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This is silly. I'm a big proponent of GLP-1s (and on one!) but we can and do see people on these reaching sarcopenic levels of lean body mass. The overwhelming majority of people on these drugs should absolutely be doing everything they can to preserve their muscle mass.

(The overwhelming majority of people losing weight in general should be doing everything they can to preserve their muscle mass.)

Having slightly larger quads/hamstrings/calves than the average person doesn't mean they have an optimal amount of muscle mass in their legs to begin with, much less on the rest of their body.

Leg presses are also an absolutely terrible exercise to measure strength and by proxy muscle mass. The angle reduces the weight - generally only 71% - and they are one of the most "cheated" exercises in existence, with people doing what could charitably be called half reps (and is often more like quarter reps.)



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