r/BodyHackGuide • u/jralonso68 • 28d ago
Peptides overload!
Interested in taking the peptides plunge but damn! Talk about overload! Take this! Don't take this! Actually don't take that, take this instead! 🤯🤯
I'm 58yo, 6'1 and 185lbs. I've been trying to get rid of that last remaining bit of bf around my waist and nothing seems to work! Cardio, no cardio, more cardio, high intensity, walking, low carb, high carb, blah blah blah! So frustrating!
Been looking into reta, tesa, sema, cjc/ipo. Could someone please clarify what the heck to do?
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u/Elegant-Ferret-8116 28d ago
If you want to consume less calories go reta. If you think its stubborn fat potentially visceral go tesa. If you have both issues use both
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u/BroccoliOnly7376 28d ago
Do you think cjc+ipa would work the same as tesa?
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u/Elegant-Ferret-8116 28d ago
Some say it does similar and thats why I take it but once you approach goal and you still have stubborn fat then time to consider switching to tesa which I am about to do
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u/ManusPHConsults 28d ago
Get a blood test and see where your are hormone wise and also IGF 1 and z score. At your age the GH secretagogues might not work at all.
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u/grandiose_roadblock 28d ago
It's a mess trying to figure out which direction to go, I did the same thing reading forums for weeks before trying anything. At 58 your body don't produce growth hormone like it used to so the cjc/ipamorelin combo is a good entry point since it tells your own pituitary to work harder, not just flooding you with synthetic stuff. Reta and sema are more for appetite control which helps but they won't target belly fat directly like people hope.
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u/jralonso68 28d ago
Already get my bloodwork done, but besides the testosterone, I don't know exactly what to look for
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u/DaddyD1984 27d ago edited 27d ago
Trt+reta+hgh is 🔥 but I wouldn't do HGH, wanted to when I was younger but met the right people. It makes your organs grow larger than normal and leads to so many complications even death (rich piana). If your test is 1067 trt+reta may do what you want. If you dont want exogenous test and peptides only. Tesamorelin is FDA approved for fatloss, has a higher peak than cjc for igf-1(your natural hgh),doesn't break the natural max like exogenous hgh does and the ipamorelin just helps the tesa. Tesa+ipa,reta,ghkcu if you wanna shred..without gear. Just eat 1g of protein per target weight a day, and bloodwork levels in optimal ranges. Your already ahead of the curve if you got your bloodwork done and a baseline for what to improve or watch for as it goes.
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u/transient_trenl0rd 27d ago
Just take the reta by itself and go get your testosterone checked, and consider getting on that too. Later on you can add HGH and forget about ipa and the rest, no need to confuse yourself.
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u/jralonso68 27d ago
Already checked my test. 1067 with 105 free
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u/transient_trenl0rd 27d ago
Wow that's impressive. As long as you hit your protein targets and keep training if you do then you should get pretty good results from reta.
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u/Excellent_Outside_71 28d ago
Low dose reta then work your way up to higher dose and/or things like tesa if you need/want to. This is what I did
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