The Truth About Fat Loss & Muscle

building muscle weight loss Feb 25, 2025

My mission is to help women learn how to strength train right so that they can increase muscle, because muscle is the foundation of youth.

 


 

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Muscle increases your metabolism. It improves energy and reduces fatigue, both in your body and your brain.

 

Episode Summary:

Think weight loss is as straightforward as losing weight? Think again! Weight loss is often partially muscle loss. Wild right?! Muscle is the foundation of youth, and we certainly don’t want it going anywhere! So in this episode, I share why strength training is the only way to build muscle and the best way to become more muscle and less fat.

 

Show Notes:

Before my 3-day live (and free!) workshop, Master Your Body Composition, I want to lay the groundwork here about the relationship between muscle, fat, and weight loss. First I share the number one thing that makes weight loss a cinch and why it’s the key to accessing the strong and sleek physique that you crave. I then share tips for how to protect the muscle you have built when you want to lose weight. The problems happen when you’re not tuned in to your nutrition and workouts.

My first tip is about getting the correct nutrition. I point out the most common mistake women over 40 make when trying to lose weight in terms of their nutrition. Second, I address common misconceptions about fasting and why, for our purposes, it is unnecessary. Next, I discuss the importance of the correct type of cardio in strength training and wrap up by suggesting the correct metrics to monitor your progress (no scale needed!). I hope you tune into my free upcoming workshop to learn more about each of these tips in detail!

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program will help you reduce the systemic inflammation that’s caused by overly intense or
lengthy workouts. It’ll help you build and maintain valuable lean muscle without
the fatigue from other programs

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Topics Covered:

  • Fighting the New Year Resolution blues
  • The #1 thing that makes fat loss easy
  • Debunking fears of getting “too bulky” from muscle gain
  • Why weight loss is not a metric of health
  • Focus on daily caloric intake
  • Why only having coffee until lunch is bad for your health
  • The inflammation-estrogen connection

 

Resources Mentioned:

  • Sign up for my FREE 3-day live workshop training, Mastering Your Body Composition, HERE
  • Transcripts can be found on the official blog page for this episode at hollyperkins.com/blog



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