Can we normalize being the slowest person at the gym — anyone have experience?

LondonLisa said:

Training does two things here and only one of them is on the scale.

Exercise transformation with training: went from barely able to walk a block to completing a half marathon last Saturday.

My fitness journey alongside GLP-1 therapy:

• Month 1-2: Walking 15 min/day
• Month 3-4: Walking 30-45 min, started bodyweight exercises
• Month 5-6: Joined a gym, started resistance training
• Month 7+: Running, lifting heavy, cycling for fun

The weight loss made movement possible. The movement made more weight loss possible. Virtuous cycle in action.

One thing that is still open after lisa_labSD’s answer:

Did your prescriber agree with that reading, and if not what was their objection?

FDA_TrackerJim said:

Exercise transformation with training: went from barely able to walk a block to completing a half marathon last Saturday.

Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false. If nothing would look different, it is not a claim about the world and no amount of discussion will settle it.

Closing the loop on my own question.

Update: the thing I was blaming turned out not to be the cause. Leaving the original post as written rather than editing it, so the mistake stays visible for whoever searches this next.

ingrid_STO said:

It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence. Something real and small gets treated here as though it were real and decisive.