Cardio exercise and Reta

[anhydrous]

I've noticed if I nibble on something like a couple almonds or bite of a protein bar the nausea passes. But it's annoying and usually hits right after a heavy set. I'm playing around with different pre workout nutrition to see if that helps.

I'll throw some snacks in my gym bag and see if a few bites of something helps.

 

[desinr-gal]

So I just started Reta recently and when I went to gym that morning (I go 5/6 days a week) after taking my dose I got very light headed & fast heart rate on the treadmill, so Ive decided to take my dose on my days off from the gym from now on.

Reta will actually hit it's peak the next day or after.. Try the GLP1 tracker app for reference.

 

[fatdude]

Im 46, lift 3 days a week and box e days a week. At 1st boxing was hard when I started reta, I think it might had been from my calories dramatically dropping off, now that im 6 months into reta there is no affect on my boxing. My cardio has actually gotten better due to not carrying the extra weight.

 

[ivelweyz]

I try to hit at least 100g protein/day but it should probably be more like 140g and I probably don't eat enough carbs.

That's going to be the tough part for me. ~200g protein, 60-80g fats means fitting in carbs when I'm not hungry will be tougher than it was ~12 years ago.

 

[Arkend]

Be wary of your blood sugar, I haven’t had a crash and don’t have glucose issues normally, but Reta can be harder on glucose levels without carbs.

About 5 days before I started Reta, my non-fasted Glucose was 73 at the doctor. I felt like the first week of Reta I was having symptoms that were similar to low blood sugar when looking online and I’d down some quick carbs and feel better (banana, oatmeal, handful of nerd clusters). This happened 2 or 3 times and ever since I quit going pretty low carb those symptoms have gone away.

 

[richtyke]

Hello Everyone -
I am curious fo those that lift (3-4x a week life long lifter) and do a good amount of cardio. How does the cardio feel on reta? Loss of strenth? More fatigue ? I avg roughly 2500 miles a yr roadbike riding March - December. Take the winter months off (I should not but I do). Researching now and want to drop 30lbs of stubborn muffin fat. I'm 6 5" 255 and my preferred body type is lean a some definition.
Thank u in advance !

Nice post and good to read peoples results from this. I'm pretty interested in this too, was previously at the gym 2-3x week and a couple of runs.
Currently training for a half marathon (to run in 2 weeks time) but after that was planning to revert back to gym focus but keep running as then got a trail half in September so will need to switch back to run focus.
Really keen to not see diminished returns for running as may be problematic but on the other hand was only planning to use Reta for a short term 'quick shift' to get a bit leaner. Happy to listen to advice on if this seems logical or not based on my limited knowledge/experience as yet to actually start on reta

cheers