At 10 am on Friday in SurfCore Fitness, a boutique gym in the middle of the city, a 52 -year -old woman follows a circle with an exercise with her observation. The fashion consultant, who presses in a session before work, raises relatively light weights while doing simple movements to build strength: the cup squatting with Kettlebell 6 pounds, then curls the biceps with a weight of 10 pounds.
You will never guess it, but this is the latest work madness at work: we call it OzemPic exercise.
GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy, OzemPIC, Zepbound, and Mounjaro have helped millions of people 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease as well as falling weight. The pharmaceutical category-GLP-1 receptors-has been present for two decades as a drug for diabetes. Her popularity increased as a tool for weight loss after the Food and Drug Administration He agreed and woven To manage weight in 2021.
But these drugs also created new challenges. They often come the weight they motivate with a file Decrease in lean body mass This includes muscles, which makes people weaker physically. Since the GLP-1 drugs send signals to the brain that tell people of a feeling of fewer calories, those who take them often work in calories deficit. This may lead to a decrease in appetite, if not properly supervised by the doctor, may cause nutritional deficiencies and leave people with less energy for training. It is difficult after that exercise in the intensity needed to restore the muscles they lost.
“Based on the drug, people can lose between 25 % to 50 % of the meager body mass,” says Goulaati.
It is the place where the GLP-1 exercise comes. The goal of the routine is to help patients build and maintain muscle mass by setting priorities for strength of the heart. Education is often integrates on nutrition recovery techniques and after exercise, helping participants to develop new and healthy habits to prevent weight gain once they leave GLP-1 medications. During the past year, signs of classification #ozemPicworkout and #grp1training Tiktok and Instagram have been filled, the GLP-1 exercise has been upgraded Gymson Blogge On YouTube Vs. personal trainers accounts .
Coach Mike Kimmani guides his client, Jessica Pong, in the GLP-1 exercise at the LM Fitness Center in ATWAter.
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“If the fitness professionals do not design their approach to individuals in these drugs, there are risks to [them] Functional loss, bone density, metabolism health. ”
Josh Lev, CEO of the Fitness Business Association
Equinox luxury fitness series presented “GLP-1” protocol In January 2024 and since then it has put it in 80 clubs internationally. Planet Fitness Post GLP-1 Exercise instructions on Blog. Independent gyms in Los Angeles, such as Surfcore Fitness promoting GLP-1 training on Instagram“To stay at the top of the curve,” says owner Carlos Sousa. Personal trainers also enter this trend. The influencer and coach Chris Ryan was practiced for the first time GLP-1 experimentation series On the application of physical fitness this month, which includes live measures and take order.
“If the fitness professionals do not design their approach to individuals in these drugs, there are risks to [them] Josh Lev, CEO of The Minneapolis, says, says Physical fitness ass. “So we see a very quick response from the industry to make up for these risks.”
The strength training system for beginners is not new. Instead, the new fitness audience has been refunded.
“It is just marketing,” he says Sean M.Professor and Head of Exercise Department at South Carolina University. “We may consider the lack of energy [on the part of GLP-1 exercisers]. But with regard to our general guidelines for resistance training, there is nothing special in the GLP-1 exercise. At the end of the day, it is just a training training. But this is not exciting. ”
Jessica Bunge uses a squatting rack during the GLP-1 exercise at the LM Litness Center.
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Regardless, the routine appears to be here to stay. About 6 % of adults in the United States say they are taking GLP-1 weight loss, according to 2024 poll It was conducted by a non -profit health policy in San Francisco KFF. This is more than 15 million people. With these branded training exercises, fitness facilities and trainers make a new category of consumers.
This trend had a rippral effect on organizations that manage certificates programs for fitness coaches. the National Academy of Sports Medicine and American Exercise Council GLP-1 education is now provided. the National training and sports coaches AssN. First “Specialized Certificate in GLP-1” exercise In January, it is linked to as a “passport for success” for coaches.
Regardless of whether this GLP-1 training is innovative, promoting these exercises helps to build a society among those who use drugs, he says Eric DuracA Santa Barbara headquarters exercise, which has composed the GLP-1 certificate program in Nesta.
“It comes to changing the mentality and lifestyle of people with weight gain, and many of them have not been practiced before,” Durac says. “Some people may be people who have not been accepted by society because they weigh more than 300 pounds. We want to make them in the door, then we create an area for them to feel that it is a society more than the training center. The trainer’s job exceeds groups and representatives with these population. It also relates to developing relationships.”
“It comes to changing the mentality and lifestyle for people with weight gain, and many of them have not been practiced before.”
Erik Durac, physiological exercise
Mathematical halls and trainers approach the GLP-1 exercise with different priorities in mind. Some focus on educating customers about nutrition, advice that they eat more protein and monitor large nutrients. Others emphasize post -exercise recovery strategies, such as guided stretching tools, improving sleep and tracking the tools for keeping the muscle mass.
Mike Kimani, agent Jessica Pong, extends after the GLP-1 exercise at the LM Fitness Center.
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The EXHINOX GLP-1 protocol is a frame for people taking medications, which is the severity of the exercise, its frequency and size (how many actors) in addition to strong habit training, says the club’s personal training manager, Stan Ward.
“When they get these exercises, we are also talking about their lifestyle,” says Ward. “Full food sources, sizes of parts. We help them to navigate and understand food when they feel full. How to do this in a long -term sustainable way.”
in Surfcore FitnessSousa says direct contact with customer doctors.
Doctors send people here: “I will not give you [GLP-1] Drugs unless you exercise, “they say to them. So I talk to their doctor about what their needs are, the specific drugs they take and the dose, and any side effects, as well as any other health concerns,” Soussa says. “I reassure them that my training will meet their needs.”
A 52-year-old SOSA customer, a 52-year-old fashion advisor, went at Mounjaro last March and has since lost 40 lbs-but she saw the muscles on the trilogy and leg dwindled. Sosa says that the GLP-1 exercise helped to form her body, and he gave his being in contact with her doctor.
He says, “She feels comfortable to work with me, specifically, because I know what her needs are medically.”
Jessica Pong does not disgust the squatting during the GLP-1 exercise.
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GLP-1 training system in Los Angeles Sports Club, The city center is especially focused on the side effects of the drugs – then allocate training to reduce them. A partnership with San Diego County has been held headquarters Chic InstituteTo hold workshops for coaches. They are now keen on not over delivery or switching exercises quickly from sitting to existing situations because high doses of GLP-1 can cause dizziness. The longest and most intense exercises may increase the problems of the digestive system, such as nausea and discomfort in the stomach, so trainers focus on consistent and moderate exercises.
“The last thing we want to do is pushing them strongly,” says Laac director. Ed Jiman. “We want to work them at the level of their comfort, then continue this consistency.”
“I no longer feel,” Oh, my God, does everyone look at my body? “I feel more confident [at the gym] now.”
Jessica Pong, who lost 30 lbs on Ozmek
Mike KimmaniAn independent coach works LM fitness center In ATWAter, he says his GLP-1 training in particular.
“The entire exercise is designed and timing to T, dedicated to where they lose muscles,” says Kimani. It asks customers on GLP-1 drugs to obtain body checks every two to four weeks.
“So we are not just guessing. We feel satisfied, but what does that mean, in terms of? We are looking to track muscle growth.
Kimmani agent Jessica Pong, 37, worked on OzemPic in June for Diabetes. She said it was never a dangerous exercise – the gym was a “scary place”. But she lost more than 30 drug lbs, which was the game changed.
“I no longer feel,” Oh, my God, does everyone look at my body? “I feel more confident here now.” I train twice a week – it has helped everything widely. I definitely feel stronger, even just running on the stairs. “
The views of the GLP-1 exercise may differ, but the trainers who were interviewed in this story stressed that there is one basic thing: training force to counter muscle loss of drugs.
“In the end, we are looking for people to create new healthy habits and improve their lives,” says Lev from FBA. “You should start somewhere.”