Musculature alone doesn't increase basal metabolism by a lot. At least not the muscles gained from typical light exercise stuff. It's a combination of maintaini

Musculature alone doesn't increase basal metabolism by a lot. At least not the muscles gained from typical light exercise stuff. It's a combination of maintaining them and exercise that gets you maybe an extra 300-500 a day average. Muscle mass also isn't lost as quickly as people claim. It varies based on person and diet. You lose some, but many can get back to their former peak in a few weeks if it has been a year or so. Even fairly muscular individuals.