JJ Virgin4x NYTimes Best Selling Author, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Fitness Hall of Famer

How to Track MUSCLE MASS The Right Way

17 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, JJ Virgin outlines her daily habit of stepping on a bioimpedance scale that syncs to her phone, whether at home or while traveling. She emphasizes that regular weigh‑ins, supported by research, improve weight‑maintenance outcomes. Crucially, she uses the scale to monitor muscle mass rather than obsess over daily weight fluctuations, focusing on weekly averages to assess trends and ensure she is preserving or building muscle, which she deems mission‑critical.

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Then I get up, go to the bathroom, and step on my bioimpedance scale. Now I have a bioimpedance scale that just reports to my phone, so it can just track me. And it's something that I do again, whether I'm home or on the road. I travel with a bioimpedance scale and I step on it every single day. Research shows people who weigh in regularly actually do better at maintaining their weight. And note I said bioimpedance scale because I really want to make sure that I'm holding on to or building muscle, right? That is mission critical. I'm not paying attention to my little weight fluctuations every single day, cuz especially when you travel and fly, things can get wonky. But I'm looking at the trend over time, so I'm looking at the weekly average of that.