Gaining Muscle Mass Is Not The Best Way To Burn Body Fat

by Rusty Moore

Why Do Experts Tell You to Gain Muscle if You Want to Lose Body Fat?

I am tired of hearing trainers tell their clients that they should focus on putting on more muscle if they want to burn fat quickly. This is a myth that has been popular for years. If this was true, then there would be many more lean people in the free-weight rooms in all of the gyms of the world.

Adding More Muscle to Your Frame is a VERY Roundabout Way to Lose Fat

The math simply doesn’t work out…you burn an extra 12 calories per day for each pound of lean muscle that you gain. Let’s say you gained 10 pounds of pure muscle (which would mean that you probably had to gain 10 pounds of weight). You would burn an extra 120 calories each day from that 10 pound muscle gain.

Want to Lose Fat MUCH Faster? Then Diet and Cardio is the Way to Go

You could reduce your caloric intake by 600 calories per day and burn another 600 calories with proper cardio. That would create a deficit of 1,200 calories. This will help you reach your fat burning goals much quicker than by just burning 120 calories.

Bulking up With a Bunch of Muscle is Not Attractive

When women or polled they always say that too much muscle is not attractive. They are attracted to guys with regular physiques, but with exceptional muscle tone. Women with too much muscle look manly…and that is not a look to shoot for. The ideal look for a woman would be similar to a model in Shape Magazine. Guys are better off with physiques similar to Hollywood sex symbols, not Bodybuilders.

Gaining muscle for the sake of burning body fat is just plain backwards. Get lean quickly by sticking to cardio and lowering your calories!

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