Endogenous testosterone vs Exogenous testosterone - Athletic results
A little background..
I started weight training at the age of 17 and never missed more than 2 weeks at any given point..
I started noticing big results at about 23 and was told by friends and other gym goers that they suspected me of not being natural.. I took only Creatine and L-glutamine..
I got only moderately strong , but my work ethic was GREAT and had alot of drive.. Long story short years later at about 37 things weren't the same.. I wasn't training as much , looking back it was likely that I was too tired and unrecovered..
At that point I did 100-120mg of Test-E weekly for about 14 months.. within that timeframe my total and Free T always came back about middle or just above middle range.
But my strength came back better than even when I was 25.. Also for sport I was FAR more explosive than I ever noticed.. And I was 38 or so.. I stopped TRT in hopes of recovering since I believed I became low due to a tough stretch of my life ( it really started when my son was diagnosed with Autism )
My theory is this.. Exogenous T levels are much harder to deplete with overtraining and stay elevated throughout a given time.. Say my trough was 500.. Well likely my natural trough was much lower especially since I believe my natural T levels have always been mediocre (although I have no bloods to prove it )
When I was on TRT my libido was stronger than ever before, and since my wife is so HOT .. I punished her for it :)
Just some thoughts from anything but an expert