This is a good post, I will add some of my own.

1. It is life long, your body will stop producing your own natural test.
2. Your sperm count will most likely render you infertile unless you supplement with HCG.
3. Yeah it's cool and you'll feel amazing going from 250 to 500 but needles 2 different needles twice a week sucks.
4. Increased test means increased estrogen that you will likely have to manage.
5. 100% spot on, most doctors are trash and have no idea what they are doing. It is getting better but only clinics knew sh*t when I wanted to get tested 5 years ago, I went to 5 different docs over 2 years.....I was always the most educated person in the room srs.


I had a doc tell me that I should 300mg/dl once every 3 weeks......a board certified urologist at Ohio State Medical told me this.


If you're 150 or lower.....do it. By all means your quality of life will FUKKING SKY ROCKET. If you feel fine and just don't like the idea of being on the "lower end" then you're doing it for the wrong reasons and will likely regret it once the novelty wears off.

The one I use sends you a lancet in the kit, with which you prick your finger and then collect 8-10 drops.

The blood is then analysed by two separate laboratories.

https://www.medichecks.com/blog/labo...ood-tests-faqs

Lot of truth here, but also keep in mind that hormone level fluctuations really fuk with your endocrine system and eventually your body adapts to the new levels of T in it (assuming it isn't way too high).

At the end of the day, you make these choices and don't look back. Don't back out once you fully commit because you had some "change of heart or mind". I chose to go on and will be on for life, probably adding the GH in a few years for its many benefits. HCG is great for fertility gains. I've talked to a few IFBB pros who were mid blast and got their wives/gf's pregnant.

yeah, that's no fkn beuno, i won't accept anything under 500, sh i'm 53 and my last two test have been 1003 and 620

I found out when I was doing a Chris Gethin BB.com program. His workouts were so intense and I was eating so much to make gains that it was disheartening when I was actually regressing in strength. I felt sick to my stomach when my bench started going down, I thought I was over training.

Little did I know that the week long, debilitating soreness wasn't due to my diet or rest. I was at 95 total T, now these days if I am sore for more than a single day it's unusual..... sitting at 500 total and 20 free.

Mines was like 275-295/865(?) when I checked it at 22 years old. The doctor said it was within normal limits. Felt like **** around that age but at the sametime I was a fuking fatass.

Honestly it hasn't affected my lifts over the years. My recovery and strength are top notch.

no it's not natty, not even close. Brb cutting to 6% and still having optimal T levels, while a normal person can't even get a boner at low bf

I had a similar experience where I would lift intensely and eat but not have energy for anything else. I remember the winter before I got on, I was borderline depressed the entire time. Life is not meant to be lived like that.

I think mine is around 1100-1500 on cruise. Glad to hear you took the leap to getting it fixed. The whole idea is daunting at first but I wouldn't change a thing.

can someone aware me what would count as high Test levels? (srs) Ive never actually gotten test levels checked so i dont know how all this blood testing works

95? How? Is it some kind of illness?

yea it can be that ur dieting for a while- that may cause low test. try getting enough healthy fats and calories and also by adding fruits and vegetables, you may see a bump in your testosterone in the upcoming blood work.

Damn this thread got me genuinely curios what my test levels are now