JJ Virgin trained to match her body composition from her 20s at age 60. DEXA scans at 39 and 59 showed identical muscle mass and fat mass. She ended up stronger at 60 than she was in her 20s.
When I decided to get super fired up for 60 and to prove a point, I was so sick of hearing this, like, it's a downhill slide. I'm like, all right, well, what if it's not? I thought, you know, I'm going to get in the best shape of my life for 60. I hadn't done a DEXA body scan since 39. And so I actually trained for it. I upped my calories because I was like, if you really want to focus on putting on muscle, if it's your number one goal, you're better off just doing that, upping your calories, not a ton, but some, and doing that. And I literally did. It was a little bit of a mental game because I I was like, all right, you're doing this on purpose, right? But I went in and my DEXA scan at 39 and at 59 were exactly the same. Same muscle, same fat-free mass, same fat mass, same weight. And then I knew what I'd been in my 20s. And because I'd put this on, I now ripped down. I did a cutting phase and went straight down to where I'd been in my 20s. But the cool thing is I'm actually stronger than I was in my 20s. Wow. That happens. And so it's possible, like it is possible to do these things.
