T Nation Article: Your TRT is a Steroid Cycle

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Lmao. What rock have i been under that i missed this thread.

Nice job @Christian_Thibaudeau

I will just leave this here…

What is TRT and What is NOT TRT

Another item I wanted to check. Here’s a real world provider set from @highpull that we discussed some time ago. I’ve put those data on the graph I shared above to see how they match up. Since almost all the data he shared are trough TT values (I culled the few non-trough values as per comments in his table.), here’s the key to convert trough values to mean values (AUC mean) assuming 5 day elimination half life: mean/trough ratio q7d 1.6 q3.5d 1.21 qod 1.09 qed 1.03 And dru…

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What is TRT and What is NOT TRT

Ok, I modified these graphs a little bit to help people understand why the 200 mg/week Test ester protocol right off the bat is seldomly the correct place to start if you want to target even high end of the reference range for TRT/TRT+ The reference I adapted this from used 20-39 year olds: [image] 200 mg/week of Test ester is going to put majority of these young guys above range: [image] There’s another few references I will eventually use to show plots for the older guys who will run…

What is TRT and What is NOT TRT

And even more data from Bhasin’s work in the 2000s: [image] [image] The ordinate (y-axis) is mean (AUC/delta t) TT level which I calculated as ~1.6*TT(trough) from the papers. Understanding serum mean TT level (mean calculated as AUC/delta t) allows one to very quickly conclude 200 mg/week TC dosage (or even 150 mg/week) brings an older guy way above reference range. Feel free to take over to Facebook groups to help educate.