{"id":8144,"date":"2023-10-14T16:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T09:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8144"},"modified":"2023-10-14T16:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T09:25:18","slug":"the-no-1-myth-about-building-muscle-during-menopause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8144","title":{"rendered":"The No. 1 Myth About Building Muscle During Menopause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/ojtbco5znk87qir3n.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div end=\"false\">\n<p>Here\u2019s the thing: It may be <em>harder <\/em>to build muscle in your 50s\u2014but it\u2019s not impossible. Let\u2019s paint the picture, shall we? With age, our bodies become less efficient at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2342962\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2342962\/\" rel=\"noopener\">digesting and absorbing protein<\/a>; as a result, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4924200\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4924200\/\" rel=\"noopener\">lose muscle mass<\/a> and strength. And menopause makes things even more complicated: During both perimenopause and menopause, estrogen levels start to plummet, which leads to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4035379\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4035379\/\" rel=\"noopener\">decrease in muscle mass and function<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That being said, it\u2019s crucial to stay on top of your lean muscle mass as you age, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-much-protein-do-women-need\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-much-protein-do-women-need\" rel=\"noopener\">adequate protein intake<\/a> and strength training. And, sure, your body might not appear as tightly toned as it did in your 20s, but that doesn\u2019t mean you won\u2019t notice any gains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are adding in resistance training, some kind of high-intensity training, and making sure that your nutrition is really dialed in, you can achieve a great body composition regardless of your phase in life, regardless if you have hormones on board or not,\u201d Lyon shares. \u201cI believe it because I&#8217;ve seen it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s the thing: It may be harder to build muscle in your 50s\u2014but it\u2019s not impossible. Let\u2019s paint the picture, shall we? With age, our bodies become less efficient at digesting and absorbing protein; as a result, we lose muscle mass and strength. And menopause makes things even more complicated: During both perimenopause and menopause, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[63,53,44,45,54],"class_list":["post-8144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-healthy-aging","tag-mbgpodcast","tag-menopause","tag-perimenopause","tag-strength-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}