then slow bulk, or do repeated dieting/bulk cycles, you're probably going to end up spending the same total time either way. Theres only so much fat you can lose and muscle you can gain in a given time.

[HeavyMetalLover]

From what I hear its not as much as you would think. 6 calories per pound or something like that?

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