Sentences with phrase «body than a pound»

Put simply, a pound of fat takes up more space in the body than a pound of muscle.

Not exact matches

Plus, this comes on a carbon - fiber body that weighs less than 3,600 pounds, with 507 pound - feet of torque.

I'd rather have a little bit of extra fat on me and be satisfied with and by the food I eat than suffer day in day out in an attempt to force my body into letting go of those few extra pounds it just obstinately clings to.

I was always told 1 gram of protein times 1 pound of body weight, so if you weight 230, then you consume no more than 230 grams of protein.

He has more size than Frazier, standing a muscular 6» 3», 215 pounds, with 6.2 % body fat, a 4.6 in the 40 and records for a quarterback in four of Nebraska's arcane weightlifting categories.

The old master does three more rounds with less capable students than the frat kid (chasing a hugely rotund guy who's wearing glasses around the ring, spanking him on the seat of his workout pants instead of punching his face or his jiggling body; cartoonishly winding up and lampoonishly telegraphing all of his punches while letting a 140 - pound pointed - nose novice push him around all - four square), then he steps awkwardly from the ring and immediately begins to walk his great - granddaddy walk.

Here is the All - Black - and - Blue Team — running backs and quarterbacks who have subjected their bodies to more week - after - week pounding than anybody else in NFL history.

He saw only the 270 - pound body, and the body was leaner and better conditioned than he had imagined it would be.

But by the age of 22 - years old, she weighed less than 50 pounds, and her tragic death illuminated the importance of protecting the female athlete's body image and health.

Answer: Just as children have high protein needs during growth periods (0.6 grams of protein per pound of body weight), athletes also have requirements higher than the USDA's Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of 0.4 grams of protein per pound of body weight when building muscles: endurance athletes need 0.55 grams per pound, while strength athletes need 0.75 grams per pound.

«Infants are especially vulnerable because their bodies are so small, and on a per - pound basis, they're getting much higher exposure than anyone else in the population,» HBBF research director Jane Houlihan told the New York Times.

The total sinkage was approximately 1.5 to 2.5 inches (based on less than 120 pounds of body weight and a small build).

I was excited to try out this firming body cream because I've lost over 30 pounds since Christmas from sticking to The Dukan Diet and when you lose weight quickly, it can leave your skin looking a little limper than usual.

The calorie requirements per pound of body weight are greater during the first year of life than at any other time.

Children face the highest risks, because their bodies are still developing and their exposures are higher than adults», pound for pound.

Despite being interrupted at all hours of the night and day, despite the copious amounts of diapers and the frequent nursings, despite having pushed all ten pounds of baby through my body, it was a lot more restful than taking care of a toddler and a house while being overdue.

Crash tests showed that dummies weighing less than 40 pounds were likely to be ejected, and that babies had greater trauma to their upper body, abdomen, and head.

When you are 38 weeks pregnant weight gain is quick as your baby during this stage of the pregnancy gains around 28 g per daya The size of the baby around this time is that of a medium watermelono When you are 38 weeks pregnant, the weight gain is seen in the size of your bellyl In fact, around this time, the contour of your belly will change as the belly will drop as a result of your baby turning downwards and getting ready to enter the worldl When you are 38 weeks pregnant, weight gain should be no more than 1 pound from this stage and all other weeks that followo The amount of weight you gain during your pregnancy depends on your BMI (body mass index) prior to the pregnancyc If you are carrying one child the amount of weight gain you should put on is as follows:

The average body mass would plummet to less than six pounds — roughly the size of a Yorkshire terrier.

With all of the New Year's diet ads claiming you can lose dozens of pounds in seemingly as many days, you probably are not alone if you looked in the mirror this morning and saw a less than ideal body.

The study found that while there was no change in body weight, testosterone treatment produced a reduction in total body fat of 3 kilograms (more than six pounds) while increasing muscle mass by the same amount.

Sea otters must eat about 25 % of their body weight daily to maintain their body temperature since unlike other marine mammals they rely solely on their fur rather than an extra layer of blubber to stay warm — it's like a 120 - pound human eating 30 pounds of food per day.

They weighed about 10 pounds more than peers of the same height even though they consumed fewer calories, after adjustments for body weight.

The human body naturally burns more calories each day to maintain a pound of muscle than it does to maintain a pound of fat.

A 2013 study found that when Twitter users looking to lose weight tweeted about their goals, they shed more pounds than those who didn't; research out of Northwestern University showed that CalorieKing users who «friended» others on the site lost at least 7 percent more body weight than the less social folks.

They eat, drink, and breathe more per pound of body weight than adults, making them more susceptible to air and water contamination.

A note to make here is that if you are losing more than 3 pounds of weight in a week, you are not burning just your body fat but also losing water weight.

The males in the first group had overall lower lean body mass of less than 143 pounds (65 kilograms) and the males in the second group had it above 154 pounds (70 kilograms).

In the last 12 months, 22 - year - old Collin Clark has done what no one thought was possible: going from an overweight 201 pounds to a chiseled 139, with his body fat plunging from from more than 30 percent to just over eight percent.

Studies reveal that, on average, women who consumed any amount of grapefruit or grapefruit juice weighed nearly 10 pounds less and had a 6 percent lower body mass index (BMI) than their non-grapefruit-eating counterparts.

Keep in mind that a pound of fat and a pound of muscle might weigh the same, but their appearance is vastly different - muscle is far denser than fat, so as you lose fat and gain muscle, your body composition will change and your clothes will fit differently - but your weight on the scale may not move!

You'll notice that's far more than the RDA of 0.36 grams per pound of body weight.

People who cut 500 calories a day from their diets while eating yogurt three times a day lost 13 pounds over 12 weeks, more weight and more body fat than a control group who only cut calories.

The human body naturally burns more calories to maintain a pound of muscle than a pound of fat, for example.

According to the study's findings, removing meat from the diet led to blood pressure reductions similar to losing five kilos of body weight or a little more than eleven pounds.

In turn, killer whales that feed on seals consume the equivalent of five tons of plankton for each pound of their body weight.12 This phenomenon would explain why Weston Price found seal oil, which he estimated to constitute 200 calories per day of the Inuit diet, to be several times higher in the fat - soluble vitamins than ordinary cod liver oil.30

Research shows that you only need about 0.2 grams of fat per pound of body weight to maintain your health, and there are few benefits of eating more than 0.3 grams per pound of body weight.

A former professional athlete and life - long student of exercise and metabolism, he is a living example of what he teaches: at the age of 72 he is 6» 1 ″, 205 pounds and has less than 8 % body fat.

The greatest drug - free bodybuilders in history carry / carried less than 40 pounds more lean body mass than average individuals of their heights and bone structures, yet some dude who doesn't even stand out in the local gym claims he gained over 50?

I would say I am a mesomorph, I am 5ft4, weigh 118 pounds and my body fat is 14 % so I'm quite small but build muscle easily and my legs are much bigger than the rest of my body.

It is much less than you have likely heard from the fitness literature, which tends to state that bodybuilders and athletes should get close to 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight.

The «metabolic advantage» of protein is not likely to exceed 100 or so calories per day, and benefits towards body composition improvement are exceedingly unlikely to be significant with protein intake higher than.6 -.8 g / day per pound of bodyweight, even for those who are advanced weightlifters who train hard.

I also find that aerobic body weight exercises are more interesting than just pounding the treadmill for an hour.

If, however, you are achieving a reduction of less than 1 pound of body fat weekly, or if you are stuck on a weight loss plateau, you have an important opportunity to learn more about what works for you.

In fact, I went from 210 pounds down to 6 % body fat (and looked absolutely shredded and packed on more muscle mass than ever before.

But the reality, obviously, is that your body would treat 10 pounds of ice cream much differently than it would treat 10 pounds of steak!

Your body has to work harder with every step, thanks to the textured, uneven terrain which adds to a super intense, effective workout that's way better than pounding pavement.

Don't eat more than 1/2 gram per pound of lean body mass.

Since starting Dr. Permutter's program I dropped weight from about 155 to 140 pounds (I'm 6 ′ tall with an average to slight frame, and more active than usual for eighty years old) My present body fat is 18.5 %.

I lost more than 30 inches across my body, and a total of 27 pounds with Kathy's workouts and eating plan.