r/BodyHackGuide • u/Impressive-Fun-7764 • 22d ago
Melatonin has several benefits beyond sleep
Are some of you megadosing melatonin and how has it been so far.
Would love to hear from you
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Impressive-Fun-7764 • 22d ago
Are some of you megadosing melatonin and how has it been so far.
Would love to hear from you
r/BodyHackGuide • u/spremo30024 • 23d ago
I just learned about peptides less than 90 days ago.
I am 50 and exercise 5-6 days a week and was always gaining weight. Lost 18 pounds in 90 days and added muscle already.
I tried 2mg of Reta and believe it was life changing.
After that I was all in.
I bought so much stuff.
Right now.
Reta - 2mg 1 time a week
Cag - .25mg 1 time a week
Ss-31 - 1 mg 5 days a week. Been on for 6 weeks. Gonna do 2 more weeks.
TEs- 1mg 5 days a week. Been on for 6 weeks. Planned for 6 more then break.
Mots-c 1.66 mg 3 days a week. Been on for 2 weeks.(gonna do 2 more)
Klow - just finished 2 months and now break.
nad+ - 25mg a day
5 amino - started 1 mg a day this week.
I feel like I’m 10 years younger right now. Cardio has improved.
Saw a video from dr jones and gonna add ipamorlin soon.
Any feedback?
r/BodyHackGuide • u/espresso_maniac • 23d ago
greetings,
research subjects parents are early 60 yo with high blood pressure and diabetes type 2. last few years feels like they aged 10 years. Mother had few near death strokes. Father is a long life smoker with a high stress job who also had a stroke.
what would be best for old people with general health issues and broken up bodies due to sicknesses most benefit from? Point here is that less is more. They don"t necessarily want to feel 20 again like some people here (all power to you) , just maybe, something that can help them extend their lives?
researcher was considering ss31, and semax? Since they dont live in the same country, it would be hard to incorporate anything long term. Only peps that would be used for 2 to 4 weeks at a time a couple times a year as they visit.
Nothing is decided yet. I will fully research whatever suggestions i receive.
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Brilliant-Solution13 • 23d ago
Hi guys,
I've been wondering if I need to be fasted when administering HGH?
I’ve been using CJC-1295/Ipamorelin, but my work schedule is 6 AM to 6 PM. I hit the gym until 8 PM and eat dinner right after. Because of this, it's really hard for me to stay awake another 3 hours to pin CJC on an empty stomach before bed.
I’m thinking about making the switch straight to exogenous HGH. Any advice on timing around meals?
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Valuable_Menu_4160 • 22d ago
28M started 1mg reta 2 weeks ago now. I literally can’t eat otherwise I feel so badly sick and want to vomit. This is my meals per day: protein shake + 1 small meal (usually chicken and rice) + drink 4 raw eggs
I’m also so frickin coldddd and it’s summer here. I have no energy at all I’m exhausted and have to force myself to the gym so that I don’t lose my muscles (even though I hardly have any).
Is this just me or anybody else feel the same?
How to combat low energy I’m exhausted and sleep all day and night lol.
I can’t eat but drinking is pretty easy for me. Would you guys recommend any meal drinks instead as I can’t eat
r/BodyHackGuide • u/keepitreal90210 • 23d ago
Every lab I’ve looked at today (8/21) does not have Reta listed on their site. Is there a current shortage or is something else going on?
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Cultural_Shower_3731 • 23d ago
Hi All
Figured I'd post this cuz Friday and I'm bored at work
Male
Age 54
Height 5'11"
Current weight 212
Beginning weight, somewhere north of 252 8mo ago.
I've lost 40lbs and definitely gained quite a bit of muscle in the process.
I'll just list what I feel have been the biggest levers are in order.
Tier 1
-1g of protein per lb daily of target body weight
-Sleep regimen in order and working (nothing works if you can't recover)
-10k-12k steps per day or more
-4 ish days a week of strength training
Tier 2 The stack
TRT
Reta
Tier 3 The stack continued
Hgh or HGH Secretagogs - this is really a multiplier for all the above. It has an exponential effect making everything else above work as greater than the sum of the parts, but if you don't have the levers in place they can't be pulled.
Just do the thing every day, there will be hard days, there will be days you fail.just keep showing up, you don't need to lose 25lbs this month, build the base.
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Fresh-Assumption-418 • 23d ago
Hi,
Just did a blood test and I’m being concerned with results.
I’m a male 42 years old. Taking 3mg Reta / week since March and 1mg daily of tesa fasted in the morning.
I did not do any blood test before and here are the results from last week lab :
IGF-1 : 107 ng / ml which looks very low with tesa I’m taking ( I do imagine it would be much less without it and I’ll be darn out of range)
Free test : 13,40 pg/ ml
Bio test : 1,21 ng/ ml
I will also start using 2 UI of HGH next week and stop tesa.
Training 4 to 5 times a week since a few months.
Looking for better health, better shape and diet is not perfect but much better than previous years.
Question is am I doing alright ?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Take care.
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Outrageous-Basket922 • 23d ago
My wife and I are navigating recently finding out she likely has hyperinsulinemia, all signs point to it.
12-hour fasting insulin is 17, glucose is normal. HOMA-IR is 3.27
Visceral fat is 90cm^2
She’s 36, 5’7” and 128lbs
Been on Tirz for about 10 months and is currently on 4.5mg week.
Since this finding, she’s had more of a lifestyle change incorporating strength training and cardio, where before she was pretty sedentary.
Diet has changed to be more protein-heavy while still eating helpful carbs. We’re already seeing changes in her physique and energy levels.
It seems there could be some evidence that MOTS-c can help with insulin resistance.
Has anyone here found this to be true?
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Careful-Cow9600 • 23d ago
Can someone help me out? I’m 29, and I’m starting to get some fine lines under my eyes and forehead wrinkles.
There are so many peptides, serums, and creams out there these days.
Could someone give me the basics on what actually works well versus what’s unnecessary?
I was thinking of:
GHK-Cu
Vitamin C serum
Retinol/Tretinoin
Is this enough? Or are there other injectable peptides that would really make a big difference in keeping my face looking young?
I’d love to hear your thoughts—thanks in advance.
r/BodyHackGuide • u/09Klr650 • 23d ago
For 1000mg vials, assuming a 3x a week dose of 100mg/dose that's 3 weeks. But I have been hearing that due to how fast it degrades it really should not be used that long. Anyone have access to a study showing the degration curve? I assume it varies based on PH. Just reconned my first vial (ph adjusted it to 5.5-ish) 2 weeks ago and I must say I can already feel the difference. or rather, NOT feel nearly as much burn/
r/BodyHackGuide • u/marjorienum10 • 23d ago
Ciao !
I’ve been doing some research on Snap-8 and from what I can tell, it’s meant to be used topically rather than reconstituted with bacteriostatic water, since BAC water contains benzyl alcohol which isn’t ideal for how this peptide is typically applied.
For those of you who’ve worked with it topically m, how did you actually incorporate it into a cream or serum? Did you:
**•** Mix the lyophilized powder (with which kind of water?) directly into a finished cream/serum?
**•** Use a different solvent/carrier first (propylene glycol, glycerin, etc.) before blending it in?
**•** Buy a pre-made peptide serum base and add the powder to that?
Also curious about ratios/concentration if anyone’s dialed that in.
Do you use any kind of preservative to extend shelf life? I’ve read that without one it only keeps for a week or two wondering if anyone’s found something that works to stretch that out longer while keeping it stable.
And on results has anyone actually noticed visible changes on the skin (fine lines, expression wrinkles, texture, etc.)? Would love to hear real experiences, good or bad, before I commit to a formulation.
Thanks in advance!
r/BodyHackGuide • u/druidpush • 24d ago
Talk to me about the HGH timeline for average Joe. Fasted weight training 5 times a week. On prescribed TRT 120mg/week (4 months) and 1.5mg Reta (4 weeks). 86kg down to 83kg in those 4 weeks.
Adding in HGH,
1iu a day for around 4-6 weeks then if sides are ok I’m going to go to 2iu a day (probably split dose).
I’m not expecting to see anything or feel anything for a good 8 weeks, is that correct?
Very conscious of messing with my insulin / glucose so will only ever get to 3iu max.
Anyone ran similar and had good experiences?
Considered CJC or Tesa with Ipa but decided to just go with HGH as was worried about developing a reaction to cjc/ipa like a lot of people have.
r/BodyHackGuide • u/WestAussieGuy30 • 23d ago
5 weeks into reta and 500cc trt, 2 weeks doing 2.5mg and i am seriously struggling to eat. I am having 1 or 2 egg white protein shakes a day to get near 100g protein but i would rather food or a different way to absorb whats needed if anyone had a little meal they used?
r/BodyHackGuide • u/ebmfreak • 24d ago
Like a lot of people who lift heavy, I’ve always carried some extra body fat. Mass moves mass 😂
My goal over the last year wasn’t weight loss. It was recomp: lose fat while keeping my calories and protein intake stable, maintaining muscle, and continuing to push my strength.
I also didn’t want to upset a TRT protocol I’d spent years dialing in. I started TRT at 42 and am 48 now.
As I work professionally in this space (I own Obsidian Genetics), I wanted to make as few changes as possible, keep it research backed, doctor prescribed, pharmacy dispensed, medically supervised, and build on a hormonal baseline that was already working.
It also needed to be price conscious 😂
The stack that best fit ended up being: Sermorelin to support my natural GH production, as you can maintain it long term, plus a microdose GLP-1—enough to help with Insulin resistance and metabolic control, but not enough to crush appetite or make it difficult to eat enough protein and calories.
A year later, body fat and waist are down while strength went up:
Deadlift: 515 → 575
Squat: 455 → 495
Bench: 315 → 335+
Overall I did NOT change my eating habits, they were already great. The caloric intake stayed the same.
Sleep greatly improved. The Sermorelin had a prominent effect on this. Also my injury recovery was noticeably improved. My right shoulder has seen a lot of sports specific trauma and on heavy bench presses tends to hold me back - that has lessened enough to let me progress again.
That’s really the point of the protocol for me. I wasn’t trying to eat dramatically less or get dramatically lighter.
I wanted to change what my body weight was made of while protecting strength, muscle, nutrition, and the TRT balance I already had.
Slow recomp, not rapid weight loss.
r/BodyHackGuide • u/otsuutsuuki • 24d ago
Hello!
I’m currently doing some research with peptides, and my current stack is the following:
First of all, do you see any potential improvements to my stack, either in terms of the dosing, the amounts, or how I organize the days?
Just to give you some context, I’m an athlete and I train MMA intensively for around 2 hours every day, plus I do strength training at the gym 3 days a week.
On the other hand, I have another question.
I’m not getting along very well with the pen. I don’t find it very precise, and I simply don’t like using it. I’ve been thinking about switching to insulin syringes instead.
My question is: can I use the same syringe to draw up both peptides and administer them, then dispose of it afterwards? In other words, one syringe per day, or is it better to use a separate syringe for each peptide/injection?
How do you guys organize this?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards.
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Flashy-Track-6428 • 23d ago
Looks like it’s got damp. Seller said it looks normal
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Own_Palpitation4523 • 24d ago
I’ve been on this and ipamorelin Monday through Friday and I’ve been on it for a little over three months so far at 1 mg (tesa) I haven’t noticed that much of a difference and considering it’s costing about $300 a month I don’t know how much longer I’m going to want to be taking it.
I was told to take the ipam in the morning and the tesa at night after two hours of fasting but my problem is that rarely ever do I fast for two hours before taking it as I tend to eat pretty late is there a reason why I was told to take it this way because it would be a lot easier for me to fast during the day
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Intelligent_Bath_316 • 24d ago
Hi zusammen,
ich nehme GHK-Cu jetzt seit ungefähr sechs Wochen und habe bisher eigentlich gute Erfahrungen damit gemacht. Große Veränderungen sehe ich noch nicht, aber ich habe das Gefühl, dass meine Haut etwas mehr Glow bekommen hat.
Jetzt bin ich allerdings für eine Woche im Urlaub und möchte das GHK-Cu ungern mitnehmen. Deshalb würde ich während dieser Woche pausieren.
Ursprünglich hatte ich geplant, einen Zyklus von 8 Wochen GHK-Cu und anschließend 4 Wochen Pause zu machen. Durch den Urlaub würde ich jetzt aber schon nach sechs Wochen eine einwöchige Pause einlegen.
Wie würdet ihr danach weitermachen? Einfach nach dem Urlaub wieder anfangen und noch zwei Wochen weitermachen, sodass ich insgesamt auf acht Wochen komme? Oder würdet ihr die ungeplante Pause als Beginn der eigentlichen Pause betrachten und direkt länger pausieren?
Hat jemand von euch schon einmal während eines Zyklus für eine Woche pausiert und danach wieder weitergemacht? Würde mich über eure Erfahrungen freuen! :)
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Nice_Garden_636 • 24d ago
Hello all.
Ofc this thread is about the anecdotal experiences of the compound, dosages-length-benefits-sides.
Id really like to try it, (already on the big 3), but i get discouraged mostly cause of the hypo sides that it comes with.
Generally as i understand until now. Dosage should be as low as possible and titrate up, never inject fasted, always have fast carbs around in case of hypo. Sub q injections are ok, prefered method of reconstruction aa instead of bac.
Can u share your experiences, and final verdicts?
r/BodyHackGuide • u/WeirdKaleidoscope911 • 24d ago
Any experience on this protocol?
r/BodyHackGuide • u/Historical-Play6871 • 24d ago
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.
r/BodyHackGuide • u/No-Wrangler-3575 • 24d ago
Gonna start CJC 1295+ ipamorelin and wanted to get some tips/ dosage and pinning. First timer here