the lean mass thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down
Thinking out loud about this: the lean mass thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down. On comparing yourself to composition figures from trials. Published composition data comes from supervised populations with structured protocols, standardised scanning, and analysis populations that have been defined…
Right — strength retention is a free proxy and it tracks better than most people expect.
protein and resistance training, that is the entire intervention
DEXA has a real error margin and people quote it to one decimal
Small fix — that is fat-free mass, not muscle mass. The scan cannot separate them the way the post assumes.
a single DEXA is a number, two is a comparison, three is a trend
Hydration status and fasting state affect the lean mass estimate. Standardising both is the difference between a comparison and a coin toss.
Resistance training, and at what frequency?
How many weeks between the two scans?