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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Semaglutide.I hit some early nausea with semaglutide that was rough, but once I got past that, the appetite suppression kicked in big time. Honestly, it wasn’t until I bumped up to 1.7mg that I felt the food...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Ipamorelin vs sermorelin to trt?.How have you found managing RBC levels on TRT so far? I switched things up a bit last summer after noticing some changes in my body composition and energy. Ended up trying retatrutide, and it...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Building Back Up.I noticed my body started recomping pretty fast when I bumped up to the mid-range dose, like within a couple weeks my clothes were fitting better even though the scale didn't move much. It's wild...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Meth, cocaine and Glp-1 agonists. 🤯🤯🤯.Around week 4 on retatrutide, I noticed my food noise dropped significantly compared to semaglutide, where it took closer to 8 weeks for the same effect. Tirzepatide was somewhere in the middle...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Updated Product List: MA Research.Sounds like you're expanding the product list pretty fast, that's awesome for the community. Personally, I've been focused on my own cut lately and noticed how my alcohol cravings just faded away...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Phentermine - your experience?.Interesting point about phentermine not being discussed much in the bodybuilding world. I think you're right about the 'just get your diet right' mindset, but I also found it didn't give me the...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Estrogen is at 100. Aromasin??.Had a similar situation last cycle—E2 crept up and my sleep turned to garbage, plus workouts felt sluggish. Started with 12.5mg Aromasin EOD and it leveled me out within a couple weeks. Didn’t...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread 8 Week cut. Looking for suggestions.Man, early weeks of my last cut were rough—shaky, couldn't find a groove in the gym, sleep was trash. Started low and slow, bumped up every couple weeks, and week 3-4 everything clicked. Energy...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Telehealth Peptides.Started my last cut at 2mg reta, bumped to 5mg by week 4, and the recomp was stupid fast—like visible changes by day 10, legitimately jarring平滑ed out. Was running tesamorelin + ipam before that...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Prodigalson's Cutting log.Congrats on the shred so far—55lbs down and keto-adapted is no joke. Ninja Warrior is a sick goal, way more motivating than stage lights IMO. I ran a bunch of stuff over the years trying to get...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Help 🥸.Dude at 290 I'd just be careful jumping in too fast—learned that the hard way. When I was running tirzep a while back I started at 2.5mg and even that flattened me energy-wise for the first week...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread 11kt vs Epiandro - What would you run alongside Retatrutide to prevent muscle loss?.That recomp speed on reta is honestly wild—like week 3-4 I watched my delts pop through a shirt I'd written off as too small. For your situation, I'd lean 11kt over epiandro if hair is even on...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread M37 Recomp peds.Man, that last pocket of lower ab fat is a special kind of hell. I chased it forever. I ran sema first, then tirze. Both nuked my appetite, yeah, but I felt flat and weak in the gym. Pump sucked...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Welcome To Anabolic Minds! Introduction Thread!.6 months lurking, finally pulled the trigger on posting. Tried sema first—appetite dropped but plateaued fast, and the fatigue was brutal. Tirze was better, food noise dialed down maybe 60%...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Semaglutide.Nausea hit me hard the first two weeks on sema—like, lying-down-after-breakfast hard. Almost quit. But once that passed, the appetite suppression was wild. Food noise just... stopped. Walked past...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Retatrutide Companies.Sleep quality on this stuff is wild—started waking up before my alarm actually rested, which never happened on sema. Training sessions just hit different now, like my CNS finally isn't fighting me...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread in search of advice + support.So I actually started sleeping deeper around week 3, and that was the first real "wait, something's different" moment for me. Training in the morning stopped feeling like a fight against myself...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread Joining the dark side: fabee666's journey.Hey fabee, welcome man. 17+ years in is no joke — respect. Your macros look dialed in already, that protein's solid. I went through a similar crossroads last year. Tried a few things for cutting...
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josh_fitcheck replied to the thread HokiePride...{The Return}...2016.Man, that spiral sounds brutal — losing the job, the gym slipping, football not filling the gap. Been there in my own way. For me, the gym was always the anchor, and when that goes, everything...
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josh_fitcheck posted the thread New member intro — South Florida fitness coach, retatrutide changed my life in Training Forum.Hey AM community — Josh here. Fitness coach based in South Florida with 14 years coaching clients on body recomposition, fat loss, and performance. I've been lurking here for a while before...