While celebrities like Elon Musk have been open and honest about using Ozempic — aka the 'skinny jab' — to spark their weight-loss ambitions, Mark Wahlberg won't be relying on weight-loss injections to carve out his washboard abs anytime soon.
The 51-year-old actor, who's known for his 4am workouts and strict fitness regime, recently told Page Six that when it comes to losing weight and building muscle, he favors the old-fashioned methods of exercising and eating well.
"To each his own, but I do encourage people to eat right and exercise," he said. "It’s much more [of] a lifestyle change. You’d be surprised what you can accomplish when you’re willing to do the work."
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He went to say that "everybody has their own path," and he's not knocking anybody "for making their own choices."
"But I prefer, and I’ve seen lots of people accomplish amazing things, ordinary people doing extraordinary things on a fitness base, and they’re now encouraging other people that look like them. That’s what I’m into,’ he added.
For anyone not in the know, Ozempic is the brand name for a medication that’s classified as a glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist—a class of drugs that includes semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, which mimics a naturally-occurring hormone in our bodies called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). GLP-1 helps to stimulate insulin production, lower blood sugar levels, and suppress appetite.
You can read more about why everyone is talking about Ozempic here.
Daniel is Men’s Health UK’s deputy digital editor. He’s a writer and editor with a decade’s worth of experience covering health, fitness, tech and sports. In his time at Men’s Health, he’s written about everything from Black men's mental health to The Rock's cheat days and has logged training time with NFL footballers, Olympic gymnasts and the British Army. In his spare time he enjoys fitness of all kinds, from deadlifts to long runs, and is always on the lookout for his next challenge.
