Quote Originally Posted by Case Manager View Post
If you don't mind me asking, on your dosing schedule, what is the average range for your testosterone? Would attempting to keep mine in the 600-800 range at any given time make sense considering my age (35)? Or is that too high or too low?
Total T range varies tremendously, depending on SHBG. I've discussed this in other threads. The higher your SHBG, the higher will be your Total T for a given dose of T. This is because SHBG protects T from metabolism in the liver, so a given dose of T ester (e.g., T-cyp) will produce higher TT levels in a guy with a SHBG of 70 pf/mL than it will in a guy with 30 pg/mL. I read a doc posting about this in a different forum and my own experiments with SHBG suppression with Winstrol and Anavar support his theory. however, this does not mean that the guy with high TT and high SHBG will be feeling better than the guy with more normal TT and SHBG because the guy with high TT/SHBG will have lower Free T than the guy with more normal TT/SHBG. Again, my own labs and experience support this.

I preface my answer to you because my TT numbers depend on how well I control my SHBG. Typically, when my SHBG is under control (in the 25-35 range with LabCorp test), my TT at my standard dose of about 0.2 to 0.25 mL T-cyp (200 mg/mL) will be around 650 to 900, with Free T generally at the high end of the range. When my SHBG is high (70-80 range), my total T is in the 1200 to 1600 range, but my Free T is only mid-range at best.

So, as you can see, it's not a straight-forward answer and shows the importance of obtaining Free T and SHBG labs in addition to Total T and on making dosing decisions based on Free T.