which burns first/ faster? Muscle or fat? Some people have told me that muscle burns before fat...is that true

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Answer 1

Sorry, but all of the above is from ignorant (uninformed) people! your body primarily uses simple sugars for fuel. This is accomplished by first burning your meals, then stored glycogen. about 6 lbs. worth in the normal adult. Then your body begins to metabolize fat, not muscle. This is accomplished by converting fats to sugars and producing ketones as a by-product, the so called 'ketosis' that weight loss experts try to get your body into state. After fat and foods are not available, then you are free to break down muscle, but if you exercise while you are losing fat, much of the energy from lost fat will go to building muscle. Muscle atrophies if not used, and becomes infiltrated with fat, causing one to lose tone. As that fat is used, the muscle shrinks. Muscle is primarily protein and therefore produces more energy per gram of muscle lost. It also takes more energy to build, so exercise burns more calories building muscle. Muscle is the hardest to grow and the hardest to lose. Sorry to inform your friends otherwise, but they aren't correct. Sugars first, glycogen second, fat third, then muscle last.

Answer 2

What we've got here is failure to communicate. It's very difficult to burn muscle. You practically have to be fat free and starving. If you're asking what a muscle burns, that would be fuel. Fuel can come from sugars or fats.

Answer 3

I agree also if you work out more then 45 mins you will began to burn off some muscle as well as fat

Answer 4

muscle burns fat!!! thats IT. fat just collects FAT. Build muscle and that will increase testosterone.

IF you are having trouble, think about it this way: ever seen a skinny guy bench press 225? exactly. get stronger, and then the physique will come along..

Answer 5

muscle burns more calories than fat. if a muscular person does the same exercise as a person with a lot of fat and no muscle for the same amount of time, the muscular person will have burned more calories than the fat person.

hope that helped! :-)

Answer 6

if you mean, your body burning muscle for energy, then it depends on your diet. how much protein, calories, etc... but it also depends on how active you are. but most people who diet do it wrong, so their body burns muscle for energy instead using the fat stores.

Answer 7

Having less than 1 200 calories a day may slow down your metabolism

Answer 8

eat 5 6 small meals a day instead of 3

Answer 9

Record facorite programs on them when you exercide

Answer 10

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