The scale can move fast. Contractile muscle usually does not. Use bodyweight-gain targets and training performance instead of pretending a scanner can predict your genetics.

For the first time in a while, your weight records are being broken.After putting down the bar, you let out a small, involuntary breath.The shoulders reflected in the mirror are rounder than before.

There comes a point where training harder isn't necessarily the answer as you get older. For men over 40, coach Tom Ragusa says the problem is training intensity. 'You're in a different season of life ...