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Monday : Back / Fasting (20 hour OMAD)
Wake Up @ 182
Post Workout @ 177
Step Count: 20K
Androgen Rage : Medium
Cycle Status : Week 6 Cut Cycle
Show Dates : 07/16/2025 / 08/27/2025 (Pro card or bust)
Target Weigh in : 170.0 lbs
At this point I am 5 weeks out. I like the progress I have made. Last week this time my high/low weight was 185/179. So down 3 lbs since last week. At this rate, if it keeps up I should be 172/167 in 5 weeks. Not sure if that will happen, but so far so good. Next Friday, I have bloodwork scheduled, I plan on doing a 36 hour fast from Thursday AM to Friday PM. Blood draw will be in the afternoon. I also wear the waist trainer after the workouts into the evening.
I have added a peptide to my mix. MOTS-C. I plan on doing MWF dosing of 2mg pre-workout. I don't know that I felt anything significant today, so we shall see. I usually do injections in the evening or afternoon. Orals I take before going to the gym. I never really do injections pre-gym. A little new to me.
MOTS-C: Increases metabolism and causes weight loss; can protect against metabolic disorders like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; improves physical performance and running capacity; improves muscle function; increases insulin resistance; offers anti-inflammatory benefits; decreases vascular calcification; increases chances of surviving infection/sepsis.
Mots C is a peptide of 16 amino acids expressed by a mitochondrial gene. Research provides evidence that mitochondria play a key role in signaling and in energy production.
Mots C regulates metabolic functions throughout the body, including turning glucose into usable energy. Preliminary studies show evidence for improved control over blood sugar levels for those with type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Research also shows that skeletal muscle is the major target tissue of Mots C. The skeletal muscle enhances insulin sensitivity and increases glucose uptake in myocytes (muscle cells) by activating the AMPK pathway and at the same time without increasing insulin. It is fair to call Mots C an exerciseâmimetic, meaning it imitates exercise on the body. Exercise also increases muscle glucose uptake without stimulating insulin.
AMPK (AMPâactivated protein kinase), was identified in 1999 as the master switch for metabolism and the central regulator of both glucose and lipid (fat) metabolism. Since then it has been a target for therapeutic intervention against metabolic conditions such as typeâ2 diabetes.
I am doing my walking, work outs, and fasting. My physique is getting tighter, but still much work to do.
I had a friend at the gym ask me "Are you cutting?" I was like what do think? He knows I'm a bodybuilder. I'm wearing a tank, body is shaven and tanned. I hate when newbs ask a silly question like that. The better question is when is the show.
Just keep grinding....
Wake Up @ 182
Post Workout @ 177
Step Count: 20K
Androgen Rage : Medium
Cycle Status : Week 6 Cut Cycle
Show Dates : 07/16/2025 / 08/27/2025 (Pro card or bust)
Target Weigh in : 170.0 lbs
At this point I am 5 weeks out. I like the progress I have made. Last week this time my high/low weight was 185/179. So down 3 lbs since last week. At this rate, if it keeps up I should be 172/167 in 5 weeks. Not sure if that will happen, but so far so good. Next Friday, I have bloodwork scheduled, I plan on doing a 36 hour fast from Thursday AM to Friday PM. Blood draw will be in the afternoon. I also wear the waist trainer after the workouts into the evening.
I have added a peptide to my mix. MOTS-C. I plan on doing MWF dosing of 2mg pre-workout. I don't know that I felt anything significant today, so we shall see. I usually do injections in the evening or afternoon. Orals I take before going to the gym. I never really do injections pre-gym. A little new to me.
MOTS-C: Increases metabolism and causes weight loss; can protect against metabolic disorders like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; improves physical performance and running capacity; improves muscle function; increases insulin resistance; offers anti-inflammatory benefits; decreases vascular calcification; increases chances of surviving infection/sepsis.
Mots C is a peptide of 16 amino acids expressed by a mitochondrial gene. Research provides evidence that mitochondria play a key role in signaling and in energy production.
Mots C regulates metabolic functions throughout the body, including turning glucose into usable energy. Preliminary studies show evidence for improved control over blood sugar levels for those with type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Research also shows that skeletal muscle is the major target tissue of Mots C. The skeletal muscle enhances insulin sensitivity and increases glucose uptake in myocytes (muscle cells) by activating the AMPK pathway and at the same time without increasing insulin. It is fair to call Mots C an exerciseâmimetic, meaning it imitates exercise on the body. Exercise also increases muscle glucose uptake without stimulating insulin.
AMPK (AMPâactivated protein kinase), was identified in 1999 as the master switch for metabolism and the central regulator of both glucose and lipid (fat) metabolism. Since then it has been a target for therapeutic intervention against metabolic conditions such as typeâ2 diabetes.
I am doing my walking, work outs, and fasting. My physique is getting tighter, but still much work to do.
I had a friend at the gym ask me "Are you cutting?" I was like what do think? He knows I'm a bodybuilder. I'm wearing a tank, body is shaven and tanned. I hate when newbs ask a silly question like that. The better question is when is the show.
Just keep grinding....
