Bulking — the idea of eating well above your maintenance calories to gain muscle — is one of those fitness topics that won't die. You've probably heard it: "Eat big to get big." But is it necessary?

For decades, the cultural narrative insisted that life after 50 was about slowing down and accepting physical decline. That narrative is dead wrong. Scientific evidence is clear: the ability to build, ...

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