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it also seems intuitive to me, although perhaps just because of repetition, that muscle should increase BMR. i think the effects are overstated though.

here's a hypothetical, i'm curious where you would roughly place things smiley:

dude A - 5'8", 150LBs, burns 2000 calories per day.

dude B - 5'8", 150LBs. he's also a former deadlift enthusiast and is 10% stronger than joe.

assuming equally sedentary lifestyles, how many calories do you think dude B burns per day?

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10% stronger could mean different things. If he has greater muscle mass (most likely) than his bf will be lower. He will definitely burn more calories imo because of the higher caloric demands of muscle tissue. However, its possible he is stronger for genetic reasons or greater neurological development(think of a gymnast - incredibly strong but not very large) therefore he won't necessarily burn more calories in a day. If the strength numbers are significantly different though - say A has a 150lb dl and dude B has a 300lb dl then I can't seen A ever burning more calories than B. Their bf% will be significantly different.

edit: I don't know at all what number of calories B would burn. Speaking from personal experience a year ago about 2000 calories a day would probably be enough to maintain my former bodyweight (160lbs). Now I weigh 175lbs and probably burn closer to 3500calories a day on heavy workout days and maybe 3000 calories on rest days. Again these are both really rough guesses on my part.