How many calories does a pound of muscle burn at rest?

[ASJChaotic]

some say 69 calories
some say 50 calories

some say muscle doesn't burn calories unless you USE it by MOVING
who is right?
are there any studies done on this?

[thewickedtruth]

guess your disrespectful ass would have to leave getbig long enough to hit the gym and actually put on some LBM to figure that out huh?   

rumor has it a lb of muscle burns a lb of fat a week at rest.. so if you actually put forth the effort and got out from behind your pc, you might actually reap the benefits of hard work. 

[d0nny2600]

guess your disrespectful ass would have to leave getbig long enough to hit the gym and actually put on some LBM to figure that out huh?   

rumor has it a lb of muscle burns a lb of fat a week at rest.. so if you actually put forth the effort and got out from behind your pc, you might actually reap the benefits of hard work. 

Nice!

[tbombz]

it varies from person to person based off of various metabolic factors.

[thewickedtruth]

it varies from person to person based off of various metabolic factors.

just like everything else in regards to the human body..there's a "range" instead of set rules as you so stated. Some people obviously burn up more than others but having said that, one lb of lbm tends to do you alot of good either way.

[Overload]

There have been studies and neither number is correct.

I could dig through my old books, but i'm lazy today.

[ASJChaotic]

guess your disrespectful ass would have to leave getbig long enough to hit the gym and actually put on some LBM to figure that out huh?   

rumor has it a lb of muscle burns a lb of fat a week at rest.. so if you actually put forth the effort and got out from behind your pc, you might actually reap the benefits of hard work. 

a pound of muscle burns a pound of fat a week  , boy...you're more STUPID that you sound
if you have a better body enter GetBig III and beat me
if you don't shut the fuck up

[tbombz]

for example a person with y amount of free t3 would have a certain amount of calories per hour per pound while a person with y+3 amount of free t3 would have a larger amount of calories per hour per pound (probably exponentially, but no studies have yet shown the exact rate at which t3 correlates to energy expenditure).

[thewickedtruth]

a pound of muscle burns a pound of fat a week  , boy...you're more STUPID that you sound
if you have a better body enter GetBig III and beat me
if you don't shut the fuck up

hahaha OMG SARCASM! and besides.. i would hate for my fatass to show u up on an internet sausage fest so me not entering will at least give you a chance. 

[dyslexic]

You would be surprised at how few calories one pound of muscle burns in a day. Science used to say 30 - 40 but more recent studies show as little as 6 calories per lb. a day.


If you went on a hardcore calorie counting diet for a few months, you would figure it out pretty damn quick. Of course, you would have to know (as precisely as possible) how much bodyfat you had and how many calories were in the food you were eating. You would also have to keep a meal diary and weigh your food.


It can be done with a fair amount of precision--if you are really motivated. 

[Overload]

for example a person with y amount of free t3 would have a certain amount of calories per hour per pound while a person with y+3 amount of free t3 would have a larger amount of calories per hour per pound (probably exponentially, but no studies have yet shown the exact rate at which t3 correlates to energy expenditure).

LMAO

This is NOT high school Algebra Candi.

Nice attempt though. D+

[Galvatron]

some say 69 calories
some say 50 calories

some say muscle doesn't burn calories unless you USE it by MOVING
who is right?
are there any studies done on this?

one kg (2.2 lbs) of muscle burns 13kcal per day

[dyslexic]

one kg (2.2 lbs) of muscle burns 13kcal per day

We must be on the same page. Imagine that. 

[tbombz]

LMAO

This is NOT high school Algebra Candi.

Nice attempt though. D+

well the last time i was in a mathematics class was 2005 and that was geometry so its been half a decade since ive been in algebra of any kind... youve got to give me a break. 

[wes]

I`ve always heard a pound of muscle burns between 50-75 calories while at rest,while a pound of fat burns around 3-4.

Who really cares,just get leaner and train hard.............don`t sweat the minutia.

[chaos]

well the last time i was in a mathematics class was 2005 and that was geometry so its been half a decade since ive been in algebra of any kind... youve got to give me a break. 

Half a decade = 5 years, 2005+5=2010........wrong again.

[ASJChaotic]

I`ve always heard a pound of muscle burns between 50-75 calories while at rest,while a pound of fat burns around 3-4.

Who really cares,just get leaner and train hard.............don`t sweat the minutia.

I'll do that   

[tbombz]

Half a decade = 5 years, 2005+5=2010........wrong again.

no dummy readmy post again. 2005 was my last geomoetry class. not algebra. 

[chaos]

no dummy readmy post again. 2005 was my last geomoetry class. not algebra. 

Excuses, excuses

[Meso_z]

some say 69 calories
some say 50 calories

some say muscle doesn't burn calories unless you USE it by MOVING
who is right?
are there any studies done on this?

68,543581980 calories.