When should you start noticing the affects of TRT?

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It may take weeks or months to notice any real change. Going from burnt to feeling OK. can take time as well as going from OK to feeling good. And sitting around thinking about it can be less then optimal. Live life and see where you are a month from now than a month or 2 later.
 
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About 1.5 years later I realized my voice got deeper. For the early benefits probably 3-6 months.
 
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Workout on it and it will speed up the delay, what dosage are you taking?


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Workout on it and it will speed up the delay, what dosage are you taking?


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What do you mean speed up delay?
I’m taking .3 ml 2x a week. So 120mg test cyp a week
 
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@Mbb224 any update on the request from eazy?

Why is this so hard to believe? I started trt and after about 2-3 weeks I looked at myself in the mirror like Holy shit. No, I don't have before pictures because I had fallen far from grace and fucking disgusted myself before that.

It's well known that AAS cause increased glycogen storage. That's 10-15 pounds of "muscle mass" really quick once it happens. That is a VERY dramatic difference for most people, and it comes with a good strength boost.
 

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Why is this so hard to believe?
because it doesn't work that quickly.

AAS cause increased glycogen storage
10-15 pounds of "muscle mass"

when I stop eating carbs for 10 days and lose 15lbs of scale weight, when I reintroduce carbs and several days later weigh 10-15lbs more from the glycogen and water from the carbs I did not add any "muscle mass", I added water and glycogen.

inb4 you educate me that glycogen and water make up muscle and therefore should count as muscle mass.
 
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because it doesn't work that quickly.




when I stop eating carbs for 10 days and lose 15lbs of scale weight, when I reintroduce carbs and several days later weigh 10-15lbs more from the glycogen and water from the carbs I did not add any "muscle mass", I added water and glycogen.

inb4 you educate me that glycogen and water make up muscle and therefore should count as muscle mass.

I mean it did for me. I gained 20 pounds within a month. And it LOOKS like muscle mass.

There is significant muscle memory at play here, as well though. So maybe it didn't kick in yet and I'm about to gain 10 more pounds.

Either way there was a dramatic VISUAL change, very quickly a couple pounds a day on the scale during week 3. I guess it wasn't the juice? I can't say I've ever seen my body change like that though.
 

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I mean it did for me. I gained 20 pounds within a month. And it LOOKS like muscle mass.

There is significant muscle memory at play here, as well though. So maybe it didn't kick in yet and I'm about to gain 10 more pounds.

Either way there was a dramatic VISUAL change, very quickly a couple pounds a day on the scale during week 3. I guess it wasn't the juice? I can't say I've ever seen my body change like that though.
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.... To see if having a more stable hormone level changes anything. It may also be better not having any peaks and valleys not that I really have noticed them much.

You notice them in your elevated estradiol levels
 
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There is no reason to take .3ml 2 times a week of testosterone! It doesn't work any different than if you take it once a week.
 

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There is no reason to take .3ml 2 times a week of testosterone! It doesn't work any different than if you take it once a week.

Work differently? No

But level off the peaks and valleys to mitigate potential side effects? It absolutely does.

Daily injections would be even better in that regard.
 

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There are no magic bullets .... but you will slowly feel differently over time - months ... just understand trt is replacement only ... it is a very short road from 200mg per week to 300 400 500 ...as many of here have traveled ... at 25 years old you should be at high national level and if you have low t my recommendation would be replacement only ... hit the gym hard and get more serious and diet and sleep ... your results will be excellent and maintainable over time ...

My recommendation would be do not exceed replacement levels for 2 years minimum as it would not be needed ...
 
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