The Business Athlete Show

#222: How to Build Muscle After 40 Inside 4 Hours Per Week

The Business Athlete Show

Show Notes

In this episode:

Why declining testosterone is rarely the real reason men stop building muscle after 40 The 3 training mistakes most busy men make that cuts their results in half every single week The protein target most men are nowhere near hitting — and why that gap explains most stalled progress Why dirty bulking and aggressive cutting both fail — and what actually works for body recomposition after 40 The exact 60 minute session structure Adrian uses with his clients to build muscle in 3–4 hours per week Plus much more

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