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Anonymous
>>49393 no, I meant what I said the first time.
muscle burns 5 calories per pound of muscle. fat burns 2 calories per pound of fat. both are daily base metabolic rates.
if you're 10 pounds overweight, you'll burn 20 calories a day. if you have 10 pounds of muscle instead, you'll be burning 50 calories a day.
That's only a 30 calories difference for such a large fat/muscle differential. You'll unlikely be gainign 10 pounds of muscle anytime soon, and you'll actually be burning more calories being a fatass.
Having more muscle is beneficial, but burning extra calories indirectly isn't the reason.
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