As we cross the threshold into our forties, the "no pain, no gain" mentality often shifts from a badge of honor to a liability. The exercises we once relied on in our twenties to pack on mass can ...

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Ask someone in the weight room to point to their trapezius muscle, or “traps” in gym-speak, and they’ll probably gesture toward the small mounds of muscle nestled in between their neck and shoulders.