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The Macro Hour

The Muscle Deficit Crisis in Women Over 40 | Ep. 337

The Macro Hour

Nikkiey Stott

Macro Hour, Fitness, Warrior Babe, Warriorbabe, Macronutrients, Health & Fitness, The Macro Hour, Nikkiey Stott

4.8636 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Most women are focused on weighing less—but the real key to longevity, metabolism, and confidence is building muscle. In this episode, Nikkiey breaks down why women are facing a muscle deficit crisis, especially after 40, and how years of dieting and excessive cardio may be causing you to lose the very thing that protects your metabolism, hormones, and long-term health. She explains why muscle is known as the “organ of longevity,” how age-related muscle loss impacts fat loss, strength, and in...

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stop asking how do I weigh last? How do I lose weight? Start asking how can I become stronger?

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Because the women who age the best are the women who lift weights. The women who prioritize protein,

0:10.7

they're the women that fuel their bodies, the women that build muscle overtime. Because this isn't a

0:15.0

six-week thing. This isn't like I joke around about popping your body into a microwave and out comes

0:19.0

a tone body. This is a lifelong investment. I have seen countless numbers of women. We have coached over 20,000

0:25.4

women's out of word babe, and our demographic of women is 45 to 70 years old. I have seen so many

0:32.1

women in their 40s, in their 50s, in their 60s, even in their 70s, completely transformed their bodies by

0:38.7

doing this one thing, which is building muscle.

0:46.9

What's going on, everybody?

0:48.7

Hey, you guys, welcome back to another episode of The Macro Hour with your host, Nikki Stott.

0:54.8

And on these episodes, we talk about mindset, methodologies, and tactics that will help

0:59.2

you lose body fat, build muscle, be strong, and feel insanely confident.

1:04.1

Guys, today is episode number 337.

1:07.4

And today I want to talk about, I've talked about this topic many, many, many, many times,

1:12.1

but I want to dive in just a little bit deeper with you guys because I had a community call

1:17.1

yesterday with our bigger ecosystem of warrior babes.

1:23.2

And there was a point of the conversation that when I was talking to them that I just like,

1:29.5

I landed on it and I was like, this is actually really important for women to start to think

1:38.4

this way in terms of their body and their longevity.

1:42.0

So I was talking about the importance of protein.

1:43.7

I'm not going to talk about that today. But I was talking about the importance of protein. I'm not going to talk

1:44.3

about that today. But I was talking about how important it is for us as women as we get older

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