Friday, September 19, 2008

Replacing Fat with Muscle

How do you know if you are replacing fat by muscle?

The best way is to monitor changes in your lean body weight. Lean body weight can be determined by subtracting your body wieght from your body fat wieght. your body fat weight is calculated by multiplying your body weight by your body fat percentage.

For example:

Body weight= 180lbs (Body Fat%)=17.5%
Body Fat weight= 180 X 17.5%= 31.5lbs

So lean body weight is: 180-31.5= 148.5

So if you followed the Round One Bootcamp for 8wks and you have the following result:

Body weight= 182lbs (BF %)= 13%

The lean body weight= 182-23.66 (182X13%)= 158.3lbs

The lean body weight difference : 158.3-148.5= 9.8lbs

So you have gained 9.8 lbs of lean weight and are therefore replacing fat with muscle!

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