First peptide cycle — what's actually happening (BPC+Ipa)

B
Joined 2026
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bpc_babyMember
2/20/2026 · 2105 views

First time doing any of this. 29M, lifted for two years on and off, tendinitis in both elbows from doing too much volume too fast. Going to run a simple stack and see what happens.

Stack:

  • BPC-157 250mcg 2x/day subq
  • Ipamorelin 200mcg PM
  • 6 weeks

Never injected anything before. Watched a lot of videos. Nervous but ready.

9 Replies

S
Joined 2026
25 posts
2/23/2026

The first one is always the biggest mental hurdle. Good on you.

B
Joined 2026
32 posts
bpc_babyMember
2/24/2026

Day 3: first injection went fine. Barely felt the pin. Second one was painless. Bruised slightly on the third. No weird feelings.

S
Joined 2026
15 posts
3/6/2026

The ipa hunger can be gnarly. Have a protein shake at 10pm so you don't raid the fridge.

B
Joined 2026
32 posts
bpc_babyMember
3/6/2026

Week 2: elbow pain maybe 20% better? Hard to tell. Ipamorelin has me hungry at like 10pm.

N
Joined 2025
31 posts
29d ago

Good progress for a first cycle. Don't chase higher doses, the effect is mostly there at what you're running.

Knee project
  • BPC-157 · 500 mcg · 2x/day local to knee · sub-Q
  • TB-500 · 5 mg · weekly loading · sub-Q
B
Joined 2026
32 posts
bpc_babyMember
29d ago

Week 4: elbow pain definitely less. Can hang off pullup bar without pain, which I couldn't two months ago. Sleep is weirdly vivid on ipa.

B
Joined 2026
32 posts
bpc_babyMember
15d ago

Week 6 wrap-up: elbow pain maybe 70% resolved. Will probably run another 4 weeks then cut. Biggest lesson was that injecting is way less scary than I built it up to be in my head.

F
Joined 2026
35 posts
13d ago

This is encouraging. I'm nervous too and planning my first cycle.

J
Joined 2026
27 posts
13d ago

Happy for you. Elbow stuff is so annoying.

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