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Okay, once and for all I'm going to respond to that often-spoken but not accurate phrase "If you don't exercise, your muscle will turn into fat."   Does muscle turn into fat?!??!  NO.

What actually happens is that your muscle fibers can grow smaller while your fat cells grow larger.  Using your muscles makes the fibers grow; if you stop working out, they shrink.  Similarly, your body's fat cells can change in size depending on how much fat each one stores.