Is Gaining Muscle Mass a Good Strategy for Fat Loss?
There is a huge myth going around that gaining muscle is the best way to burn body fat and stay lean in the long run. This is a really trendy thing to say right now. Go into almost any gym and you will hear a personal trainer tell their client “You have to work on building more muscle, because then your body will burn more calories each day…leading to fat loss”. (Just two attractive people to “draw you into” the article…”Read more so you can look like us!”…LOL!) Gaining Muscle is a VERY Inefficient Way to Lose Body Fat For each pound of lean muscle that you gain, you will burn an extra 12 calories per day. If you gained 10 pounds of lean muscle mass, you would burn an extra 120 calories throughout the day (note: I’m talking 10 pounds of ‘lean’ muscle…most people would have to gain 15 pounds to build 10 pounds of fat free muscle). Burn Body Fat 10 Times Quicker With Diet and Cardio A tough cardio workout can easily burn 600 calories. If you reduced you daily intake of calories by 600, t
