Healthcast 694 - Why Muscle Matters

Healthcast 694 - Why Muscle Matters

From biobalancehealth's podcast by Kathy Maupin, M.D.

October 16, 2025 · 18 min · Episode 694

About this episode

Kathy Maupin discusses the importance of muscle mass and resistance exercise for health and longevity.

See all the Healthcasts at https://www.biobalancehealth.com/healthcast-blog When I go to Fitness Edge, the place I have worked out with weights twice a week for 38 years, I know I am increasing my muscle mass and my metabolism for the next 72 hours…that's right, after just an hour of lifting weights, my body burns more calories over the next 3 days. Lifting weights not only increases muscle mass, strength and is the key element in weight loss, because it raises resting metabolism throughout the day, even while you are sleeping. As long as I have been a physician, we always knew that exercise was important to health, but not until recently did medicine did not know WHY exercise is so important, and WHAT type of exercise is the most important to healthy aging. Recently the research has exploded with research that supports the metabolic truth that muscle mass, and resistance exercise (weight training, training with bands, calisthenics) is necessary for health and longevity! Even though this is a complicated science that is primarily addressed to professional athletes, there are several discoveries that everyone can understand and employ in their quest for a long and healthy life…

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Host: Kathy Maupin, M.D.

Topics covered

  • muscle mass
  • metabolism
  • weight training
  • healthy aging
  • exercise
  • caloric burn

Keywords

  • muscle mass
  • metabolism
  • weight loss
  • exercise
  • health
  • longevity
  • caloric burn

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