A popular discussion on Kimkins forums is the the infamous phrase: "Muscle weighs more than fat". Nope, muscle doesn't weigh more than fat.


Just as 1 pound of anything will always equal 1 pound of something else. What we're REALLY talking about here isn't weight/mass, but rather density. 1 pound of fat takes up about 5 times as much space as 1 pound of muscle does.

As you can see above, the muscle is smaller, tighter and more compact. The fat is larger, mushy and takes up more room.

This is why 2 people who both weigh 150 pounds can look vastly different depending upon how much muscle mass each person has.

This is why if you're working out and strength training you'll hear recommendations to take body measurements and not rely on the scale weight as your measure of success. You may find that even though your scale weight isn't dropping too much at one point, the inches may be dropping like mad.

Print this picture out and look at it every time you're tired or discouraged or just need some motivation to exercise.

And the next time you hear "Muscle weighs more than fat," you can reply "Well, actually ..."