Eli5: I recently realized fat is stored energy. If thats the case, then how do bodybuilders manage if they’ve got a lot of muscle and hardly any fat.

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Eli5: I recently realized fat is stored energy. If thats the case, then how do bodybuilders manage if they’ve got a lot of muscle and hardly any fat.

In: Biology

Answer 1

Your body stores energy is a variety of way, mostly in the form of glycogen in your muscles and liver. Fat stored in your adipose tissue is your body saving energy for later incase these stores run out. Body builders can get by perfectly well without body fat