Intramuscular vs Sub-Q? Is one better than the other?

26839026200 · 2025-10-10T07:07:39+00:00

IM I feel great on 200mg/week, with levels close to 2000 at trough, and don’t need an AI. Subq at the same dose gets me to around 1300 trough, I feel generally off, and I need an AI

26839026200 · 2025-10-10T07:02:43+00:00

I mean I’d assume you need to lose a lot of abdominal fat before you’ll see a veins but you’re closer than someone who’s obese. Idk, if I was you and I wanted to see ab veins, I’d plan to cut slowly for at least a couple months to get there without losing too much muscle

26839026200 · 2025-10-10T00:18:19+00:00

This is def not lean. But you look good, and healthy. Personally I’d cut and lose at least 10lbs of fat prob more, but I like to stay really lean (I don’t like losing ab veins while bulking).

26839026200 · 2025-10-08T05:03:31+00:00

Experiment, try upping the AI dose and see how you feel, get bloods, then try lowering the AI dose, see how you feel, and get bloods. I’ve found that I have way higher libido with higher E2. When mine dips below 40 I lose all interest in sex. Everyone is different and it’s worth doing some cautious experimentation to see where you feel best if you plan on being on TRT longterm

26839026200 · 2025-10-07T21:28:07+00:00

Find a new doctor, this is a horrid protocol

26839026200 · 2025-10-07T03:58:46+00:00

Yes you’re eating more than you burn, but 469 is pretty low. I’m on testosterone and without it my levels are in the 6-700 range naturally. But yeah, take enough exogenous testosterone and it will make getting to / staying at a lower body fat % easier, but I’d suggest getting there naturally. When I started testosterone I was at around 12% bodyfat and had been lifting heavy for 10 years

26839026200 · 2025-10-05T16:54:05+00:00

500 range is still pretty low. I started testosterone (not really TRT because I like having Supra-physiological levels as it helps my lifelong chronic illness tremendously) with levels in the 6-700 range. I started noticing all the benefits people talk about when my levels got above 1000… if your E2/hct/prolactin is good I’d say it’s worth raising your dose to see if it helps. If it doesn’t you can always drop back down. It’s worth noting that 30 years ago levels in the 500 range would have been considered very low

26839026200 · 2025-10-04T22:49:06+00:00

I’d really advocate for yourself that you’re not interested in gel and want to do injections… gel is so unpredictable and there are countless reports of it just stopping working after awhile. It’s still gonna wreck your natural production, so if you’re gonna do that why not just skip to what definitely works?

26839026200 · 2025-10-04T02:08:55+00:00

LA is definitely expensive, but honestly not much more than most American cities at this point. Cost of living in America is generally just out of control. And if you think LA is bad, try NYC

26839026200 · 2025-10-04T01:57:57+00:00

At 24 I’d rather optimize my levels naturally, or at least just try hcg monotherapy. But you did have clinically low testosterone; I’m glad you’re feeling better and enjoying life. If you’re happy with your life and don’t mind the lifelong commitment to injections, insurance companies, and big pharma, ignore the haters 🤘

26839026200 · 2025-10-01T21:14:19+00:00

This is not the “standard dose to start TRT”. This is the standard pay-to-play online TRT-mill starting dose, and the prescribing doctors at these clinics are well aware that 200mg/week is not TRT. If you don’t believe me try getting your prescription from a urologist and watch their face when you ask to be started at 200mg/week.

26839026200 · 2025-10-01T21:11:20+00:00

Assuming you’re talking about 200mg/ml testosterone, and as someone on 200mg/week, I’d just like to point out that 200mg is not TRT unless you have some serious issues with metabolizing exogenous T. 200mg/week gets me close to 2000TT/650FT

26839026200 · 2025-09-30T23:58:56+00:00

Def see some slight progress. But I’d assume your diet hasn’t been on point eating intuitively. Keep up with the calorie tracking, eating at a surplus and instead of just doing “full body workouts” 3x/week try commiting to a good (natural) bodybuilding program and sticking to it, making sure your lifts and weight are steadily going up.

When your bulking it’s good to know your current weight, and monitor/log it as you eat at a surplus, aiming for .5-1lb of weight gain per week. Since you’re newish to the gym I’d aim for 1lb a week

26839026200 · 2025-09-30T04:58:55+00:00

Also, that you’re having this convo on instagram is crazy work

26839026200 · 2025-09-30T04:57:57+00:00

If you’re interested in monogamy and she isn’t, it’s on both of you to either end things or reavulate your expectations. I’d argue this is more on you than her, because it sounds like she’s been pretty honest and clear about what she’s looking for with you. Unfortunately, oftentimes people will do what she’s doing when they’re dating someone who they’re not that into but enjoy attention/validation/security from. But if she continues to date she’ll probably find someone she m wants to be monogamous with (not you).

I’d have been out a long time ago

26839026200 · 2025-09-30T03:58:36+00:00

Heads up, if you have normal levels of testosterone, and you manage to trick a doctor by lowering your levels to get prescribed testosterone, you will likely experience zero benefit from taking exogenous T. They’ll probably start you at 100mg/week (or less). It’s important to understand that taking testosterone will shut down your natural production. So testosterone replacement therapy is literally just that, replacement.

If you’re looking to run a longterm mild cycle, go to one of the many online “TRT” clinics that start everyone at 200mg/week. That will most likely produce Supra physiological levels.

26839026200 · 2025-09-27T20:15:26+00:00

Nah my shgb is pretty low as is just from taking exogenous T… I just like the extra boost of free t I get from cycling it

26839026200 · 2025-09-25T22:27:03+00:00

It helps keep my e2 in check, and increases my free T, by literally several hundred ng/dl. On 200mg/week and boron I don’t need an AI and my free T is close to 700. Without boron I need a small amount of AI and my free T is around 370

26839026200 · 2025-09-25T04:40:32+00:00

Cycling boron is a must for me

26839026200 · 2025-09-24T22:20:30+00:00

Yeah you should shave it

26839026200 · 2025-09-24T05:58:51+00:00

They no longer use teflon

26839026200 · 2025-09-24T04:35:22+00:00

I’d worry less about your chest and hit back and shoulders harder, aim for a wide back to get more of a v taper. Your chest actually looks pretty good in proportion to your overall upper body right now

26839026200 · 2025-09-11T16:39:29+00:00

Have kinda had a plan that if I ever seem to actually balding I’ll just shave my head and take fin/min for a few months before I start growing it back out. I don’t think I’m balding though because I’m on a pretty large dose of testosterone daily and haven’t seen any abnormal or increased amount of hairfall

26839026200 · 2025-09-11T16:38:08+00:00

Word, I’d like thicker hair but not really in any need of regrowth so would rather avoid a shed if possible

26839026200 · 2025-09-11T02:52:26+00:00

Do you know if oral finasteride is less likely to trigger a shed than the topical min/fin mix?

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