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10 months ago
in Weight Loss Tips To Get Shredded on Natural Bodybuilding with Marc David
I don't know where you got 1lb of muscle burns 300 calories per hour, but this is serious misinformation on a reputable looking website. This would mean that for every pound of muscle I gain, I would burn 7200 calories in a 24 hour period! I'd be dead in a week on my 1500 calorie plan. What were you thinking quoting that?
If you do your research, Tom Venuto quotes it at around 50 calories per day, per pound of muscle, and I tend to believe him.
If you do your research, Tom Venuto quotes it at around 50 calories per day, per pound of muscle, and I tend to believe him.
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Muscle burns approximately 30-35 calories per hour but even that's a rough estimate. It really depends on the workout you are doing and at what intensity. The 30-35 comes from just being more metabolic. At the time, I do believe I was thinking that a person with 10 lbs of extra muscle would burn 300 more calorie per hour being sedentary than a person who didn't have as much.
Thanks for pointing out this discrepancy.