How many calories does a pound of muscle burn/day?

Dan · How many calories does a pound of muscle burn/day?

I've seen figures from the seemingly impossible 50 cals/pound down to the why-bother-lifting figure or 6 cals/pound, but this little article by Wayne Westcott presents a pretty good explanation for the difference in everyone's figures:

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