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I'm trying but I've got a toddler and now it seems like every joint hurts. No time to get to a gym and no room for a decent home gym. I did start to do back day again at the Y when we go on the weekend for the pool. We'll see...

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One small thing to try is so-called Asian squats while you're playing with your kid.

Hip and groin neuralgia started suspiciously soon after my tirzepatide weight loss. I seem to have gotten it under control after mobility exercises centered around squatting. It took almost six months to get from falling backwards to being able to squat flat-footed. Now it's a comfortable and useful stance.

My theory is the weight loss shifted my center of gravity, calling on muscles and joints that weren't ready for the load. Learning to squat helped the new version of my body relearn how to support itself.

The Asian squat has a very different focus than the squats I do in the gym. In the gym, a barbell back squat puts 200+ lb of weight on my shoulder, I squat down, hold for one second and then come up. In contrast the Asian squat needs no weight, but I need to stay at the bottom position for many seconds. It most likely exercises muscles in a different way than my usual squats. I can hardly do the Asian squats because I don’t practice holding at the bottom position.

A pair of adjustable dumbbells in the corner of the living room is still very doable. Lots of bodyweight exercises too you could look into.

Back squats and deadlifts are both unreasonably effective, and impossible to load sufficiently with dumbbells.

Yeah, this is my problem. I love deadlifts. I even have a bar and several hundred pounds of plates. But they sit under junk in my garage with no hope for unburying them until next year. I have 100lbs of adjustable dumbbells but that's just not the same for me. But in either case the energy and motivation are just not there. I used to love the gym or even working out at home but now meh.

Are you done losing weight? It will probably feel better to go back to maintenance calories than to be in a deficit. And consider lowering your dose, gradually.

Totally understand the young kids thing. Good luck.

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