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**medio** · 09-25-2006, 07:00 AM

Muscle weighs more than fat, but it's also smaller. If you're really losing fat and gaining muscle, you should be losing inches and firming up. Most women cannot build "big" muscles, and even then, only after very heavy weights for a long time.

Muscles also burn fat. Every pound of muscle burns 40 calories a day - without you doing anything. If you gain 5 pounds of muscle, you'll automatically burn an extra 200 calories per day.

True indeed. I was addressing Marissa's question about absolute weight, not fat. Nonetheless, while women can't get "big" we do gain more muscle mass doing fewer, heavier reps than we do with more, lighter reps. So, essentially, it's important to tailor your weight routine to the level that will give you your own desired balance between strength, endurance, muscle mass (and calories burned), and size.

09-25-2006, 07:00 AM	#14
medio Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 543 Senior Member	Muscle weighs more than fat, but it's also smaller. If you're really losing fat and gaining muscle, you should be losing inches and firming up. Most women cannot build "big" muscles, and even then, only after very heavy weights for a long time. Muscles also burn fat. Every pound of muscle burns 40 calories a day - without you doing anything. If you gain 5 pounds of muscle, you'll automatically burn an extra 200 calories per day. True indeed. I was addressing Marissa's question about absolute weight, not fat. Nonetheless, while women can't get "big" we do gain more muscle mass doing fewer, heavier reps than we do with more, lighter reps. So, essentially, it's important to tailor your weight routine to the level that will give you your own desired balance between strength, endurance, muscle mass (and calories burned), and size.
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