Timeline for High testosterone, but can't get muscular or ripped easily?
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| Aug 2 at 2:02 | comment | added | MrBoJangles | Putting some of the meandering aside, allow me to distill the question down to the question I want to ask: I got high total T ~1000, but I'm old and my free T percentage is kinda low, so total free T is squarely average. Why am I such a hardgainer? I mean, I could increase weekly volume, but, again, old, and there's only so much time in a day after a full time job. My diet is hit n miss. And I'm not willing to take PEDs because I'm not a trash human. I guess I'll be satisfied with just looking like a somewhat fit normal guy. | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 13:07 | comment | added | Dave Newton | Lol; “like a beta male”. | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 11:39 | comment | added | Morgan Von Bogul | That bloke you posted certainly has the lower body but is lacking in the upper body. | |
| Sep 11, 2017 at 7:17 | comment | added | John | "I'm too masculine for steroids." - Don't waste your breath, this is also going up on the fail wall in my gym. | |
| Sep 8, 2017 at 16:49 | comment | added | JohnP♦ | @FoghornPegHorn - I missed one of your statements earlier. The body does not reject exogenous testosterone. The chemical structure is the same, the body makes no distinction. | |
| Sep 7, 2017 at 2:02 | comment | added | Sey Charl | It's theoretically possible to break the 1,200+ range naturally. I don't know how much genetics could impact this likelihood, but I've heard of people naturally exceed 1200 ng/dl. @JohnP | |
| Sep 6, 2017 at 14:35 | comment | added | JohnP♦ | Oh, and 1000 is still in the normal range, so even if you manage to get there, it's not going to do much for your bodybuilding. You need to be in the 1200+ range (minimum), which is why people use steroids. | |
| Sep 6, 2017 at 0:21 | comment | added | Sey Charl | In fact my body rejects exogenous testosterone. I'm too masculine for steroids. | |
| Sep 6, 2017 at 0:19 | comment | added | Sey Charl | @JohnP I see a doctor every 2-3 months. I don't need TRT -- I just go and get my levels checked and one morning they got about 800 ng/dl. I am up nearly 500 ng/dl from where I was 5+ years ago. I'm shooting to break 1,000 naturally by altering diet and switching workout cycles and nutrient timing. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 20:33 | comment | added | JohnP♦ | I'm also curious how you are getting these testosterone levels? And you've never looked at a true cyclists legs, have you? Or are you only interested in the trophy muscles? | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 20:25 | answer | added | JohnP♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 0:45 | comment | added | Sey Charl | Not even if it's dramatic? That study mentions little about bigger differences. | |
| Sep 4, 2017 at 12:06 | comment | added | John | As has been mentioned before, T level variation within the natural range does not seem to have the same effect. Endocrinology. 2006 Jan;147(1):141-54. | |
| Sep 4, 2017 at 4:25 | history | asked | Sey Charl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |