GURPS ST vs real wold records

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by GWJ

Actually it's opposite :) Muscle mass is more dense than fat tissue, so 5 kg of muscles will have smaller volume than 5 kg of fat. Thus, if we have two 130 kg persons looking almost the same (I mean almost the same volume, shape etc.), the one who have more muscles and less fat, will be the heavier one.
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No I know muscle is more dense than fat I meant in perception. A lot of body building is making yourself look as big as possible.

Proportions of shoulder to waist play part in this as well, as well as concentrating on upper body and have thinner legs then their upper bodies might suggest. Also removing the fat makes the muscles look bigger more prominent/exaggerated (and thus heavier)

Basically body builders often have their weight over estimated

Sorry not very relevent to what was being discussing which was actual weight not perception of it and yes reading that line back I can see why you thought I was saying fat is heavier than muscle!