Pulses Before Pushes: The Smarter Path to Fat Loss and Repair
Everyone wants to crank the GH dial. I get it. But if the “amp” (your terrain) is noisy insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, sluggish thyroid, chaotic sleep you’re just amplifying distortion. The biology is straightforward: outcomes are receptor-limited, terrain-dependent, and circadian-coded. Fix the signal, then turn up the volume. Let’s clear two myths fast so we don’t build on sand. First, BPC-157 has only shown growth-hormone-receptor upregulation in rat tendon cells in a dish. That’s a clue for tendons in vitro, not a green light to claim gut, fat, muscle, or human receptor changes. Second, GH’s fat-loss effect is systemic. Putting shots in the belly doesn’t melt belly fat. In fact, repeating the same injection site can create lipoatrophy. Terrain first. Pulses before pushes. No spot-reduction fairy tales. Here’s an example of framework to think about it. Start by naming the target: are we rebuilding a tendon muscle unit, or are we re-composing body fat and muscle? If both matter, prioritize the injury pain and function come first. With the target set, run a short terrain tune so the GH axis has a clean runway: smooth glucose, lower CRP drivers, verify thyroid adequacy, anchor sleep, and tame free fatty acids with a simple AM walk. Only then choose the tool. If insulin resistance or high cortisol is on the board, favor physiologic pulses with GHRH/GHRP. If someone is lean, euglycemic, low-inflammation, and under clinical supervision, low-dose GH may be considered. Treat BPC-157 as a cytoprotective adjunct with modest expectations; do not assume in-vivo receptor priming. Place timing to respect biology secretagogues early night or right after rehab, GH scheduled to minimize glycemic drag and rotate injection sites. Then measure, learn, and iterate every one to two weeks using signals you actually trust. Use this little map to set your route before touching the throttle: START -> Choose Goal|- A) Injury/Repair`- B) Body Recomp In practice, the injury/repair path looks like this: clear red flags; run the 14-day terrain tune; choose pulses when insulin or stress is the choke point and reserve clinician-supervised GH for lean, low-inflammation cases; keep BPC-157 as an optional adjunct with clear limits; rebuild tissue on the back of training start with pain-gated isometrics, progress to eccentric-dominant work, then tempo/isotonic and energy-system layering; protect sleep; monitor function, pain, ultrasound if available, HRV/sleep, CGM, and common side-effects like edema or paresthesias; adjust with intent.