What Are the Best Strength Exercises for People Taking GLP-1s?
About 11% of Americans are taking a GLP-1 medication, up considerably from 3% in 2024, according to a recent Gallup poll. These medications can be powerful tools to help patients reach a range of health goals, but it’s important that they’re combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise, experts say.
Strength training is especially important since loss of muscle is a documented side effect of weight loss due to these medications. If you’re not sure how to get started, Heidi Skolnik, exercise physiologist, sports nutritionist and author of “Your GLP-1 Game Plan” shares her best advice.
Fitness Tip of the Day: Try Compound Exercises When Strength Training on a GLP-1:
“Unlike isolated exercise movements, like bicep curls or leg raises, that only target one specific area at a time, compound movements, like squats or lunges, work multiple joints and muscles at once,” Skolnik tells TODAY.com.
Excerpted from Today
