I was lifting 2-3 days a week and I would get fatigue sometimes during and after working out. If I would to stop going to the gym and do other things would that benefit me when low t?
Fatigue during or after a workout?
Fatigue during and after workouts is very common
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I believe most people get a shot of endorphin boost when lifting weights. If I was on a very strict diet the final weeks before a contest, working out with weights was one of the few times of the day that I felt good.
I would say it is understandable that you would feel tired after your workout (and come down from the high).
There might be something going on that needs medical attention, but I canāt see how lifting weights would be a negative. Unless your resistance to disease is extremely low. The one sure fire way to see if I had the flu was to go to the gym and lift like nothing was wrong. If I had the flu (or the beginnings of it) I would feel poor and be obviously weaker. I then left the gym and got into bed.
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Benefit you as in low t symptom relief, or something else?
Working out helps me reduce stress while also increasing other stressors, so whether it helps or not is subjective to your own belief. If you feel you need a break, take one 
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One of the best treatments for excess stress in life is working out.
If you do have excessive stress in your life you need to get some help to reduce it. Stress raises your cortisol to dangerous levels over too long an extended time.
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both.
If you saying āduring and after vigorous exercise I get tiredā; then Iāve got news for you. Thatās the point.
If youāre saying that exercising makes you unduly āfatiguedā then there is a relationship between stress and tiredness.
This is all about stress and adrenaline/ cortisol. Coach @Christian_Thibaudeau has written extensively about this. And I would read into it.
Assuming itās the latter. And you are unduly taxed after each work out. I would guess that you need to dial in the work outs until they are no longer leaving you so tired. I sometimes do this. If life is too much. I do sets of 5 reps with my 10 rep max. I get the good feeling kick in and go home. This restorative process can then get you back to a place where you can work out hard and still have it be productive.
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UPDATE:
You were given a good bit of advice in your other thread: I Managed to Increase T but It Went Down. Help Please.
but you never responded.
Your same question was also asked and answered there. Can I suggest spending more than 5 minutes reading and actually be a part of the dialogue where people are trying to help you? (we can see your total read time)
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yeah it might make me more tired after
but what about recover?
lowish test is what I can think and a lot of other stuff like stress
I have to admit, Iām confused. Are you trying to improve in the gym or address low T symptoms?
You can do both with lifestyle changes, but there is a limit as to what can be fixed in regards to low T (if you are hypogonadal and have already implemented everything possible to improve T values, for example).
Are you getting enough sleep? Reducing outside stress factors where possible? Eating properly?
The only form of ārecoveryāI indulge in is a good nights sleep and even thatās as rare as a henās teeth
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Meant in a sincerely friendly manner:
Are by any chance suffering from anxiety and/or depression? Psychomotor retardation is common then, meaning the slowing down or hampering of your mental or physical abilities. In practical terms you will feel like constantly overtrained.
yes I do have ocd and have psychiatrist and phycologist.
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I wake up a lot during sleeps
I might not be eating properly. my sleep is interrupted during nights I wake up like 2-3 times a night to pee. and my cortisol is high last time I checked.
300 ish free test
maybe its not weightlifting? I have ocd and stress and anxiety
These are going to be your biggest contributing factors. Not OCD or anxiety directly, but they all contribute to high cortisol.
In (very) laymanās terms, Cortisol will bind to the same sites you want Testosterone to bind to - inhibiting potential growth. Additionally, Cortisol is like kryptonite to test production, which can account for your low T values.
Try reducing your stress for what you can. Clean up your sleep (we can all do better), reduce blue light, stay off social media before bed (or opt out altogether), try mediating or at least self-reflection in a dark room before falling asleep. Most stress-related issues can be reduced by taking some time to take care of yourself.
Weightlifting can contribute to lower test values temporarily, but overall causes T to fare better than those who donāt. I donāt believe this is a primary or even secondary cause, given your daily stresses. This being said, if you feel better by reducing training - then itās up to you to decide if you want to make that choice. Lifting makes me happy while also technically adding stress to my lifeā¦ to me, this is good stress, so i stick with it.
If training isnāt āgood stressā for you, then cutting back might be a good choice for you.
Thanks a lot for this. yeah Iāll decide how weightlifting does after a while.
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