Comments on: How many calories does a pound of muscle burn? http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-science/how-many-calories-does-a-pound-of-muscle-burn/ Eat Stop Eat, Intermittent fastin for Weight Loss, Muscle Building, Fasting and health Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Perrin http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-science/how-many-calories-does-a-pound-of-muscle-burn/#comment-3559 Perrin Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:53:09 +0000 http://bradpilon.com/?p=573#comment-3559 Hi Brad, I have an off-topic question for you. I've been using Eat Stop Eat for the past three weeks, and have successfully added 2 fasts each week. I've already noticed all my clothes are looser - I'm so pleased! However I noticed on fasting days that I feel noticeably colder - my hands and feet especially, which is VERY unusual for me, cause I'm usually complaining that I'm too hot. I've also noticed that I feel pretty dopey in the afternoons (I've been fasting 6pm-6pm) and I'm not as quick; sometimes I feel lightheaded too. I fast on working days, cause I like to keep busy, but my job is fairly sedentary. It's mentally quite demanding, though - I have tons of meetings and very busy days, but they usually involve sitting at a computer or meeting table. To me, this all adds up to lower blood pressure during fasting, but I could be wrong - do you know if that's typical? Do you think trying to squeeze in more activity would be helpful? Usually on my fasting days I don't even take lunch - just work through. But I wonder if walking at lunch would help with the coldness, dizziness, etc.? Any advice you have is much appreciated!! Hi Brad, I have an off-topic question for you. I’ve been using Eat Stop Eat for the past three weeks, and have successfully added 2 fasts each week. I’ve already noticed all my clothes are looser – I’m so pleased! However I noticed on fasting days that I feel noticeably colder – my hands and feet especially, which is VERY unusual for me, cause I’m usually complaining that I’m too hot. I’ve also noticed that I feel pretty dopey in the afternoons (I’ve been fasting 6pm-6pm) and I’m not as quick; sometimes I feel lightheaded too. I fast on working days, cause I like to keep busy, but my job is fairly sedentary. It’s mentally quite demanding, though – I have tons of meetings and very busy days, but they usually involve sitting at a computer or meeting table. To me, this all adds up to lower blood pressure during fasting, but I could be wrong – do you know if that’s typical? Do you think trying to squeeze in more activity would be helpful? Usually on my fasting days I don’t even take lunch – just work through. But I wonder if walking at lunch would help with the coldness, dizziness, etc.? Any advice you have is much appreciated!!

]]> By: Jules http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-science/how-many-calories-does-a-pound-of-muscle-burn/#comment-3523 Jules Sat, 30 May 2009 18:49:49 +0000 http://bradpilon.com/?p=573#comment-3523 Off topic, but i wanted to paste you a link to this: <a href="http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20080331/fasting_may_improve_cancer_chemotherapy" rel="nofollow">Fasting may improve cancer chemotherapy</a>. Off topic, but i wanted to paste you a link to this: Fasting may improve cancer chemotherapy.

]]> By: Lani Muelrath http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-science/how-many-calories-does-a-pound-of-muscle-burn/#comment-3499 Lani Muelrath Sat, 30 May 2009 01:46:38 +0000 http://bradpilon.com/?p=573#comment-3499 Brad, I'm glad to see your post because I have been combing the research papers to come up with diffinitve info about the muscle and metabolism to get the info straight for my students and clients. If possible, can you share some links to papers and some research regarding that I can read and refer to myself? I'm still compiling my report and am looking for all the quality resources I can find. Excellent topic - we seem to be on the same wave length lately! Lani Brad,

I’m glad to see your post because I have been combing the research papers to come up with diffinitve info about the muscle and metabolism to get the info straight for my students and clients.

If possible, can you share some links to papers and some research regarding that I can read and refer to myself? I’m still compiling my report and am looking for all the quality resources I can find.

Excellent topic – we seem to be on the same wave length lately!

Lani

]]> By: Brad Pilon http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-science/how-many-calories-does-a-pound-of-muscle-burn/#comment-3478 Brad Pilon Fri, 29 May 2009 15:04:19 +0000 http://bradpilon.com/?p=573#comment-3478 <a href="#comment-3477" rel="nofollow">@Viking Dan</a> <a href="#comment-3477" rel="nofollow">@Viking Dan</a> Hi Dan, I think you've slightly missed the point of that specific research. (acutally I don't think you missed it as much as your reference missed it) The Muscle itself does add some metabolic cost. The rest of the increase came from elderly (65ish) sedentary people returning to a trained state after a 12-16 week period of heavy resistance training. The additional muscle helped for sure, but the largest part of the effect seems to be attributed to the actual increase in activity level. As the authors of the 1994 paper stated "The change in RMR with resistance training was not significantly correlated with changes in body composition." There are absolutely benefits to resistance training, and to activity in general, but these benefits have seemingly been mistakenly attributed to the increase in muscle mass alone. B @Viking Dan
@Viking Dan
Hi Dan,

I think you’ve slightly missed the point of that specific research.

(acutally I don’t think you missed it as much as your reference missed it)

The Muscle itself does add some metabolic cost. The rest of the increase came from elderly (65ish) sedentary people returning to a trained state after a 12-16 week period of heavy resistance training.

The additional muscle helped for sure, but the largest part of the effect seems to be attributed to the actual increase in activity level.

As the authors of the 1994 paper stated “The change in RMR with resistance training was not significantly correlated with changes in body composition.”

There are absolutely benefits to resistance training, and to activity in general, but these benefits have seemingly been mistakenly attributed to the increase in muscle mass alone.

B

]]> By: Viking Dan http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-science/how-many-calories-does-a-pound-of-muscle-burn/#comment-3477 Viking Dan Fri, 29 May 2009 13:57:44 +0000 http://bradpilon.com/?p=573#comment-3477 The reason some people quote such high numbers is because people who start weight training will often see their metabolic rates go up 8% or more. So if someone's TDEE went up 100 calories per day and they'd added 3 pounds LBM, the simple assumption is that each pound of muscle adds 30 cals/day. Here's a really good article on this: http://www.ymcatwincities.org/assets/pdfs/aboutymcapdfs/why_the_confusion.pdf The reason some people quote such high numbers is because people who start weight training will often see their metabolic rates go up 8% or more. So if someone’s TDEE went up 100 calories per day and they’d added 3 pounds LBM, the simple assumption is that each pound of muscle adds 30 cals/day.

Here’s a really good article on this: http://www.ymcatwincities.org/assets/pdfs/aboutymcapdfs/why_the_confusion.pdf

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