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Old 09-05-2012, 01:16 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bamazav View Post
Not wanting or trying to fight, but I do need to offer one correction.

Muscle is denser than fat, thus taking up less space, but a pound of muscle and a pound of fat both weigh a pound.
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Originally Posted by Rich Knapp View Post
Thats were the tape measure comes in. I'm NOT saying a pound of feathers weight less than a pound of stones, just the same mass of fat weights less than the same mass of muscle.
Yep This is exactly how I ended up looking like I was losing weight whilst actually gaining weight with lean mass and dropping some bodyfat (not much of the latter, didn't have much to drop)...I got slimmer and heavier at the same time.
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