Tbf, people get pretty heady on the technical terms when it comes to GH. I dove into the research, and a lot of it flew over my head.
I’ll take a crack at this
@aln24 , hopefully someone in a better mood than others here can add to what I say.
You’re right, a deficit’s a deficit, but not all deficits achieve the same results. Cutting is catabolic by nature. Most of this is fat, but unfortunately for us, some of that catabolism comes in the form of muscle loss as well.
That’s where GH comes in. Through (
magic, idfk I’m retarded with anatomy)
it stimulates lipolysis, favoring fat burning over muscle loss. It also changes where you lose fat, helping you lose more in your midsection. Anavar does this too btw.
I’m very heavy (hehe) into optimizing fat loss. From practical experience,
deficit remains king, and it’s not even close. All other leverages are icing on the cake
at best. In practice, this makes GLP-1s the undisputed GOATs for speedrunning fat loss; stimulants as well, if you wanna get a little wild with it.
If you wish to use compounds to achieve “performance-enhanced” weight loss, the game becomes utilizing appetite suppressants to push steep deficits while leveraging anabolics and GH to spare muscle loss. Remember, GH is the icing at best. A big downside is it greatly increases water retention, which fucks with the scale. This can be very demoralizing when you’re pushing 1,000+ cal deficits and not seeing the results on the or in your face that you should be. You take it in stride at first, but after weeks on end, it can wear on you. I’ve stayed away from GH for most of my cut for this exact reason.
