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Originally Posted by Eagle 
Guys: I appreciate the replies and agree, assuming claims made by the present crop of celebrity gurus are accurate, can be unwise. In this instance, what Thomas has said above and what Jim Karas says on page 72 of his book, "one pound of lean muscle tissue can burn between 35 and 50 calories per day...a pound of fat burns only 2 to 3 calories per day", don't seem that far apart. I don't claim to be an exercise physiologist but, it seemed to make sense to me that adding muscle would increase one's daily caloric burn total. On the other hand, the addition of approximately 11% in my body fat percentage (reported in my physical exam five months ago), to the measures taken in my college days, has made it geometrically more difficult to keep my weight down these days!
Thanks again for the clarifications!
Thanks again for the clarifications!
First - I'd be curious how your workouts stacked up against each other - between your college days and now. The kicker here is that workouts don't tend to line up apples to apples - time spent wrestling and grappling is not nearly the same as time spent under a barbell.
But more interesting - I know that when I was in college, I had a lot more free time and more inclination to burn off spare energy doing "non-workout" things. Even though I played mostly racquetball and basketball, I still lifted, played soccer, wrestled, and ran here and there. Not so much as to register as a 'workout' but still I kept the legs moving a lot. Odds are you did too, and in doing so you burned a lot more calories then in your non-workout activities than you do now. If you watch more TV now, or log significant time on the web, or read more than you used to...that's time where today you are at rest, but back then you were probably on the go, and burning more calories.
