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The Metabolism Fix
Restore Your Body's Ability to Build Muscle & Lose Fat Fast
By JJ Virgin
Read by JJ Virgin
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About the Book
For every woman who has lost weight only to gain it back again, The Metabolism Fix is your path to true body freedom. This breakthrough muscle-first plan combines strength and resistance training with high-protein nutrition to help you build lean muscle, boost metabolism, balance midlife hormones, and finally burn stubborn fat so you can feel strong, energized, and confident at any age—without dieting or deprivation.
We’ve been chasing the wrong goal when it comes to losing inches and looking and feeling our best. The number on the scale can’t measure health, vitality, or longevity—muscle does. Chronic dieting strips away precious muscle, slows metabolism, accelerates aging, and makes fat gain easier and fat loss harder. That was the old way. The Metabolism Fix is the new way.
Instead of shrinking your body through restriction and willpower, you rebuild your metabolism through strength. When you shift your focus from losing weight to building muscle, you reignite fat burning, restore energy, support healthy hormones, and finally step off the diet roller coaster—for good.
When you learn to fuel and train your body strategically—with optimal protein, fiber-rich carbs that support your gut microbiome, and resistance training that challenges and preserves lean muscle—you transform not just how you look, but how you age. Prioritize muscle and repair your metabolism, increase strength and resilience, boost confidence, and create a body that works for you, not against you.
Muscle is the metabolism fix. Inside you’ll find a proven muscle-first nutrition and strength training plan, simple workouts for every fitness level, and dozens of recipes, meal plans, and tools designed to help you build lean muscle, burn fat, and support healthy aging.
Muscle changes everything. And starting today, it’s going to change you.
We’ve been chasing the wrong goal when it comes to losing inches and looking and feeling our best. The number on the scale can’t measure health, vitality, or longevity—muscle does. Chronic dieting strips away precious muscle, slows metabolism, accelerates aging, and makes fat gain easier and fat loss harder. That was the old way. The Metabolism Fix is the new way.
Instead of shrinking your body through restriction and willpower, you rebuild your metabolism through strength. When you shift your focus from losing weight to building muscle, you reignite fat burning, restore energy, support healthy hormones, and finally step off the diet roller coaster—for good.
When you learn to fuel and train your body strategically—with optimal protein, fiber-rich carbs that support your gut microbiome, and resistance training that challenges and preserves lean muscle—you transform not just how you look, but how you age. Prioritize muscle and repair your metabolism, increase strength and resilience, boost confidence, and create a body that works for you, not against you.
Muscle is the metabolism fix. Inside you’ll find a proven muscle-first nutrition and strength training plan, simple workouts for every fitness level, and dozens of recipes, meal plans, and tools designed to help you build lean muscle, burn fat, and support healthy aging.
Muscle changes everything. And starting today, it’s going to change you.
About the Author
Photo by Lesley Bohm Photography
JJ Virgin is a renowned keynote speaker, triple board-certified nutrition expert, fitness hall-of-famer, and four-time New York Times bestselling author. JJ has been featured on Dr. Phil, the Today show, Dr. Oz, and Rachael Ray, cohosted TLC’s Freaky Eaters, and has hosted two PBS specials. JJ is the chair of A4M’s Profitable Practice Blueprint, the nutrition and fitness speaker for Tony Robbins, and the chief metabolic health officer for Lindora Metabolic Health and Wellness. She regularly speaks to audiences of over 10,000 and has shared the stage with icons like Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Dr. Mark Hyman. As founder of the Health Business Growth Collective (formerly Mindshare), she leads the most influential community of health entrepreneurs, helping practitioners scale their businesses and amplify their impact. Her Muscle Changes Everything philosophy empowers people to break free of outdated weight loss dogma and embrace aging powerfully.
About the Reader
Photo by Lesley Bohm Photography
JJ Virgin is a renowned keynote speaker, triple board-certified nutrition expert, fitness hall-of-famer, and four-time New York Times bestselling author. JJ has been featured on Dr. Phil, the Today show, Dr. Oz, and Rachael Ray, cohosted TLC’s Freaky Eaters, and has hosted two PBS specials. JJ is the chair of A4M’s Profitable Practice Blueprint, the nutrition and fitness speaker for Tony Robbins, and the chief metabolic health officer for Lindora Metabolic Health and Wellness. She regularly speaks to audiences of over 10,000 and has shared the stage with icons like Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Dr. Mark Hyman. As founder of the Health Business Growth Collective (formerly Mindshare), she leads the most influential community of health entrepreneurs, helping practitioners scale their businesses and amplify their impact. Her Muscle Changes Everything philosophy empowers people to break free of outdated weight loss dogma and embrace aging powerfully.
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (December 29, 2026)
- Runtime: 6 hours and 30 minutes
- ISBN13: 9781668100066
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