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body composition

Muscle-to-fat ratio predicts more than the scale ever will.

Two people can weigh the same and be on opposite health trajectories. Muscle is your metabolic engine and your longevity insurance; visceral fat is the quiet risk. We measure both precisely with InBody analysis, then track your protocol against the numbers that matter.

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3–8%

of muscle mass lost per decade after 30 — unless you actively fight for it.

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number the scale gives you. The InBody gives the ones that matter: muscle mass, fat mass, visceral fat.

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'goal weights.' We set muscle and visceral-fat targets instead — and track them.

what's really going on
the scale is hiding the story.

Weight lumps muscle, fat, bone, and water into one number. But muscle drives your metabolic rate, blood sugar control, and resilience against aging — while visceral fat around the organs drives inflammation and cardiovascular risk. Losing 'weight' by losing muscle is a step backward that the scale calls progress.

sound familiar?
weight normal, feel softlosing weight but looking the samestrength decliningon a GLP-1 without a muscle plan'skinny fat'gaining around the middle

"On a GLP-1, a substantial share of what you lose can be lean mass — unless protein and resistance training are part of the prescription. Here, they are."

how we treat it
measure the ratio. move the ratio.
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measure it right

InBody segmental analysis — skeletal muscle mass, fat mass, and visceral fat, tracked over time instead of guessed from a mirror.

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protect & build muscle

Protein targets, resistance training structure, and hormone optimization where your labs support it. Muscle is the asset; we treat it that way.

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track against composition

Regular re-scans. The protocol gets judged on muscle held and visceral fat lost — not on a scale that can't tell the difference.

your metabolic engine · rmr & bmr
a 'slow metabolism' is usually a smaller engine.

BMR — basal metabolic rate — is the energy your body burns just keeping you alive. RMR, resting metabolic rate, is the same idea measured under real-world resting conditions, and it accounts for the majority of the calories you burn in a day. The biggest lever you control over it is simple: how much muscle you carry.

That's why 'eat less, move more' backfires when the weight you lose is muscle — the engine shrinks, your RMR drops, and the plate that used to maintain your weight now gains it. It's also why we won't run a GLP-1 protocol without composition tracking: protecting lean mass is protecting your metabolic rate.

"Your metabolism didn't break at 40. Your muscle mass changed — and that's fixable."

in our office
InBody analysis

Skeletal muscle mass, visceral fat, and an RMR estimated from your actual lean mass — not an online calculator's guess. This is where your protein target, calorie floor, and training structure come from.

ordered when indicated
DEXA scan

The gold standard for bone density, with regional fat and lean detail. We order it when bone is the question — long-term GLP-1 use, perimenopause and menopause, or a history that puts bone at risk.

what we do with the numbers
adjust before you lose ground

A rising RMR means the engine is growing. A falling RMR on a weight-loss protocol means we adjust — more protein, more resistance training, a slower taper — before muscle is lost.

the retest rhythm
every 4–6 weeks

InBody re-scan while we're actively working on composition. Long enough to see real change, short enough to correct course.

every 2–3 months

VO₂ max retest — the engine's output, alongside its size.

as indicated

DEXA for bone density — typically annually when bone is part of the picture.

how we test vo2 max
what we test
labs first. always.

Composition pairs with the metabolic labs that explain it — insulin, hormones, thyroid, and inflammation.

see the labs we run
Skeletal muscle massBody fat %Visceral fatFasting insulinHbA1cTestosteroneThyroid panelVitamin Dhs-CRPApoB
questions we hear every week
asked & answered.
How does InBody compare to a DEXA scan?

DEXA is the research gold standard; InBody is a validated clinical tool that's excellent for tracking change over time — which is what actually drives decisions. Same machine, same conditions, honest trends.

Can I do this while on weight loss medication? +
How often should I scan? +
The scale isn't moving. Is anything working? +
chase the ratio, not the scale.

A free 20-minute conversation. No pressure — just a chance to talk through where you are and whether we can help.

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