New Member. TRT

Hi Everyone!

Have been following this site for a while. Training for 5 plus years and have lost a lot of mass in last 3-4 years. Had some surgeries and have low t. Have done all I can to get it up from 150s and it now hovers around 300. Meeting with trt clinic in a few weeks!

Diagnosed with hypogonadism from urologist.

I'm 25, 170lbs, around 10-12% fat.

Looking forward to getting rid of symptoms and adding old mass back!

BW as of 10/4/17 at 7:30 am via True Health Diagnostics

Dehydroepiandrostersone: 494
Estradiol (pg/ml): 13.2
LH (mIU/ml): 7.6
TSH: 1.81
T4: 7.5
T3 free (pg/ml): 3.7
Reverse T3 (ng/dl): 11
Progesterone (ng/ml): .21
SHBG (nmol/L): 335
Testosterone (ng/dl): 335
Free T (ng/dl): 8.52
DHT (ng/dl): 17
Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (ng/ml): 304
Prolactin (ng/ml): 11.58

Update.

I have been started on 250IU HCG daily and 150mg Test Cyp 1x a week. No AI at this time due to Estradiol being so low as is. Have been told to request if I notice sides. It was also determined that my low t is hereditary. There are several men in my family with low t and I did not know until recently. Tough luck I suppose. My old weight 5 years ago was about 205 around 12% fat. My body followed similarly to others in family and I lost a lot of that mass over my early 20s.

Day after 1st shot I felt a little more energetic. Around day 5 I was starting to crash. Took another shot on day 6 and plan on using every Sunday until I find out where I start to crash. Then I may start taking 2x weekly. Have already noticed huge increases in sex drive, energy and have been crushing workouts. Will be interesting to see if I need to increase dose and when I need to add an AI.

I had switched from a split to full body 3x weekly. As of today I have gone back to an old workout style and diet I used to make newbie gains. I am actually doing a workout similar to the Whalberg workout for "Pain and Gain." It is oddly similar to what I did in high school and first part of college. Plan on doing a high volume upper lower split with one full body workout a week, and cardio 30 minutes daily after workouts. Goal is to gain about 15lbs between now and end of December. Then I will go ahead and cut back to about 175lbs over 2-3 months using a split routine and cardio. I used this routine earlier this year to cut 35lbs and I did retain muscle mass. I usually respond better grouping a lot of parts together and high volume for mass though.

Excited to actually add good mass back. Have kept a good diet and weigh everything and was only gaining fat with really hard workouts at 4-5 days per week.


Monday & Friday - Chest, arms, abs

Flat Bench Press 4 8-12 0 secs
Dumbbell Chest Flys 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #1
Incline Bench Press 4 8-12 0 secs
Front Shoulder Raises 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #2
Decline Bench Press 4 8-12 0 secs
Side Shoulder Raises 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #3
Shoulder Military Press 4 8-12 0 secs Seated
Standing Shoulder Press 4 8-12 45 secs Alternating Superset #4
Parallel Bar Dips 4 8-12 0 secs
Cable Triceps Pressdown 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #5
Lying Triceps Extensions 4 8-12 0 secs Barbell
OH Triceps Extensions 4 8-12 45 secs Single-Arm Superset #6

2-3 circuits

•Curl-Ups (McGill) (x 15)
•Bicycle Crunches (x 15)
•Side Crunches (x 15)
•Hip-ups (x 15)
•Medicine Ball Twists (x 15)
•Cardio: Treadmill or Elliptical for 30 mins

Sunday and Monday Rest

Tuesday & Saturday - Legs, Back, Biceps

Front Squats 4 8-12 0 secs
Split Squats 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #1
Leg Press 4 8-12 0 secs
Jump Squats 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #2
Walking Lunges 4 8-12 0 secs
Calf Raises 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #3
Barbell Deadlift 4 8-12 0 secs
Alternating Leg Curls 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #4
Pullups 4 8-12 0 secs
Dumbbell Rows 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #5
Lat Pull Downs 4 8-12 0 secs
Seated Pulley Rows 4 8-12 45 secs Superset #6

3 sets each 8-12

•Seated Bicep Curl
•Dumbbell Bicep Curl
•Barbell Bicep Curls
•EZ Bar Curl
•Preacher Curl
•Machine Bicep Curl
•Cardio: Treadmill or Elliptical for 30 mins

Thursday - Full Body

4 rounds of each circuit

8 reps of each circuit

Rest 90 seconds to rest after finishing a circuit

Circuit 1

•Barbell Deadlift
•Power Clean
•Clean and Press
•Hang Snatch
•Push Press

Circuit 2

•Split Squats
•Barbell Bench Press
•Barbell Deadlift
•Inverted Row

Finishers

2-3 sets

6-8 reps

Rest 60 secs between each exercise.

•Cable Bicep Curls
•Seated Chest Press
•Leg Press
•Triceps Pushdown
•Seated Side Lateral Raise


2-3 circuits of 15 reps per exercise:

•Stretching, Foam Roller, Bands and Val Slides
•Curl-Ups (McGill) (x 15)
•Bicycle Crunches (x 15)
•Side Crunches (x 15)
•Hip-ups (x 15)
•Medicine Ball Twists (x 15)
•Cardio: Treadmill or Elliptical for 30 mins


Diet:

Meal 1:
- 2 Eggs
- 8 ounces Egg Whites
- 8oz Almond Milk
-50g Dry oats
- 1 Wheat tortilla or 1 toast

Meal 2:

-8 ounces of Egg Whites
- 8oz Almond Milk
- 5 rice cakes
- 120g banana

Meal 3:
4oz chicken/turkey
1 wheat tortilla
veggies

Meal4:
5oz chicken
300g rice
.75oz almonds or 1oz of cheese
12 oz veggies

Meal 5:

8oz egg whites
8oz almond milk
50g oats
16g nut butter

or (Depends on how much time I have)

100g rice
4oz of chicken

Meal 6:

5oz Chicken or 4oz of beef
100g rice
12oz veggies
.75oz almonds or 1oz cheese

1 cheat meal per week
If I feel like I am starving or am craving something I will have a snack. Usually a protein bar, apple, 4-6 oz of ice cream or a few cookies.

This comes around to about 3000-3200 a day. Cheat meal day I usually skip a meal and I keep it under 4,000 calories for the day. Usually about 3,500. Will add an extra meal if weight is not coming on in a week or two.




Questions:

1. Does anyone have any recommendations as far as when to add an AI?
2. HCG 250IU daily an odd protocol? Usually I hear 500IU every other day.
3. Anyone think I should change anything here?