ELI5, what happens when you consume more calories than you use, if you are working out? Do you gain weight as muscles, fat or both?

Question

ELI5, what happens when you consume more calories than you use, if you are working out? Do you gain weight as muscles, fat or both?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Eli5 answers – yes, muscle weighs more than the same volume of fat, people who lose fat but put on muscle can actually gain weight. Might not be very common but is technically possible.