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Why can working out cause you to gain weight

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because muscle is more dense than fat, but it takes up less space. That means if you gain muscle, your scale weight may go up even as you're losing body fat. If you've been working out regularly, it's possible for you to lose inches even if you're not losing weight.

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Your body responds to the micro tears and inflammation in two ways that cause temporary water weight gain. The first is a healing response. “That stress and micro-tearing damage to the muscle fibers induces water retention in the body,” Dr. Calabrese explains.

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