Recent content by Tednacious73

Thanks guys, my doctor's appt is next week, I'll ask about them adding a reverse T3 to my next round of bloodwork

I've been on trt for about 9 months and been doing pretty well but I have some of the following hypothyroid symptoms: lethargy/brain fog brittle nails depression ED even though I've been taking 5mg Cialis daily and sub par libido Trouble losing that LAST 10lbs after losing 10lbs even though I...

For the first few weeks of 5mg a day Tadalafil I also woke up with a back ache but, like with Vince, it subsided too

You are saying that no one experiences Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness??? Also, what is wrong with a Push, Pull, Legs workout split? I, along with many many others, find it to be a very effective way to periodize weight training and spread the volume throughout the week.

I'm experiencing the same creatinine elevations after starting citrulline as part of Gene's stack, mine went from 1.32 to 1.45. My eGFR also dropped from 65 to 58. I have a consultation with Defy coming up, are these numbers a concern or should I just continue taking the citrulline?

Only 9 sets per workout is very little. Most studies show that for hypertrophy (muscle gain), 10-20 working sets per week per MUSCLE GROUP if the most effective. Also, going to failure on every set is a bad idea, most studies show that total volume (amount of sets per week) is much more...

Agree with Vince here, I like to add a "deload week" every 6-8 weeks after heavy training. For that week I do the exact same workouts, same amount of sets and reps for each exercise, but with only about 60% of the weight. After a week of doing that I'm refreshed and looking forward to lifting...

Just an FYI to the OP, my IGF increased from 159 to 272 after being on the same protocol from Defy after 3 months (minus the thyroid medication)

+1 Looking at their website, how do you order from them???

While I'm pretty new to TRT (about 2 months in), Nelson was the first person (on an old TOT roundtable) to alert me to the dangers of AIs. Then after reading more on this forum and watching watching many more roundtables I decided to stop my AI use. I always felt that Nelson has helped lead...

I was prescribed the 0.125mg dosage of Anastrazole from day 1, I don't really recall if Dr Calkins said why, I believe he just said that they wanted my E2 to eventually fall into the 30-45 range (my pre TRT labs showed my E2 to be around 20)

Thank you for your thoughtful reply Dr Saya

I'm also a Defy patient and am curious about Dr. Saya's opinion on AIs. I've been on TRT for about 2 months now and a couple weeks ago quit taking the prescribed 0.125mg (E3.5D) Anastrazole due to concerns stated on this forum. I wans't experiencing any negative side effects and I haven't...