The GLP-1 companion built around muscle preservation

Track your GLP-1 journey.
Protect your muscle.

GLP-1 medications burn fat. Without intervention, 25 to 40 percent of what you lose can be lean muscle, not fat. Muscle Guard tracks the protein-and-training playbook that drops that figure below 10 percent — across every GLP-1 South Africans actually take, including compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide.

GLP-1 medications burn fat. Without intervention, 25 to 40 percent of what you lose can be lean muscle, not fat. Muscle Guard tracks the protein-and-training playbook that drops that figure below 10 percent — built around the body-composition, lean-mass language the lifting community already speaks.

GLP-1 medications burn fat. Without intervention, 25 to 40 percent of what you lose can be lean muscle, not fat. Muscle Guard tracks the protein-and-training playbook that drops that figure below 10 percent — quietly, privately, GDPR-native by architecture, with EU-region data hosting.

Built for compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide, plus Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound, Rybelsus and Saxenda.

Built for Wegovy, Zepbound, Mounjaro and Ozempic, plus Rybelsus, Saxenda and compounded preparations.

Built for Wegovy, Rybelsus, Saxenda and Mounjaro, plus Ozempic and compounded preparations. Oral semaglutide-ready.

Free to start · R99/month · 7-day Pro trial, no card needed

Free to start · $5.99/month · 7-day Pro trial, no card needed

Free to start · €5.99/month · 7-day Pro trial, no card needed · GDPR-native, EU-hosted

9:41
MUSCLE GUARD
Wednesday · Week 9
Good morning, Sarah
SK
Muscle Guard Score
78 / 100
4 vs last week · On track
112g
Protein today
3/4
Training this week
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
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Tirzepatide · Thursday
7.5 mg · Compounded · Due tomorrow
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The thing nobody else says out loud

GLP-1 medications work.
The question is
what you're losing.

25–40%
of weight lost on a GLP-1 can come from muscle, not fat. Without intervention.[¹]
vs
< 10%
with adequate protein + resistance training. The muscle-preservation playbook.[²]

Muscle Guard tracks the playbook for you, on every approved GLP-1.

See the full evidence library →

Built around muscle preservation

Everything you need on a GLP-1, in one app

Nine features, all working together. Lead with the differentiator — track every drug, every metric, every milestone.

Muscle Guard Score

The hero metric. Combines protein adherence, resistance training, weight trend and body composition into one number that captures fat-loss-without-muscle-loss.

Privacy first

Delete your account in one tap, all data is gone. No cookie banner. No third-party trackers. POPIA, GDPR and CCPA-ready by architecture, not retrofitted.

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Injection & tablet tracking

Knows the standard titration schedule for every approved GLP-1 — including Rybelsus oral pill and compounded vials.

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AI plate scan

Snap your meal — get macros, protein target progress, and a quick logging interface. Powered by Open Food Facts + Google Gemini, transparently disclosed.

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Personal Coach

Pattern detection across symptoms, mood and logs. Spots stalls, side-effect clusters and protein gaps before they derail your journey — and surfaces a specific next move.

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Doctor PDF export

A branded one-page report your prescriber can read in 60 seconds. Hand it over instead of 12 weeks of WhatsApp screenshots.

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Progress photos

Built-in pose guide, side-by-side compare, monthly reminders. Comparable photos that tell the truth.

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Body composition

Waist, hip, neck, body-fat estimate, visceral-fat rating. The numbers that prove muscle is being preserved while fat is lost.

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75 milestones

Built for the emotional reality of a GLP-1 journey. Not "lost 1 kg" — milestones that respect the work.

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Plain-English research library

Every claim in the app links to the study behind it. Free to read, free to share, no email gate. See the library →

How we compare

Muscle Guard vs the category

The differences that matter, side by side.

 Muscle GuardShotsyMeAgainWW Med+
Muscle preservation as headlineYesNoNoNo
Body composition trackingYesNoPartialPartial
Compounded sema/tirz supportFirst-classNoLimitedNo
Doctor PDF exportYesNoNoNo
Free research libraryYesNoNoNo
No third-party trackersYesUnclearNoNo

Compiled June 2026 from publicly available marketing pages. Inaccuracies? Email hello@muscleguardglp.com.

Field notes

The research, in plain English.

Four most recent articles from the Muscle Guard Research Hub.

See all 14 articles →

Pricing

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Track your basics, no card needed
  • Injection & tablet tracking
  • 3 AI plate scans per day
  • Basic weight & trend tracking
  • 10 milestones
  • Privacy-first deletion in one tap
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The differentiator

How muscle preservation works on a GLP-1

The mechanism, the prevention plan, and the studies that ground both.

GLP-1 receptor agonists suppress appetite and slow gastric emptying so effectively that most users enter a sustained calorie and protein deficit. Without adequate protein intake and a resistance-training stimulus, the body mobilises both fat and muscle for energy — producing the lean-mass-loss share that shows up consistently in body-composition substudies of the major trials.

The prevention plan is well-established: 1.2 to 1.6 g of protein per kg of body weight per day, resistance training 2 to 4 times per week, avoid extreme calorie restriction, and track strength and body composition — not just weight.

Muscle Guard is built around that plan. Every feature, every milestone, every metric is in service of one thing: fat loss without muscle loss.

Read the cornerstone article →

Lean mass loss as % of total weight loss
Without intervention
25 – 40%
With protein + training
< 10%
Phase-3 trial body-composition data, structured-intervention arms. Sources cited in the cornerstone.
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