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Chronic stress doesn't just affect mood — it directly alters body composition. Elevated cortisol promotes fat storage, accelerates muscle loss, suppresses anabolic hormone production, and impairs recovery capacity. After 40, the margin for unmanaged stress is significantly narrower.

This episode covers the physiological mechanisms behind stress-driven body composition changes and the lifestyle interventions that actually move the needle.

Related reading: Nervous System Load After 40: Why Stress Silently Derails Results

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Training creates the signal. Recovery creates the change.