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The FitNoggin Academy

The Lean Mass Course

Eight self-paced modules that take you from the lines on your scan to calorie and protein targets, the lifts that hold lean mass, and a rescan you can trust. $149, paid once.

Seen through a doorway, a woman in her early sixties with gray hair does a slow squat holding one dumbbell in a living room beside a tall window, an armchair and bookshelves behind her.
Module 5 at home: one dumbbell, a rug, a free half hour.

Eight modules, in the order you will use them

Open a module to see what it covers.

  1. Module 1 Scan literacy

    What lean mass, fat mass, body fat %, and visceral fat mean on a DEXA, InBody, or Bod Pod report, and which lines to ignore.

  2. Module 2 Resting burn and TDEE

    How lean mass sets your resting burn, and how activity turns it into total daily energy.

  3. Module 3 Calorie targets after 40

    Setting a deficit small enough to keep muscle, and why the target never goes below resting burn.

  4. Module 4 Protein targets

    Grams per pound of lean mass, how to spread them across the day, and what counts.

  5. Module 5 Strength training basics

    The few lifts that hold lean mass after 40, how often, and how to progress without injury.

  6. Module 6 Eating around training

    What to eat before and after a session, and on rest days.

  7. Module 7 Holding steady through a deficit

    Spotting muscle loss early, and when to eat at maintenance for a while.

  8. Module 8 Planning the rescan

    When to rescan, how to keep conditions the same, and which changes are real.

Who it is for, and how access works

Adults roughly 40 to 65 who have a DEXA, InBody, or Bod Pod report and no plan to go with it. Maybe the last diet took weight off and left you weaker. Maybe someone said "build muscle" and stopped there.

You do not need to be fit, and you do not need a gym. You do need one scan, or a plan to book one, because every module works from your own numbers.

You pay $149 once. Nothing renews, and there is no monthly fee.

All eight modules are open from the start. Most people go in order; if your rescan is next month, start at Module 8. Any screen works, phone or laptop. Come back to any module whenever your numbers change.

What the course will not do

  • Diagnose anything. It is education. It does not read your scan for illness, and it is not medical care or treatment.
  • Coach you. There is no coach, no check-in, and no one writing your plan for you. You build it from the modules.
  • Promise weight loss. No weight loss numbers, no health outcomes, no guarantees. It teaches how to keep lean mass and read the change.
  • Give you a credential. The FitNoggin Academy is the name of our library. It is not a school, and the course carries no credits or certificate.

Talk to your doctor before a big change to how you eat or train.

Before you order

  • Run your numbers

    The free calculator turns the lean mass on your report into a resting burn, a calorie target, and a protein target, with the formula shown.

    Use the free calculator
  • Read one topic first

    Reading Your First Scan is free and short. The $24 guides each take one question further.

    See the guides