Hello everyone, my name is Greg. I will be 60 in March 2022. I am 6ft and currently weigh 185. Mid-year 2019 I weighed over 400 pounds. At the end of December that year I had weight loss surgery (gastric sleeve), and achieved my current goal weight in August 2021. I haven’t weighed 185 in my adult life, so I’m very happy to have achieved this.
I need some advice on how to get to the next level. I have been working out, concentrating on upper body work, since June 2020. However, I am still pretty weak. I cannot complete an unassisted pull up, and I cannot do a true push-up (meaning back straight and go all the way down with my nose touching the ground). To top it all off, I think I may have caused an impingement in my left shoulder from over training.
I know that I cannot expect to put on muscle as quickly or as easily as a man half my age, but it seems like I should be able to do quite a bit better than where I am. I personally think my testosterone levels are too low, but the medical profession is, in my opinion, too ignorant and/or dismissive of my concerns.
Results from my last test was on 10/16/2021:
Estradiol: 20 pg/mL
Prolactin: 11.7 ng/mL
Testosterone: 643 ng/dL
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin: 94.5 nmol/L
Free Andogen Index: 25
I’m wondering where to start. I have no health issues.
Cheers,
Greg
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