u/ResearchGainsJames

I’ve been starting my lifting sessions using Apple Fitness’s built-in “Traditional Strength Training” workout type on my Apple Watch, mainly because the watch integration feels cleaner — heart rate, calorie estimates, and closing the Activity rings all seem more seamless natively than routing through a third-party app.

The obvious trade-off is that I miss what Hevy is actually great at: logging sets, reps, and weight, and tracking progression over time.

So my questions for you all:
• Do you rely on Hevy’s Apple Watch app to track workouts, or do you run Apple’s native workout for the watch metrics and just log in Hevy separately?
• Does anyone run both at the same time? Any issues with that (double-counting calories, HR conflicts, etc.)?
• If you’ve tried both, which gives the better overall Apple Watch experience?

Trying to land on the best setup before I fully commit. Appreciate any input.

A subject has been running the following protocol for approximately 6 weeks:

- CJC-1295 (No DAC / MOD-GRF 1-29): 100 mcg
- Ipamorelin: 100 mcg

Administered once daily before bed, approximately 3 hours after the last meal. Baseline bloodwork was obtained prior to starting, with follow-up labs performed recently.

IGF-1 (Somatomedin-C):
- Baseline: 121 ng/mL
- After ~6 weeks: 134 ng/mL

This represents roughly an 11% increase, which seems fairly underwhelming.

Additional relevant labs:

Baseline
- Total Testosterone: 661 ng/dL
- TSH: 3.55
- Free T4: 1.39
- Free T3: 2.80
- HbA1c: 5.2%

Follow-up
- Total Testosterone: 566 ng/dL
- TSH: 3.02
- Free T4: 1.38
- Free T3: 2.32
- Fasting Glucose: 71 mg/dL
- Fasting Insulin: 4.7 µIU/mL
- HOMA-IR: 0.8
- HbA1c: 5.3%

The subject also reports no noticeable acute effects after administration:
- No flushing
- No vasodilation
- No tingling sensations
- No water retention
- No obvious sleep changes

The peptides were sourced from a well-known UK vendor with a generally good reputation, rather than a direct overseas.

Questions for those with experience and bloodwork:
- Is an increase from 121 → 134 ng/mL IGF-1 consistent with 100 mcg CJC-1295 (No DAC) + 100 mcg ipamorelin once daily, or is that unusually low?
- Is 100/100 mcg once daily simply too conservative of a dose to meaningfully increase IGF-1?
- What sort of IGF-1 increase would typically be expected after 6 weeks on this protocol?
- How much significance should be placed on the complete absence of flushing, vasodilation, or other commonly reported effects?
- At what point would experienced users begin to suspect underdosed or poor-quality peptides?

Interested in hearing from anyone who has comparable before-and-after bloodwork using CJC-1295 (No DAC) and ipamorelin.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been on sema for about 5 months—mostly 0.5mg, with a month at 1mg—but the appetite suppression on 1mg was just too much for me. I’ve decided to switch over to Reta. Right now, I’m tapering down: last Sunday I took 0.25mg sema and 0.5mg Reta.

I’m wondering if I can switch fully to 1mg Reta on my next dose and just stop sema, or if it’s smarter to keep a very low dose of sema for a bit. I’ve seen people suggest staying on a low sema dose while transitioning, but I feel like that might be overkill. I had no appetite suppression at 0.25mg sema + 0.5mg Reta.

Some background:
I lift 6 days a week
I get around 150g of protein daily
I’ve gone from 95kg to 83kg, currently around 23% body fat

Anyone here with experience switching from sema to Reta? Would jumping to 1mg Reta next dose be fine, or should I keep tapering sema and stay on 0.5mg Reta for another week?

Thanks for any guidance!

Hey everyone,

I’ve been on sema for about 5 months—mostly 0.5mg, with a month at 1mg—but the appetite suppression on 1mg was just too much for me. I’ve decided to switch over to Reta. Right now, I’m tapering down: last Sunday I took 0.25mg sema and 0.5mg Reta.

I’m wondering if I can switch fully to 1mg Reta on my next dose and just stop sema, or if it’s smarter to keep a very low dose of sema for a bit. I’ve seen people suggest staying on a low sema dose while transitioning, but I feel like that might be overkill. I had no appetite suppression at 0.25mg sema + 0.5mg Reta.

Some background:
I lift 6 days a week
I get around 150g of protein daily
I’ve gone from 95kg to 83kg, currently around 23% body fat

Anyone here with experience switching from sema to Reta? Would jumping to 1mg Reta next dose be fine, or should I keep tapering sema and stay on 0.5mg Reta for another week?

Thanks for any guidance!