Two Percent with Michael Easter
2% With Michael Easter
How Much Muscle Do We Really Need?
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How Much Muscle Do We Really Need?

The truth about muscle, strength, and health.

Strength is linked to living longer and better. But gym culture has taken this idea and ran with it, arguing that it’s optimal to pack on as much muscle as possible.

Today, Michael explains how much muscle you need for health. You’ll learn:

  • If it’s healthy to have an overweight BMI if your “extra” weight is from muscle.

  • How much strength and muscle humans need for health.

  • Where building muscle for the sake of it fits into human history.

  • The link between muscle, fat, and a “high” BMI.

  • Whether you can be obese by BMI standards but sufficiently lean and muscular.

  • How to use this information to make decisions about your muscles and health.

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Two Percent with Michael Easter
2% With Michael Easter
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