u/norcalclimber

I just got a DEXA scan at 48 and had a result that was mostly fine but also a little shocking.

Body fat: 13.8%
Visceral fat: very low
Resting metabolism: decent

But my bone density came back in the bottom 9% for men my age.

I’ve been active most of my life. I climb, train, move a lot, eat well, take vitamin D, creatine, eat clean and generally think of myself as someone who has taken care of his body

I’m also 6 weeks out from ankle surgery right now, so I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to rebuild—not just get back to activity, but actually build more reserve.

Maybe I’ve spent too many years optimizing for being light, mobile, and capable, without paying enough attention to bone density, lower-body strength, muscle mass, and total fueling?

Curious if others here have seen something similar and what they're doing about it

I was talking with Dan John recently over a long conversation and he used this phrase that caught me off guard.

He said a lot of people train individual qualities now. Strength, mobility, conditioning, longevity...etc etc

But what he actually wants, especially as people get older, is for them to become “well knitted.”

What that means
everything works together. You move well.. recover reasonably well. you can carry things, AND you are well integrated with society, look after your neighbor's lawn (!) etc.

It surprised me but I also liked framing because it feels very different from how fitness is usually sold, and marketed, and adopted by me and most I know.

More of. build a body and life that still function together twenty years from now, rather than just look to optimize the popular health metric. Curious what folks think of this type of approach?

I was hoping to heal faster from recent ankle surgery. Started taking BPC - 157 daily with 500mcg daily dosage. I believe I took it either two or three times, somehow can’t remember exactly

However, starting the very second day, I started experiencing drowsiness, some dizziness and heavy fatigue. I took the dosage one or two more times but then discontinued completely. The next four days I was essentially too tired and unwell to move around much at all. It’s been seven days since the first dose, and I’m finally beginning to regain energy and drive in fact even went to the gym today. Whew! I never lost my appetite or mental acuity though. Just the symptoms I described above

Wondering if this is common at all? My online research didn’t seem to indicate this high level of lethargy and sickness.

At this point, I am super scared of trying this again. Again, this is just correlational, and I can’t prove that the peptide caused the sickness.

I’m not supposed to comment on where I bought it right? The supplier is based in the US and is fairly well-known and popular I believe.

I was hoping to heal faster from recent ankle surgery. Started taking BPC - 157 daily with 500mcg daily dosage. I believe I took it either two or three times, somehow can’t remember exactly

However, starting the very second day, I started experiencing drowsiness, some dizziness and heavy fatigue. I took the dosage one or two more times but then discontinued completely. The next four days I was essentially too tired and unwell to move around much at all. It’s been seven days since the first dose, and I’m finally beginning to regain energy and drive in fact even went to the gym today. Whew! I never lost my appetite or mental acuity though. Just the symptoms I described above

Wondering if this is common at all? My online research didn’t seem to indicate this high level of lethargy and sickness.

At this point, I am super scared of trying this again. Again, this is just correlational, and I can’t prove that the peptide caused the sickness.

I’m not supposed to comment on where I bought it right? The supplier is based in the US and is fairly well-known and popular I believe.

I was hoping to heal faster from recent ankle surgery. Started taking BPC - 157 daily with 500mcg daily dosage. I believe I took it either two or three times, somehow can’t remember exactly

However, starting the very second day, I started experiencing drowsiness, some dizziness and heavy fatigue. I took the dosage one or two more times but then discontinued completely. The next four days I was essentially too tired and unwell to move around much at all. It’s been seven days since the first dose, and I’m finally beginning to regain energy and drive in fact even went to the gym today. Whew! I never lost my appetite or mental acuity though. Just the symptoms I described above

Wondering if this is common at all? My online research didn’t seem to indicate this high level of lethargy and sickness.

At this point, I am super scared of trying this again. Again, this is just correlational, and I can’t prove that the peptide caused the sickness.

I’m not supposed to comment on where I bought it right? The supplier is based in the US and is fairly well-known and popular I believe.