Why muscle is medicine
Muscle is medicine because it will help you feel awesome and most importantly, you will LIVE AWESOME:
Muscle changes your body composition.
Muscle improves your cognitive function.
Muscle keeps you moving.
Muscle makes your bones strong.
Muscle works with your blood sugar without insulin
Muscle stores all your AAs and the more surface area the more nutrient receptors to get more - your metabolic flexibility is in your muscle
When we consider the functionality of muscles, we usually think about strength and mobility. But muscle holds far more power than supporting your physical architecture. As the largest organ in your body, its effects have the biggest impact. Your muscular system is your metabolic currency and your reservoir for amino acids. Mounting evidence suggests that muscles are an important part of our endocrine system, secreting many different types of myokines to support such things as our immune system, inflammatory responses and brain health. Muscle is also the largest site for glucose metabolism, which is critical to reversing insulin resistance and preventing or even treating chronic illnesses such as diabetes or cognitive decline, all without insulin
Muscle health becomes more important as we age, yet is often the most overlooked–even by modern-day medical practice. The million-dollar question is: How do we age less rapidly and retain some of our youth?
The answer is to lead a life that builds you up rather than breaks you down. As we get older, so much gets better and stronger - our mental resilience, our problem solving skills, the depth of our relationships - but at the same time our bodies are losing strength inside and out. But by planning for the natural predictable changes that occur with time we can commit to the nutritional and training strategies that will counter all sorts of declines.
Start young. Or start now. You don’t need to wait for the future to experience the benefits of working out in your healthy day.
You can repair your metabolism and your muscle tissue, bulletproof if you changing body at every age.
Mobility is essential in preserving your own autonomy and ability to do what you enjoy.
Metabolic health drives the strength and vigor of your body’s functions system-wide.
Sure body comp correction will give you a lift seeing a rebalance in your bloodwork but you’ll also feel better every day. Metabolic health allows for better sleep and increased energy and healthy muscle will make you mentally stronger turbocharging your ability to shine and smile! Exercise isn’t just a vanity thing. If you stop moving and your muscle starts shrinking. And muscle tissue decline happens if we get sick, stop training or are inactive no matter our age.
