My concerns re doing TRT with high body fat.

[Youthful55guy]

No. Never take a drug "just in case." Base everything in the TRT world on blood work.

I couldn't agree with this more!

I find in these forums that guys who begin TRT are paranoid to the nth degree about the evil E word. They then jump off the cliff when their nipples become a little more sensitive. GUYS NEED ESTROGEN TOO. Without it, you cannot have a normal erection. If you start popping anastrozol (or any other E2 inhibitor) without proper labs, you are shooting in the dark. The goal of TRT is to move your hormones back into normal physiologic ranges. That may mean that your estrogen goes up a little and, yes, that may make your nipples a little more reactive. But is that good or bad? It's good (and even pleasurable) if its part of hormone readjustment to a more normal range. It's only bad if you start developing female breast tissue. The only way you are going to know if the early signs are good or bad is with proper labs.

Estrogen gets such a bad rap because of bodybuilder abuses of the hormone. If you shoot ridiculously high levels of T (and BTW, your dose is approaching that), you may indeed have conversion issues and that may put you at risk of gynecomastia. However, you have to remember that in the BB world, they often stack hormones without a lot of thought into how they might interact. Some hormones have progesterone-like effects, when progesterone is elevated along with elevated E2, the risk of gynecomastia (a really bad case) increases considerably. The two hormones work synergistically to cause development of breast tissue. here again, this is from BB abuse of the hormones and does not apply to us, yet the fear carries over to these forums as "Bro Science".

My advice: 1) Lower your dose to closer to 100 mg per week and do in in divided doses; 2) Follow this up in about 6 weeks with a full set of labs (including E2) and make a decision on whether you need to do a dose adjustment or add an estrogen inhibitor (or blocker); and 3) follow up with regular labs (I generally recommend every 6 months) and adjust from there.

[anoxicblaze]

I couldn't agree with this more!

I find in these forums that guys who begin TRT are paranoid to the nth degree about the evil E word. They then jump off the cliff when their nipples become a little more sensitive. GUYS NEED ESTROGEN TOO. Without it, you cannot have a normal erection. If you start popping anastrozol (or any other E2 inhibitor) without proper labs, you are shooting in the dark. The goal of TRT is to move your hormones back into normal physiologic ranges. That may mean that your estrogen goes up a little and, yes, that may make your nipples a little more reactive. But is that good or bad? It's good (and even pleasurable) if its part of hormone readjustment to a more normal range. It's only bad if you start developing female breast tissue. The only way you are going to know if the early signs are good or bad is with proper labs.

Estrogen gets such a bad rap because of bodybuilder abuses of the hormone. If you shoot ridiculously high levels of T (and BTW, your dose is approaching that), you may indeed have conversion issues and that may put you at risk of gynecomastia. However, you have to remember that in the BB world, they often stack hormones without a lot of thought into how they might interact. Some hormones have progesterone-like effects, when progesterone is elevated along with elevated E2, the risk of gynecomastia (a really bad case) increases considerably. The two hormones work synergistically to cause development of breast tissue. here again, this is from BB abuse of the hormones and does not apply to us, yet the fear carries over to these forums as "Bro Science".

My advice: 1) Lower your dose to closer to 100 mg per week and do in in divided doses; 2) Follow this up in about 6 weeks with a full set of labs (including E2) and make a decision on whether you need to do a dose adjustment or add an estrogen inhibitor (or blocker); and 3) follow up with regular labs (I generally recommend every 6 months) and adjust from there.

Thanks. I will just wait four weeks until my blood test. My original plan. Hopefully I won't have breasts and thick blood in just six weeks of TRT.


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[anoxicblaze]

I couldn't agree with this more!

I find in these forums that guys who begin TRT are paranoid to the nth degree about the evil E word. They then jump off the cliff when their nipples become a little more sensitive. GUYS NEED ESTROGEN TOO. Without it, you cannot have a normal erection. If you start popping anastrozol (or any other E2 inhibitor) without proper labs, you are shooting in the dark. The goal of TRT is to move your hormones back into normal physiologic ranges. That may mean that your estrogen goes up a little and, yes, that may make your nipples a little more reactive. But is that good or bad? It's good (and even pleasurable) if its part of hormone readjustment to a more normal range. It's only bad if you start developing female breast tissue. The only way you are going to know if the early signs are good or bad is with proper labs.

Estrogen gets such a bad rap because of bodybuilder abuses of the hormone. If you shoot ridiculously high levels of T (and BTW, your dose is approaching that), you may indeed have conversion issues and that may put you at risk of gynecomastia. However, you have to remember that in the BB world, they often stack hormones without a lot of thought into how they might interact. Some hormones have progesterone-like effects, when progesterone is elevated along with elevated E2, the risk of gynecomastia (a really bad case) increases considerably. The two hormones work synergistically to cause development of breast tissue. here again, this is from BB abuse of the hormones and does not apply to us, yet the fear carries over to these forums as "Bro Science".

My advice: 1) Lower your dose to closer to 100 mg per week and do in in divided doses; 2) Follow this up in about 6 weeks with a full set of labs (including E2) and make a decision on whether you need to do a dose adjustment or add an estrogen inhibitor (or blocker); and 3) follow up with regular labs (I generally recommend every 6 months) and adjust from there.

You think 150mg a week (75mgx2) is approaching "ridiculously high levels"? I have to disagree.


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[Youthful55guy]

You think 150mg a week (75mgx2) is approaching "ridiculously high levels"? I have to disagree.

I commend you for breaking that up into smaller twice weekly doses. That decision will minimize hormone spikes and the possibility of excessive aromatization. However, yes, I do believe that 150 mg per week is too high of a starting dose. I believe that the best approach to starting TRT is to start low and work up as labs dictate. It takes about 6 weeks for your endocrine system to adjust to a dose alteration and come to a new equilibrium. I believe that 50 mg twice weekly is a better choice as a starting dose.

Hope it all works out for you. Looks like you are doing your research.

[jwh7699]

Like said above you're "You are never too fat for TrT. If you need test you need test."

Having normal Hormone levels can help you Physically as well as Mentally.

Having a high BF% can convert more Test to Estrogen, but if you don't do TRT then it's converting it when your Testosterone level is very low compared to when it's Higher with injections.

I do 70mg of Test C 2 x a week. IMO your Test dosing is fine.

Personally I would stop the AI.

Having a higher than average Estrogen level is not going to hurt you for the short term, it's better than taking an AI and stopping your E2 level entirely.

I recently did that. Took .40 mg of Arimidex 2 x a week (I take the liquid kind) and my last E2 blood work 2 weeks ago was a 2 .

I stopped the Arimidex and will wait a few weeks and get blood work done to see where it is at.

Personally I would continue with your current Test Dose, stop the AI. Get your Total T, Free T, Estradiol - Sensitive, and Hematocrit levels checked in a few weeks and then adjust accordingly.