muscle mass
Lean tissue quantity
Muscle mass is the total weight of muscle tissue in a body.
The term appears most often in fitness and medical contexts, where building or preserving muscle mass matters for health and performance: He's been lifting weights to increase his muscle mass.
Loss of muscle mass accompanies aging, illness, and prolonged inactivity.
- hypertrophyTissue enlargement via cells
- strength trainingBuilding muscle through resistance
- weightliftingSport of hoisting barbells
- body compositionBodily tissue proportions
- gainsIncreases in value
bulk up · amino acids · protein shake · testosterone · bodybuilding · gym bro · protein synthesis · anabolic steroids · progressive overload · leg day · macronutrients · calisthenics · flex · mitochondria · anabolic · shredded · physique · biceps
- Genetic Traitshair color, dark hair, skin color, dimples, blood type
- mating traitssexual selection, courtship, plumage, antlers, ornamentation
- health factorsexercise, psychological factors, genetics, smoking, alcohol
- body traitsheight, weight, body shape, build, stature
- senior wellnesshealth, wellbeing, active lifestyle, healthy diet, balance exercises
- strengthstrength, might, brawn, power, force
muscle massbody fat
Lipid tissue stores
fat percentage · body fat percentage · fatty tissue · subcutaneous fat · visceral fat
muscle massmuscle wasting
Loss of tissue mass
muscle atrophy · atrophy · muscle weakness · frailty · wasting
muscle massatrophy
Wasting from disuse
wasting · weakness · flabbiness · scrawniness · skin and bones