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How Muscle Mass Regulates Aging, Metabolism & Longevity
Find Nina Patrick here: https://qrco.de/bgXpKn
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Sponsor: Fatty15
Fatty15 is a science-backed, patented, award-winning supplement with pure C15:0 that strengthens cell membranes and supports healthy aging at the cellular level. Benefits include deeper sleep, calmer mood, improved energy, and overall wellbeing.
Click the link below to learn more and use code UNLOCKED for 15% off the 90-day Starter Kit.
Link: https://partners.fatty15.com/UNLOCKED
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Guests:JJ Virgin
Founder of Health Business Growth Collective and Well Beyond 40
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jj.virgin/
Website: https://jjvirgin.com/
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What if the key to living longer wasn’t a pill, but making your body stronger?
Phil Newman and Dr. Nina Patrick sit down with JJ Virgin, triple board-certified nutrition expert, fitness hall of famer, and founder of the Health Business Growth Collective, to explore how muscle drives strength, resilience, and decades of high performance.
According to JJ, muscle quietly slips away after 30. Protein synthesis drops 30% per decade, hitting women earliest and hardest as perimenopause estrogen fades against their lower starting mass. Grip strength reveals the truth first, signaling all-cause mortality risk—the weakest quartile faces the steepest odds—even as 50% of normal-weight adults harbor sarcopenic obesity, blending frailty with hidden fat that rushes aging.
JJ cuts through the noise. Grip dynamometer tests deliver the simplest proxy: squeeze for "great" versus your age group, with under 10% hand asymmetry. She flips GLP-1s on their head—build muscle first with protein matched to ideal weight and fat-free mass tracking, then cut calories. Beginners start her 2x2x2: two days weekly, two moves per body part, two sets to near-failure. Neural gains arrive before the mirror notices.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Grip strength predicts mortality. Test 3x per side; track gains as neural adaptations lead hypertrophy by 6-8 weeks.
- Build muscle first. GLP-1s expose weak diets, risking 40% muscle loss on calorie cuts without resistance training.- Women lose fast-twitch fibers quickest. Challenge with 6-12 reps near failure to rebuild power.
- Resting metabolic rate climbs 7-10 calories per pound of muscle; protein-first meals spike thermic effect 25%.
- Start simple: pushups (wall to toes), squats to chair (30-sec power test), rows. Progress from bodyweight to loads.
- 40 years of clinical insights deliver actionable tests and programming against gravity's pull.
If you want to understand how muscle powers healthspan against gravity-fueled decline, this episode connects 40 years of clinical insights with actionable tests and programming for powerful aging.
Subscribe for weekly episodes that explore longevity science, preventative medicine, and the systems shaping how we live longer and better.
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Hosts:
Phil Newman: https://qrco.de/bgXpNY
Nina Patrick: https://qrco.de/bgXpKn
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By Longevity.TechnologyFind Nina Patrick here: https://qrco.de/bgXpKn
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Sponsor: Fatty15
Fatty15 is a science-backed, patented, award-winning supplement with pure C15:0 that strengthens cell membranes and supports healthy aging at the cellular level. Benefits include deeper sleep, calmer mood, improved energy, and overall wellbeing.
Click the link below to learn more and use code UNLOCKED for 15% off the 90-day Starter Kit.
Link: https://partners.fatty15.com/UNLOCKED
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Guests:JJ Virgin
Founder of Health Business Growth Collective and Well Beyond 40
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jj.virgin/
Website: https://jjvirgin.com/
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What if the key to living longer wasn’t a pill, but making your body stronger?
Phil Newman and Dr. Nina Patrick sit down with JJ Virgin, triple board-certified nutrition expert, fitness hall of famer, and founder of the Health Business Growth Collective, to explore how muscle drives strength, resilience, and decades of high performance.
According to JJ, muscle quietly slips away after 30. Protein synthesis drops 30% per decade, hitting women earliest and hardest as perimenopause estrogen fades against their lower starting mass. Grip strength reveals the truth first, signaling all-cause mortality risk—the weakest quartile faces the steepest odds—even as 50% of normal-weight adults harbor sarcopenic obesity, blending frailty with hidden fat that rushes aging.
JJ cuts through the noise. Grip dynamometer tests deliver the simplest proxy: squeeze for "great" versus your age group, with under 10% hand asymmetry. She flips GLP-1s on their head—build muscle first with protein matched to ideal weight and fat-free mass tracking, then cut calories. Beginners start her 2x2x2: two days weekly, two moves per body part, two sets to near-failure. Neural gains arrive before the mirror notices.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Grip strength predicts mortality. Test 3x per side; track gains as neural adaptations lead hypertrophy by 6-8 weeks.
- Build muscle first. GLP-1s expose weak diets, risking 40% muscle loss on calorie cuts without resistance training.- Women lose fast-twitch fibers quickest. Challenge with 6-12 reps near failure to rebuild power.
- Resting metabolic rate climbs 7-10 calories per pound of muscle; protein-first meals spike thermic effect 25%.
- Start simple: pushups (wall to toes), squats to chair (30-sec power test), rows. Progress from bodyweight to loads.
- 40 years of clinical insights deliver actionable tests and programming against gravity's pull.
If you want to understand how muscle powers healthspan against gravity-fueled decline, this episode connects 40 years of clinical insights with actionable tests and programming for powerful aging.
Subscribe for weekly episodes that explore longevity science, preventative medicine, and the systems shaping how we live longer and better.
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Hosts:
Phil Newman: https://qrco.de/bgXpNY
Nina Patrick: https://qrco.de/bgXpKn