Once upon a time, there was a boy named Max who loved lifting weights. He had heard a lot about how lifting could make his muscles grow, but he was confused. Everyone seemed to have different ideas about what worked best! One day, Max’s coach gave him a big book with lots of fancy numbers and graphs called a “meta-analysis.” “What’s this?” Max asked. The coach smiled and said, “This is what scientists use to figure out what works for muscle growth. It looks at many studies together to find the best answers.” The coach explained that all these studies helped show that consistency, proper nutrition, and the right kind of lifting were key to growing muscles. Max was amazed! He realized that instead of listening to just one idea, he could trust what science had learned over many years. Feeling inspired, Max used the advice in the book to train smarter, not harder, and over time, he started seeing bigger muscles! Max learned that science can help guide us to the best ways to grow, and when we follow it, we feel proud of our progress.