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Chapter 1 · Ali Gilbert

GLP-1 Agonists and Muscle Loss Concerns

February 20, 2026

We have seen a ton of stuff about GLP-1s lately. One camp that are basically saying like, hey, whatever tools necessary. And then there's another camp that's very verbal about like, hey, you're going to lose muscle. You can't fix these things. Where is the answer actually lying? The things I do like about the GLP is it makes it easy to do more extreme forms of dieting. I get guys that lose 25, 30 pounds in less than eight weeks. And all the research is pretty clear. Faster is better. If you can do it really fast and safe, people tend to be more compliant. they tend to go the long run and they tend to not put as much weight on at the end of it. So the fastest thing I've found is that protein leveraged diet. Thinking about the coach that just got that person that is on a GLP-1, what does that training structure look like for that client now that they have just turned that on? So speaking of, we'll say missing the delivery of it all, we have seen a shit ton of stuff about GLP-1s lately. There's one camp, you know, that are basically saying like, hey, whatever tools necessary, let's go ahead and use these tools and utilize them. And then there's another camp that's, um, I don't know what's accurate, what's not, but they are very verbal about like, Hey, you're going to lose muscle. You're going to do all these things for your body that are like, you can't fix these things. Where is the answer actually lying? I think I'm how I come.