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Session memory
Each session is scored against the last one for the same movement, so progression is measured rather than assumed.
The North, UK
Week 36 · healthspan, not just weight
Train north.
Age slower.
The weight came off first. What kept me going was everything underneath it: sleep, joints, recovery, bloods, energy at forty-six. Thirty-six weeks of it written down on the day it happened, including the weeks that went backwards, alongside a reference library of 36 research compounds with the evidence graded rather than sold.
Educational documentation. Research use only. Not for human consumption, and not a substitute for a qualified physician.
Who is keeping this record
A 46-year-old with a notebook and no sponsor.
He runs, eats, trains and lives to get healthier and further in control of his own life, and writes all of it down. There is no supplement brand behind this, no coaching funnel at the end of it, and no before-and-after photograph taken in different lighting.
It started as fat loss. Two years of reading turned it into something longer. The compounds worth knowing about at forty-six are mostly not the ones that shift the scale. They are the ones that affect sleep quality, tendon repair, insulin sensitivity, immune function and how well you recover from the training you can still do. Weight is simply the easiest thing to measure, which is why the internet measures almost nothing else.
The record exists because the fitness internet is built on outcomes without method. Someone posts a result; the working is missing. What is published here is the working: the sessions, the weeks where nothing moved, and the research that informed the decisions, with its limitations stated first rather than buried.
Where laboratory compounds appear in this record, they appear as documentation and reference material. They are not recommended, not sold from this site, and not presented as a shortcut.
Read the method- Age46
- BasedThe North, UK
- TrainingStrength & running
- Record startedWeek 1 · 92.0 kg
- Weeks published36
- SponsorsNone
Every record needs a method behind it, or it is only a diary.
The method
AI-assisted training
The plan is written after the session, not before it.
Loads, energy, sleep and pain go into a session journal. The next day is built from what actually happened, not from a twelve-week template bought off someone with better genetics.
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Full-set progress
Back-off sets and volume count, not just the top single. Most plateaus are visible in the sets nobody posts.
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Daily conditions
Energy, joint pain and available equipment change the session. The plan adapts to the day rather than overriding it.
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Reusable prompt
The full prompt is published. Copy it, point it at your own journal, and run the same method without the paywall.
The method produces numbers. The numbers produce a timeline.
The timeline
Thirty-six documented weeks
Including the weeks it went the wrong way.
Week 14 is heavier than week 10. It stays in the record because removing it would make the line prettier and the record worthless.
01Ground zero92.0 kg
02Protocol on the table90.5 kg
04First change in the mirror88.0 kg
06Minus nine83.0 kg
07Ten percent down82.8 kg
09Before versus after81.5 kg
10Escalation week80.8 kg
14Strength back on the plan84.0 kg
36Current chapter78.0 kg
The journal is written. The camera was running too.
On screen
Creator coverage
The episodes, and the people arguing with them.
Episodes from this record alongside coverage from other creators working the same material, including the ones who disagree. The selection turns over every Monday, so the wall never settles into the same handful of voices.
Videos load only when you press play. No YouTube script or cookie is placed before that. Third-party content reflects the views of its creators, not TRAINNORTH:LABS.
Every episode raises the same question: what does the research actually say?
The compound library
36 compounds · evidence graded
A reference library, not a shop window.
Eight categories, and only one of them is weight. Recovery and tissue repair, growth hormone axis, metabolic, cognitive, sleep, dermal. The compounds that matter for staying capable are spread across all of them.
Every entry carries an evidence grade on the card: approved medicine, human trial data, limited human data, or preclinical only. Eight of the thirty-six are approved medicines somewhere in the world. The other twenty-eight are not, and the library says so before it says anything else.
Reference data is only half of it. The other half is arithmetic people get wrong.
The calculator
Reconstitution reference
Milligrams in. Units on the barrel out.
The most common error in this field is not compound selection. It is the conversion between a vial strength, a diluent volume, and what that means on a U-100 syringe. This calculator does that arithmetic and shows the draw.
Draw to
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IU · U-100
Concentration0.00 mg/ml
Volume drawn0.000 ml
Doses per vial0 doses
Syringe basisU-100
Arithmetic reference for laboratory work. Assumes a U-100 insulin syringe where 100 IU equals 1 ml. Always verify against the certificate of analysis for the specific vial in hand.
Numbers settle arguments. Sources settle the numbers.
The research notes
Research notes
Limitations first, findings second.
Each note opens with what the study could not establish. If most of the evidence is in rodents, the note says rodents in the first line rather than the last paragraph.
Tissue repair claims and where they come from
The healing literature that drives most recovery-compound marketing is overwhelmingly animal work. What that does and does not permit anyone to conclude.
Related compoundsNutrient timing: the effect size problem
Meta-analyses do find an effect for protein timing. The honest question is whether it is large enough to matter once total daily intake is controlled.
Related methodReading a certificate of analysis
Purity percentage, identity confirmation, and the salt form actually supplied. What a COA proves, and the three things it does not.
Open the libraryThe same questions come back every week. Here are the answers.
Frequent questions
Straight answers
What this is, and what it is not.
Is any of this medical advice?
No. Everything published here is personal documentation and general education. It is not diagnosis, not treatment, and not a protocol. Speak to a qualified physician before making any health decision.
Is this an online shop?
No. Nothing is sold from this site and there is no payment process on it. This is an educational record and a reference library. Fulfilment, where it happens at all, is handled entirely by an independent supplier.
What does the referral code actually get me?
Five percent off, priority processing and priority shipping with the independent supplier. It is a referral arrangement and is disclosed as one. Quote the code in your enquiry.
How does an enquiry work?
You select the research materials you are interested in, this site helps you assemble a clear enquiry, and you send it to the independent supplier yourself over WhatsApp. No payment, no stock and no dispatch happens here. The supplier sets its own prices and terms, and TRAINNORTH:LABS receives a referral benefit on orders placed with the code.
Why does the library grade evidence so bluntly?
Because the grade is the most useful thing on the card. A compound with strong rodent data and no human trials should not look identical to an approved medicine, and on most sites it does.
If you have read this far and still want research materials, here is the honest route.
Research materials
Research materials · RUO
This site is not a pharmacy.
Research materials are supplied by an independent third party, not by TRAINNORTH:LABS. Reference pricing is quoted per box of ten vials. Enquiries are assembled here and sent by you, directly to them.
Materials listed are supplied for laboratory research only. They are not intended for human consumption and are not approved as medicines in the UK.
Research enquiry via WhatsAppOpens WhatsApp and addresses an independent supplier. TRAINNORTH:LABS does not hold stock, take payment or dispatch anything, and receives a referral benefit on orders placed with the code.
Referral code
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- 5% discount with the supplier
- Priority order processing
- Priority shipping
- Disclosed referral arrangement
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