r/BodyHackGuide

Just wondering on how a woman's experience with sarms would be? I have a female friend that is looking into ostarine (apparently the mildest sarm) to gain a bit of muscle and tighten things up. Any input or experiences greatly welcomed. She's of course gonna be doing low doses.

Pretty new to peptides and looking into the Wolverine Stack (BPC-157 + TB-500) after dealing with stubborn shoulder injuries for months.

Both shoulders are affected, but from separate injuries. One started after using a shoulder press machine, and the other after doing lateral raises with too much internal rotation. I’ve been going to physio and doing a lot of rehab work for around 6 months, but every time they start feeling better I seem to aggravate them again.

Most of what I read about peptides seems to focus on relatively recent injuries, so I’m curious whether people approach older/chronic injuries differently. Is the typical protocol/duration the same, or have people found longer-standing injuries require a different approach?

I’ve also seen a lot of discussion around injecting BPC-157 locally near the injured area. Since I have issues with both shoulders, how do people generally approach that? Would you split the daily amount between both shoulders, alternate sides, or does injection location not really matter as much as people claim?

Not looking to blindly copy anyone’s protocol — mainly interested in hearing from people who’ve used the Wolverine Stack for multiple chronic tendon/shoulder injuries, especially alongside proper rehab.

Would appreciate hearing what worked (or didn’t work) for you.

Those of you on Reta, how are you hitting your protein goals? I’m 6’0”, 214lbs 49yo male. I’m currently on my 4th week of Reta, and just started Tesa, with the goal of body recomp and maintaining/growing muscle. I’m really struggling to hit 200g of protein daily, even with a Fairlife shake in the morning and at night. Any tips/tricks would be appreciated.

My wife has been taking this tirzepatide/B12 shot for about 4-5months. She has lost 20lbs and is currently at about 150lbs. When I saw what she was paying a month ($400) I thought of this thread and was hoping someone could point me in a cheaper direction. I know alot of people love reta or other peptides. Even a place to purchase same thing but cheaper. When I have questions I turn to Readit and usually I get the answer. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

Highest nutrient density score you can get

Perfect 1000/1000 on ANDI, the per-calorie vitamin/mineral/phytochemical scale. Basically max nutrition per bite.

Dirt cheap for what you get

A bunch costs like $2-3, way cheaper than berries or supplements claiming similar benefits.

Lowers blood sugar spikes

A real double-blind placebo trial found eating kale with a carb-heavy meal blunted the glucose spike afterward.

Insanely versatile

Massage it with olive oil for salads, blend it into smoothies, bake it into chips, throw it in soup.

Low calorie, high fiber

Easy to eat a lot of without blowing your calorie budget, and it'll actually fill you up.

Has anyone done this? I’ve never believed in using GH secretagogues over actual HGH. But my source has no inventory for now, and I’m running out. So I’m thinking of using Tesa or CJC/IPA for now. Just don’t know what would work better. Chime in please. Goals are the same as anyone else using GH

I’ve been on Tesamorelin for around 3 weeks now and I’m curious about other people’s experiences with water retention.
I initially started at 1.5 mg, which was clearly too much for me. I then dropped to 1 mg and I’m currently down to 500 mcg.
Since starting Tesa I’ve gained around 3–3.5 kg / 7–8 lbs, and I’m pretty sure the majority of it is water. I’m very active with running and strength training and I’m currently in roughly a 500–1000 kcal daily deficit, so actual fat gain doesn’t really make sense.
The frustrating part is that I was in really good shape before starting. Now, despite still being lean underneath, I just look and feel a lot bulkier and softer from all the extra water. I can also definitely notice the additional bodyweight when running.
I’ve read a lot of different experiences.
Some people say the water retention is normal during the first few weeks and that you just have to push through it, with things starting to improve around weeks 3–4 or shortly after.
Others say they held the extra water for basically the entire time they were on Tesamorelin and only dropped it after stopping.
If the water starts coming off over the next couple of weeks, I’d be totally fine continuing. But if I’m going to hold an extra 3–4 kg the entire time I’m on Tesa, I’ll probably stop because it negatively affects both my look and my running.
For those who experienced noticeable water retention on Tesamorelin:
Did it eventually go away while you stayed on it? If so, around what week did you notice it starting to drop? Or did you hold the water until you discontinued it?
Would really appreciate hearing actual experiences, especially from people who had a pretty significant weight increase in the first few weeks.

I've been on Reta for about 8 months, and the appetite suppression isn't hitting like it used to, even on high doses. I'm going to add Tirz on top of it. Reta was my first experience with a GLP and I've never done Tirz. Was wondering if any of y'all are in a similar situation to me, and how your experience was adding Tirz to your stack?

So Reta has helped my body fat drop to 18.0
I’m 201 pounds so really excited to get below 200 and 18.. I workout all the time 56 and on trt for a year. I think I feel really good and I’m trying to get abs which is crazy to me.. here is my question
Kind of miss my big mass muscles not to be on steroids but besides protein and progressive overload. And creatine.. any other ideas to make muscles bigger. Maybe a little steroids isn’t terrible

Context: I took Ghk-Cu on Monday, today is Tuesday night, had a sort of kinda weird feeling throughout the day but nothing crazy, then I had a energy drink (white monster) at 3pm. Later in the day I had 3 glasses of Diet Coke at a restaurant at about 630 ish, then at 745 waiting in bed for my friend to go gym I get this weird body rush feeling I don’t know how to explain it, I got up and went to the washroom and sat down on the toilet, happened again, then called my friend and took a walk with him, for the next hour and a half, every so often I would get these waves of that weird feeling almost a high or something similar I think, if felt the best when walking also that’s why I was, after the hour and a half it started to calm down and now I’m able to lay down without the feeling but I still feel a little weird, my friend who got me into peptides thinks it’s the caffeine which I think could be very true, but just looking for some sort of answer because the whole thing was very scary.

40M. Been on Tirz for about 6 months with strong, steady results. Down about 30 pounds and recomping nicely, thought some amount of lean mass loss as Tirz does. Maintaining lean mass with HIIT-style boot camp workouts 4-6 days per week, Prioritizing protein, and tracking lots of metrics with Hume scale and Bevel. Looking good with shirt off. Stubborn belly fat lingering a bit, but they tell me it’s the last to go. 7mg creatine daily. FWIW, I added KLOW about 3 months ago, but currently off cycle and continue straight GHKCU for skin benefits. (8 weeks on KLOW, 4 on GHKCU, then repeat). Once I’m out of my current Tirz supply (2-3 months left) I intend to switch to Reta. I recently did a blood test and my Testosterone was at 759 total and 148 free, apparently both with “normal” range, per Rythm. My estrogen was a bit “high” at 46.

Question: would I benefit much from TRT? Should I wait to see if Reta helps with recomp before exploring TRT?

I don’t love the notion that you have to essentially be on TRT forever once you start, so if it would only modestly help with recomp, given my numbers, I’m hesitant to take the leap. I’m hoping for some thoughts from this group. Thanks in advance.

Hey ya'll. RS plans on starting cjc+ ipa no dac. RS has read most do it at night before bed. RS's normal routing goes to the gym in morning, no food just creatine and an energy drink like Celcius etc. Curious if RS pins cjc in morning instead of night, will drinking creating and an energy drink negatively effect the CJC? Or is pinning at night more beneficial than doing it in the morning? Thanks in advance.