Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy – we all know someone who’s on it. Mounjaro has offered a lifeline to many, helping them lose the weight they’ve previously been unable to shift and take on a healthier approach to life.
Though it can be a great tool, there are a lot of people using the medication without backing it up with a healthy workout routine.
While Mounjaro is great for helping you lose weight, like any medication, it comes with side effects, including loss of nutrients, loss of muscle mass and even difficulties keeping food down, which means that a lot of people often find themselves worse off after taking the medication.
At POW8R, we believe that Mounjaro is most effective when paired with a healthy lifestyle, which includes eating nutritious food and exercising. In this blog, we will delve deeper into why this is so important.
How Mounjaro Works
Mounjaro works by mimicking two receptors, GLP-1 and GIP, which increase the levels of hormones called incretins in your body. These hormones help your body produce more insulin when necessary and reduce glucose production in the liver. They also slow down how quickly your stomach empties, leaving you feeling fuller for longer, which reduces overeating and helps the user lose weight.
Because Mounjaro mimics the hormones that regulate appetite, users have also reported a reduction in ‘food noise’, which means that not only do they feel fewer cravings to eat, but they also think about food less in general, making it easier to make better choices with their food.
Why Exercise is Still Essential While on Mounjaro
A common mistake that people make when taking Mounjaro is not exercising alongside it. Aside from the obvious potential side effect of loose skin, you should also consider other factors when using Mounjaro, especially if you’re losing weight quickly.
These include:
Preserve Muscle Mass
Since you’re eating less on Mounjaro, your intake of essential foods like protein decreases. Protein supplies the building blocks necessary for muscle growth and helps you preserve your existing muscle mass.
Some people make the mistake of not only avoiding exercise, but also not eating healthy meals with the correct nutrients, which means that their bodies are not getting the energy they need. When your body needs an energy source, it’ll take it by breaking down both fat and muscle.
Exercise, particularly strength training, can be a great way to preserve muscle mass while taking Mounjaro, ensuring your body burns fat rather than muscle and helping you maintain your strength.
Enhance Fat Loss
Want to lose weight even faster than you already are? Exercise is the solution. By exercising, you are helping to create a calorie deficit for your body, leading to greater weight loss, while also helping to reduce the look of sagging skin by firming your body and filling out gaps with muscle in place of fat.
Improves Overall Health
Mixing exercise with Mounjaro boosts your overall health by helping you maintain a balanced calorie deficit, build muscle, boost your metabolism, and improve your heart and mental health. Working out pairs well with Mounjaro’s hunger control, as it burns extra calories and helps keep your lean muscles, making your progress more lasting.
Even away from Mounjaro, exercise should be part of your routine if you wish to live a longer, healthier life, supporting your cardiovascular system and helping you maintain valuable muscle as your body ages.
Supports Long-Term Maintenance
Exercise complements Mounjaro by aiding in muscle mass preservation during fat loss and increasing your metabolic rate, which supports maintaining your reduced weight and accelerates fat burning.
Increasing your metabolic rate through exercise boosts the number of calories your body burns even when you’re at rest. This heightened metabolic activity helps you maintain your weight loss more effectively, as your body continues to burn calories throughout the day, not just during workouts.
Exercise and Mental Wellbeing
In addition to its physical benefits, exercise can have a significant impact on your mental well-being. Anyone on Mounjaro will tell you that it can be rough at times, especially in the first few months as your body adjusts to the medication. You may begin to feel unwell and struggle, which can have an impact on your mental health.
When you exercise, your body releases endorphins and serotonin, which lift your mood and reduce stress.
When you lose a significant amount of weight quickly, it can be challenging to make the mental adjustment and get used to the substantial changes in your body. Having something to distract you and elevate your mood can make a huge difference to your well-being as you go through the journey.
Creating a Sustainable Routine
Maintaining a sustainable exercise routine is easier than you might think. A lot of people believe that in order to maintain a consistent exercise routine, you have to have the most expensive gym membership and allocate hours every day working out, but it couldn’t be further from the truth.
In fact, you don’t need a gym membership at all, especially if you download the POW8R app. With the POW8R app, you can exercise on the go, wherever and whenever you like, so exercise doesn’t need to disrupt your routine.
Thanks to the growth of online fitness apps, it is now easier to maintain a sustainable fitness routine, so even on days when your Mounjaro jab is making you feel unwell, you can do simple exercises on your terms from the comfort of your own home, so living healthy doesn’t need to feel like a chore.
Build Your Strength With POW8R
Through this guide, we hope to have emphasised the importance of exercising while using Mounjaro. Mounjaro can be absolutely life-changing, but without building a healthy lifestyle around it, you might find that you feel worse after using the medication.
At POW8R, we give all of our clients the resources to exercise more, eat healthier and maintain healthy habits. Thanks to their direct relationships with our trainers, our clients have reported that maintaining good habits has never been easier.
Are you a Mounjaro user looking to improve your strength? Are you looking for the key to living a healthy life? Download the POW8R app today and find out how our online fitness app can change your life.
