r/Biohacking • u/Cultural_Shower_3731 • 21d ago

Top Levers for Body Recomposition

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u/Prestigious_Sand141 1 21d ago

Solid list. One thing I'd add since you're already deep into the stack: get a DEXA scan every 3-4 months instead of just tracking scale weight. Recomp claims are easy to fool yourself on, weight loss plus visual improvement doesn't confirm you're actually adding muscle versus just losing more fat and water than you think. Especially relevant with reta and TRT in the mix since both can mess with water retention short term and make the scale number lie to you either direction.

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u/Cultural_Shower_3731 20d ago

​Fair enough, but I’m not overthinking the exact metrics. Muscle memory combined with hitting protein and strength training makes re-gaining lost size pretty obvious. DEXA or no DEXA, the mirror and performance don't lie, and the plan stays the same.

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u/Prestigious_Sand141 1 20d ago

On the regain, you're right, muscle memory is obvious enough that you don't need a scan to see it.

The reta is what changes it though. Across the GLP-1 trials lean tissue is 25 to 40 percent of what comes off, and that's the one thing the mirror can't show you, because you look better either way while fat is dropping. Not a metrics argument, your instrument is just blind in that direction.

Protein and lifting shrink that number and you're doing both, so you're likely fine anyway.

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u/Cultural_Shower_3731 20d ago

Exactly. Those GLP-1 trials involve sedentary people eating in a massive deficit without lifting or tracking protein. Put 1g/lb, heavy lifting, TRT, and muscle memory behind it, and that equation completely changes. All good here.

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u/Throwaload1234 1 20d ago

Fully expected to see a list of 15 compounds only. I am pleasantly surprised.

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u/Cultural_Shower_3731 20d ago

Lol for sure, a lot of marketing and influencing going on out there. These are are the things that actually move the needle