Rami Masri

Building cool mobile apps

[Rami Masri @Masrico_77]

1/ 💉 Ozempic. Wegovy. Zepbound.

They're melting fat off millions of people.

But here's what nobody tells you at the pharmacy: a huge chunk of that weight isn't fat.

It's muscle. 🧵

2/ ⚠️ By some estimates, up to a quarter to 40% of the weight lost on a GLP-1 is lean muscle — not fat.

And it gets worse. New research shows people on these drugs also move less: fewer steps, less exercise.

Less food + less movement = the perfect storm for muscle loss.

3/ 🔥 Why should you care?

Muscle is what keeps your metabolism running. Lose it, and:

• Your metabolism drops
• Weight comes back easier later
• You end up "skinny-fat" instead of strong

Losing weight ≠ losing fat.

4/ ✅ Protecting muscle comes down to 3 things:
🥩 Enough protein
🏋️ Resistance training
🚶 Daily movement

The problem? When you're barely hungry and low on energy, hard workouts feel impossible.

You need something easy. Something you'll actually do.

5/ 🎒 Enter rucking — walking with a weighted backpack.

It's the rare exercise that hits all 3 pillars at once:

• Load = light resistance for legs, glutes + core
• Easy enough to do on low energy
• Turns a boring walk into muscle-preserving work

6/ 💪 Real talk: rucking won't build you a bodybuilder physique.

But that's not the goal on a GLP-1. The goal is to keep the muscle you already have while the fat comes off.

At that, it's elite — and it stacks perfectly with 2x/week strength work.

7/ 🧭 How to start (even if you're eating way less):

• Begin with just 5–10 lbs
• 20 min, conversational pace
• Eat a little protein first
• Hydrate + add electrolytes 🧂
• Shorten, don't skip, on low days

8/ 📊 A realistic week:

Mon – Strength
Tue – Ruck (light)
Wed – Rest / easy walk
Thu – Strength
Fri – Ruck
Sat – Longer ruck
Sun – Rest

3 rucks + 2 lifts. Enough to protect muscle, light enough to actually sustain.

9/ The takeaway 👇

If you're on a GLP-1, don't just watch the scale drop.

Protect the muscle underneath it — with protein, a little lifting, and a weighted walk you'll actually stick to.

That's how you come out the other side leaner and stronger. 🎒

Full breakdown + weekly plan → https://t.co/cTJtsDMWbI

[Rami Masri @Masrico_77]

If you ruck, walk with a weighted vest, or carry a pack for fitness — you deserve accurate data.

Ruckaroo uses the Pandolf Equation to track your real burn.

iOS → https://t.co/cLhLV0snA4

Drop your pack weight below 👇 I'll tell you how many calories you're actually burning.

[Rami Masri @Masrico_77]

The US Army calculated the perfect calorie burn formula in 1977.

Most fitness apps have never heard of it.

Here's why it changes everything for people who walk with weight: 🧵

[Rami Masri @Masrico_77]

This is literally why I built Ruckaroo.

I got into rucking, saw that every app was giving me the same generic calorie number regardless of my pack weight, and thought — there has to be a better way.

The Army already figured this out. I just put it in your pocket.

[Rami Masri @Masrico_77]

most fitness apps are designed to make you fail.

here’s a secret the $45 billion fitness industry won’t tell you.

most fitness apps are designed to make you fail.

not because they’re evil. because they’re robotic. they’re spreadsheets with better UI. they track your steps, your calories, your miles… but they completely miss the one thing that actually keeps you going.

the story.

the grit. the struggle. the view from the top that made the climb worth it. the feeling of carrying weight and getting stronger, step by step.

fitness isn’t a spreadsheet. it’s a story you tell yourself. and most apps are terrible storytellers.

that's why i added rucking to my list of activities. because honestly, it's one of the easiest things you can start doing. grab a backpack, throw some weight in it, and walk. that's it.

if you don’t know, rucking is just walking with a weighted backpack. it’s simple, it’s brutal, and it’s exploding. we’re talking 4x growth in people starting every month. it burns 3x the calories of normal walking. it’s a full-body workout that’s more about mental toughness than anything else.

it’s a mindset.

but when i looked for an app to track my rucks, i found the same old problem. soulless trackers. they could tell me my pace, but not the story of my progress. they could log my miles, but not the feeling of accomplishment.

so i decided to build my own.

it’s called Ruckaroo.

and it’s built on one simple idea: what if a fitness app could be your personal documentarian? your AI-powered coach who actually gets the why behind the work?

every time you finish a ruck, Ruckaroo helps you create a shareable story. it uses AI to turn your photos and your performance data into a journal entry that feels human.

it doesn’t just say “you walked 5 miles.”

it says “you pushed through 5 tough miles with 30lbs on your back. the elevation was a grind, but you kept going. this is what strength looks like.”

it’s not just a tracker. it’s a companion. it has an AI coach you can actually talk to, badges that celebrate your effort, and a “Ruck Score” that shows your real progress.

we’re building Ruckaroo in public right now. no big corporate funding. just a small team obsessed with building something that actually motivates people.

the tools that celebrate the journey, not just the numbers, are the ones that will win.

if you’re a rucker, or just someone who’s tired of fitness apps that feel like homework, i want you to try it.

check out what we’re building at https://t.co/4cPUQH5cjD. the iOS app is live. sign up, give it a try, and tell me what you think. let’s build a better way to track our stories.

[Rami Masri @Masrico_77]

Sharing my latest project https://t.co/laJY8Z0jzr. 🙌 Thanks for looking 🧐

[Rami Masri @Masrico_77]

@zach_yadegari you thinking of adding an api to cal ai?

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@blakeandersonw What’s up @blakeandersonw sent you a DM. Cheers.

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Set a reminder for our Space! Tomorrow we will talk all about the movies that shaped us, that changed our view of the world, and the role music played alongside of it. #Movies #Music #Popculture #Web3 #EgosParadise https://t.co/5gz4iWZHLE

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This all gave our mixtapes lots of character and soul. Thats what Ego Tunes Playlists on Spotify is all about:

⏩ Community member curated playlists
⏩ 90 minutes max
⏩ Old school vibe sharing on new school tools.

DM us for playlist collabos.

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It was always a hassle to forward and rewind, so tapes were listened to as they were recorded. no skip. no shuffle.

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Limited by the length of the cassette, every song added to the mixtape was a conscious choice driven by the question "what song best expresses what I want to express on this mixtape?"

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At most we could record up to 90 minutes, 45 minutes on each side.

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Back in the day we all created mixtapes on cassettes that changed hands all over the world.

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Ego's Tunes on Spotify: where old school meets new school.

https://t.co/UBo42N2j4O

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GM!
Enjoy @Masrico_77's Ego playlist on our Spotify . It's got a little something for everyone.

https://t.co/b2rAo7X3yY

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