Does Muscle Weigh The Same As Fat?
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It's volume versus weight.
If you have a pound of X and a pound of Y, of course they weigh the same -- they both weigh a pound, Pounds, ounces, grams: these are all measurements of weight.
But when you use a *volume* measurement, such as cups, you're now talking about the amount of space something takes up. So assume you fill one cup with solid steel and another cup with rice. The volume is the same -- it's one cup of steel and one cup of rice. That's the equality.
But when you then *weigh* each of those items, you'll now get a large difference -- you measured by volume but then threw it on a scale, so to speak. So the steel's gonna weigh several pounds while the rice weighs a few ounces.
So when peope say 'muscle weighs more than fat', what they really mean is 'by *volume*, muscle weighs more than fat.' Which I think most people understand when others say it.
SO it comes down to how you interpret it. Just like is the glass of water half full or half empty. (my opinion on that, did the person fill it to get it half way or empty it to get it half way)
To understand the difference in 5 lbs of muscle to 5 lbs of fat. here is a visual.
http://tinyurl.com/c2ttz
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