Not All Pounds Are Created Equal, FAT Verses MUSCLE

FOCUS ON FITNESS: ASK THE TRAINER Not All Pounds Are Created Equal, FAT Verses MUSCLE SUSAN RETZLAFF Certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist focus1onfitness@gmail.com A pound is a pound. While one pound of fat and one pound of muscle weigh the same, their composition is very different. Muscle is much denser than fat, which means muscle occupies less space on the