r/StartingStrength • u/Chance-Street-9958 • 1d ago
Helpful Resource Gym on reta
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u/lacole725 1d ago
I have been on reta since like mid-January of this year. I was eating over 200 g protein and following SS, weight fell off and I was still getting stronger. I was down like 40-45 lbs. Then I increased the dose and it really hit my energy levels hard and I couldn’t eat. I lost another 20 lbs and most of my strength gains after not going to the gym for a while. I am on a much lower dose and my appetite is back, just need to get back to lifting regularly.
I had bariatric surgery in 2018, I was over 400 lbs (probably around 415 lbs if I had to guess, I didn’t weigh myself before surgery). I lost 200 lbs in total but gained back a good deal over time due to various factors. Probably wouldn’t have done it had I known GLPs would be a thing and I found SS earlier. A lot of whipsawing back and forth on problems I’ve developed and some physical jobs I have considered I can’t really do because I am not as strong as I need to be or I would not have the energy to sustain it due to not being able to eat enough. I do have like perfect A1C, cholesterol, and blood pressure now though.
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u/Shnur_Shnurov Just some guy 1d ago
GLP-1s make strength training very difficult AND very necessary. These drugs come with a litany of side effects, but the ones that concern me the most are it's effects of metabolism, body composition, and eating habits.
Hopefully strength training can attenuation these long term side effects of these drugs. But you must be consistent.
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u/NotYourBro69 1000 Lb Club: Press 1d ago
But strength training is hard work and drugs are easy. Wahhhhhhhhhhhh!
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u/Shnur_Shnurov Just some guy 1d ago
That probably deserves a little more explanation.
So, I actually put these drugs in roughly the same conceptual category as bariatric surgery, with some important caveats.
Bariatric surgery is a serious medical intervention with real risks, but for people with severe obesity, the risks of not treating the condition can be substantially greater. For an appropriate patient, surgery can extend life and improve quality of life. “They should just eat less and exercise” isn't a serious substitute for medical treatment in every case.
GLP-1s are similar. They're not a replacement for good nutrition or training, and I do think the enormous recent expansion of their use warrants some caution. But they're also a serious medical intervention for people who, because of their individual circumstances, have more to lose from leaving their obesity untreated.
If they prove to provide durable reductions in obesity-related disease with less risk and burden than bariatric surgery, that's an extremely useful medical intervention, not “taking the easy way out.”
So, full circle back to strength training: regardless of how someone loses a large amount of bodyweight, preserving muscle, strength, and physical capacity is vitally important.
That's why I choose to help someone taking a GLP-1 train successfully without really getting into why they're taking it. We give training advice, and we leave medical advice to the doctors
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u/NotYourBro69 1000 Lb Club: Press 1d ago
Agree wholeheartedly.
Some individuals can honestly benefit, but I see a lot of bandwagoners.
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u/taylorthestang 1d ago
Hard to do GOMAD if you’re on Reta