Energy and strength at 40 to 60: muscle, bone, protein, and the number that moves when the scale doesn't
Muscle mass and strength peak around 30 to 35 and decline from there; bone loss is fastest in the years around menopause. Neither shows on a scale. This section covers what the evidence says about strength work, protein and bone, and the tiredness that deserves a test rather than a shrug.
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The first month of lifting if you've never lifted
Two sessions a week, six movements, form over load. In production.How much protein after 45? What the expert groups actually say
The minimum, the ranges expert groups suggest, and the kidney caveat. In production.Bone loss after menopause: the five-to-seven-year window
Up to 20% in that window, and the two kinds of exercise the bone foundation calls important. In production.Still exhausted and your labs are 'normal'? Two things to ask about
Iron and thyroid. In production.Why the scale is the wrong metric now
What to track instead. In production.
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