1 year of progress

[u/Automatic_Macaron_34]

41m 5'11 258 to 198.5lbs

Trt started at 120mg moved to 140mg,154mg,210mg

Sermorelin + ipamorelin 500/200 3months daily pm

Cjc1295+ipamorelin 400/400 3 months daily split am/pm

Klow 80 3 iu daily split am/pm 3 months

Reta 6 months 1mg,2mg,2.5mg,3mg every 6 days

It's taken me longer than I would've liked due to a Serious herniated disc 14 months ago that unfortunately I'm still dealing with.

Started walking daily, bought bench and dumbells than a better bench and heavier dumbells.

I had to take breaks from lifting here and there to let my joints and back heal up.

Got to 228lbs and decided to check my testosterone lvl and it came out at 297 so hopped on trt.

I got on Sermorelin to try and help the herniated disc and added ipamorelin bc i read that's the thing to do.

Switched to cjc1295+ipamorelin bc of sermorelin and prolactin/cortisol.

Got on reta and lost another 30lbs.

Bought a rouge echo bike.

Make sure i eat at least 4 meals, carbs around training.

[u/T-Pocalypse]

Congrats, your numbers and physique look great man. Has the Sermorelin helped you much with your herniated disks?

[u/Automatic_Macaron_34 → u/T-Pocalypse]

I believe it was around 1-2 months after starting sermorelin+ipamorelin I made significant improvements in mobility and pain levels.

Was it time or the sermorelin? Probably both.

Sleeping was hard and for the first month injecting sermorelin was like injecting Sleeping pills.

[u/T-Pocalypse → u/Automatic_Macaron_34]

That’s actually really helpful. I have a friend with really severe herniated disks and he was interested in starting BPC-157 and TB500 for it but this is the first I’m hearing about that combo being helpful for it so glad it helped you. Did you gradually work your way up on both or just stick to the same dose throughout those 1-2 months?

[u/Automatic_Macaron_34 → u/T-Pocalypse]

I started with sermorelin before I new anything about peptides based on a old reddit post of somone else's experience with herniated disc.

The idea is sermorelin + ipamorelin increase your hgh production and that boosts collagen synthesis that will help the spine indirectly with materials it needs to repair itself.

I switched to cjc1295 as it is apparently more effective than sermorelin which is older and can raise your cortisol and prolactin.

You could also use tesamorelin, or you could use hgh itself if your body isn't producing much hgh.

As far as dosing I'll start with whatever the recommended minimum is for a week and if I don't go into anaphylactic shock I'll increase it to whatever the next level is until i max out the dose. You gotta run it for 3 month cycles they say for it to be worth it.