LEG Health Tips from WebMD: 8 Ways to Burn Calories and Fight Fat

Tip Number 2: Do Strength Training to Build Muscle

When you exercise, you use muscle. This helps build muscle mass, and muscle tissue burns more calories - even when you are at rest - than body fat. According to WebMD's expert 10 pounds of muscles would burn 50 calories in a day spent at rest, while 10 pounds of fat would burn 20 calories.