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Skeletal muscle contributes more weight in a person's body than any other muscle type. It accounts for 40% of a person's total weight.
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If your body fat is already low is it harder to lose weight?
if your body fat is already low losing more weight is dangerous and can be deadly. your body needs fat. you need to gain weight not lose weight. remember muscle weights more than fat so if you must lose more weight be a little more lazier and lose muscle tone but in my opipion that is dumb
Why can ants carry 10 times their own weight?
Ants do not have any more muscle than we do, but we have more mass and less muscle copared to our weight. Ants small size allows them to use more muscle and carry less body. That is why they can carry 10 times their own weight.
People with less body fat have more body weight?
In general, muscle weighs more than fat because of the water content in muscle. So when comparing two people of roughly equal size, the person with more muscle will weigh more.
If you do not have much body fat how can you stay at 150 pounds but get stronger?
Muscle weights more than fat. So you might still weight 150 lbs and not have fat because you have more muscle in your body.
Why do people buy growth hormones for weight loss?
Growth hormones cause the body to create more muscle mass. Therefore when the body absorbs more hormones this in turn will decrease fat inside the body as muscle mass is increased.
When your body burns calories more efficiently what happends?
When the body efficiently burns calories, it will also be eliminating fat from the body. This can lead to more muscle growth and weight loss.
How do you gain weight again?
You need to eat more calories than you are burning. You can also add muscle to your body which help add weight.
When you start to loss weight you always gain weight - why is this and what should you do?
Well if you're ONLY dieting than the diet is probably the wrong one. But if your EXERCISING then you're probably gaining muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat, so your losing fat on your body but gaining muscle mass. You should do a body fat percentage for your body, it will help you understand the weight gain.
What is the average weight for a female who's 5'0?
97-127 but that isn't taking in to account your body composition or muscle mass. If you have more muscle or are bigger boned, you might weigh more.
What is the reason of not reducing weight but the inches?
Muscle weighs more then fat so fat takes up more volume. If one is building muscle they may even gain some weight while body fat percentage drops.
How do you gain weight to get muscle?
You don't gain weight in order to get muscle. You overload your muscles with heavy weight training, and then eat more to fuel the muscle growth.
What is the best and fastest way for an underweight guy to gain muscle weight?
You gain muscle weight by lifting as much weight as possible with a muscle three times in a row. You keep it up until you get up to 10 times. They you take a day off. As soon as you get up to 10 times, you add more weight and go back to 6 times. You do that for every muscle in your body.
