Dr. Vonda Wright

I find it infiltrating muscle as I'm operating because our body is just trying to stick it places because there's just too much of it. That's what happens, especially because many, many jobs now are sedentary jobs. They're brain jobs. They're not laborish jobs. We're actually getting up and using our bodies, which frankly is what we're designed for. We're designed to move.

I find it infiltrating muscle as I'm operating because our body is just trying to stick it places because there's just too much of it. That's what happens, especially because many, many jobs now are sedentary jobs. They're brain jobs. They're not laborish jobs. We're actually getting up and using our bodies, which frankly is what we're designed for. We're designed to move.

So it's kind of against nature to sit around all day, but that's what happens.

So it's kind of against nature to sit around all day, but that's what happens.

But here's the good news.

But here's the good news.

You can totally reverse that. But I hate... The reason I pointed out weight is because... The words we use are, I'm going to lose weight. I never say that. I say, we are going to recompose your body. We are going to build muscle. And in doing so, we will replace muscle with fat. Muscle weighs more than fat per volume.

You can totally reverse that. But I hate... The reason I pointed out weight is because... The words we use are, I'm going to lose weight. I never say that. I say, we are going to recompose your body. We are going to build muscle. And in doing so, we will replace muscle with fat. Muscle weighs more than fat per volume.

And so your weight may not change, but your composition will be vastly different and therefore your metabolism.

And so your weight may not change, but your composition will be vastly different and therefore your metabolism.

And doesn't it feel and look different?

And doesn't it feel and look different?

Exactly right.

Exactly right.

And it doesn't take that long.

And it doesn't take that long.

I work mainly with midlife people, 40 to 65. And in midlife people, here's the secret sauce. We are going to lift heavy. We're going to stop doing the youthful 20 reps, 15 reps of a weight. We are going to do for women. My recipe is four reps. Four sets. For men, it can be eight reps, four sets. But what does that mean?

I work mainly with midlife people, 40 to 65. And in midlife people, here's the secret sauce. We are going to lift heavy. We're going to stop doing the youthful 20 reps, 15 reps of a weight. We are going to do for women. My recipe is four reps. Four sets. For men, it can be eight reps, four sets. But what does that mean?

Of the four compound lifts, a push-pull with the upper body, so bench press, bench pull-ups or some pull, right? That's the upper body compound motions. Meaning, in simple words, that we use multiple muscles across multiple joints. For the leg, it's squats and deadlifts. Four reps, four sets. At least twice a week. Better four if we can fit it in. But I'll take two if we can't do four.

Of the four compound lifts, a push-pull with the upper body, so bench press, bench pull-ups or some pull, right? That's the upper body compound motions. Meaning, in simple words, that we use multiple muscles across multiple joints. For the leg, it's squats and deadlifts. Four reps, four sets. At least twice a week. Better four if we can fit it in. But I'll take two if we can't do four.