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The Myth about Muscle and Your Metabolic Rate
According
to Adam Zickerman, author of Power of
10: The Once-a-Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution, "three extra pounds of lean
muscle burns about 10,000 extra calories a month.''
Zickerman also says that three extra
pounds of muscle "burns as many calories as running 25 miles
a week, or doing 25 aerobic workouts a month without leaving your
couch.''
You've probably read similar claims that muscle "burns calories
around the clock just to maintain itself, even while you are sleeping
or sitting at a desk." The idea is that for every pound of new
muscle, your body will burn an extra 60 calories per day.
Add five pounds of new muscle and you will automatically burn an
additional 31 pounds of fat in a year... or so the theory goes,
anyway.
When you gain muscle, your resting metabolic rate (the
number of calories your body burns at rest) does go up. But, this
increase is a lot less than the 50-100 calorie figure you'll
often see written...
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