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

Because they work out and burn the energy they eat. Our bodies choose to burn fat for energy before muscle tissue so they keep the muscle they are building and burn the fat if they do get flabby in the offseason