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[Suleiman]

You are right. It was going to be a temporary experiment, but probably not worth it.

Even 10-12 is beyond me tbh, if that's the sweet spot, I am cooked. How do you measure yours, callipers or dexa? My dexa revealed 14 at my peak shape which I found a bit higher than expectation.

Both have too big of a margin of error imo for when wanting to discern from anywhere for 12-18% at that range is best to use progress pics and then compare to ideal standardized pictures of those ranges.

Dexa / calipers can still be good again for somebody who was 25% < and wants to get down to acceptable levels.

 

[Suleiman]

Dropping below 10% body fat, with or without Glp1, often ends up requiring sildenafil to maintain male performance.

There’s no real reason to go that low unless you’re preparing for a competition, and even then, most professional bodybuilders only sustain it for around three months.

As for the current trend, plenty of Indian celebrities are using Glp1 drugs, but you really shouldn’t, unless it’s medically necessary for managing diabetes.

and even then with diabetes the person is already taking metformin and potentially gabapentin as well if they have developed peripheral neuropathy.

Adding yet another prescription drug knowing the long term side effects of the other two (and sometimes even short term) is not really that encouraging once you learn how hard some of the ingredients in those drugs can be on the human body.

Ofc, there comes a point where you have neglected your health to such a severe degree that you have no choice but to hop on.

But for vast majority of people in their 20s to even mid 40s just incorporate healthy life style habits so you don’t have to go down this route, and if you do have to, let your doc know it’s a short term thing till you lose x amount of weight or bring your a1c down a certain amount-

Some docs will pile on as much meds as they can down your throat but there are those that know the harm and will
work with you to ween you off after a certain point asap and use natural alternatives.

 

[Suleiman]

Ok, now I need some advice:

How to get rid of shin splints if you haven’t ran in a long time? Is it just about strengthening calves and lower legs through tibia raises or something?

Thanks

 

[ElRaja]

Agree with most of what you said.

Depends on how obese. If you’re at 100-200 lbs overweight, I can understand.

I work with patients using these pharmaceuticals, and trust me, most of the people who want to hop on these are not morbidly obese and can lose that weight with lifestyle changes.

The side effects can wildly vary from mild inconvenience to out of the oven into the fryer or whatever the expression is at which point they regret hoping on it

Anyone who says “I don’t have time to exercise” doesn’t actually want to put in the effort. It doesn’t take 2 hours or an hour. Eat less, give yourself 20-30 mins. Done.

Even at 100-200 lbs overweight and cleared to use Ozempic or Manjaro, unless you’re slowly incorporating healthy diet and exercise so you can ween off the prescription, then you’re just wasting your time. Have seen quite a few ppl use these, lose weight, stop using these drugs and bam, back to where they were with all that weight gained back.

Definitely recommend doctor supervision.

speaking personally, my problem has always been cravings. i pbly eat 1000 calories from morning to 7:30pm, and then some nights i might binge and eat 1500 to 2000 calories. i know its not good, and i know im not doing it cos im hungry, i need to stop it. when i did stop it, it took about a month for the cravings to go away, and maybe two months for sugar cravings to go away, but its just not easy when ur in a desi household and theirs always good smelling and tasting food a few steps away.

 

[sweep_shot]

Ok, now I need some advice:

How to get rid of shin splints if you haven’t ran in a long time? Is it just about strengthening calves and lower legs through tibia raises or something?

Thanks

I used to have this when I first started to do cardio after a long time.

It became better within a few weeks.

I no longer have any shin splints issue.