• gerbler@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Keep in mind that the more muscle you build, the more energy it takes to move that muscle therefore the more calories you’ll burn during your activities through the day. It’s not necessarily about the calories you burn during the workout but the aggregate impact downstream.

    I could be wrong though I don’t go to the gym lol.

    • ikidd@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      By that logic a morbidly obese person is exercising harder than anyone else by moving their 600lb ass around the living room.

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        3 months ago

        They are.

        A 600lb person walking a mile burns significantly more calories than a 200lb person doing the same thing. Im 200lbs and I can back squat 300lbs, a 600lb person squatting down and standing back up is moving more weight than I am… If they can manage it.