My lifting log got flatter before my bodyweight trend did

2026-10-07 10:26

I run a 4-day upper/lower split, row twice a week, and keep a spreadsheet with 7-day rolling averages for bodyweight, waist, and estimated 1RMs. Since starting a GLP-1 eight months ago, the scale dropped 31.4 lb and my waist is down 4.7 inches, but my squat and deadlift stalled for six weeks while bench kept creeping. I was ready to blame the drug for killing my drive, but my trendline showed sleep at 6h12m and protein averaging 112g.

I bumped protein to 150g and added a real rest day; the next two weeks bodyweight was flat, yet my top sets felt less miserable. Not a miracle, just less under-recovered. For those training hard on a GLP-1: do you track performance separately from weight, or does the scale drown it out?

2026-10-13 15:56

Not saying it’s not the med, but a 4.7-inch waist loss is a sneaky variable. My squat/deadlift went to garbage for a month because my belt was suddenly loose and my bracing felt totally different; bench didn’t care.

Are you using the same belt/notch and same bar/plates lately? Hotel gyms also wreck my log: smith machine or trap bar one week, real barbell the next, and my spreadsheet thinks I got weaker.

I started tagging “home gym vs road gym” plus sleep and session RPE, and my six-week flatline was mostly equipment + travel, not the scale. Worth checking before you blame the drug.

2026-10-17 00:02

Have you noticed if your setup feels different? A 4.7-inch waist loss changes your torso angle and bar path more than most people expect.

I'd bet your squat and deadlift are now relying on a hip position your nervous system hasn't relearned, while bench doesn't care as much about that lever change. When I cut 20 lb, my pulls felt "off" for weeks until I reset my start position.

Might be worth filming a set from the side and comparing it to an old video.

2026-10-17 10:05

I’ve been maintaining a while and saw the same split—bench fine, squat/DL flat. For me the culprit was rowing volume.

Twice a week looks innocent until you add it to a 4-day split; my 7-day squat e1RM would dip before my bodyweight rolling average budged, because lower-body fatigue was accumulating faster than the scale changed. What’s your weekly rowing meters/time and lower-body RPE trend over those six weeks?

If rowing crept up or you’re doing it the day before squats/DLs, that might explain the flatter log more than the med. I’d track session RPE and sleep against the e1RM, not just the scale.

2026-10-28 21:09

One thing I’d check before blaming the med: rest intervals and weekly tonnage on squat/DL. When my weight dropped, I unconsciously cut rest from ~3:00 to ~2:15 between top sets because the gym was packed, and my 7-day e1RM flatlined for five weeks while bench kept inching up.

My squat/DL tonnage was dwn ~17%, which I only caught because I log sets/reps/rest in the same sheet. Also worth checking if you switched bars/plates — I stalled deadlift once on a different bar and thought it was programming.

What’s your squat/DL weekly tonnage trend vs bench over that six-week stretch?