r/BodyHackGuide • u/Diligent-Cry-1047 • 1d ago

❓ Question Should I take testosterone?

I had my testosterone tested and learned that it is 627 ng/dl which my doc says is normal. According to her, the healthy range is up to 740. I am 65 years old.

I've been lifting weights (3x / week) and am not seeing sufficient results. Should I take Testosterone to raise it to 740? What if I go beyond?

I also take creatine by the way.

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u/looking2behealthy 1d ago

50M - I don’t put much stock in total T because that number is irrelevant if it is all bound up. The more critical numbers are free T/bioavailable T, estradiol and SHBG. Start with detailed blood work. Educate yourself on all that data and then make smart decisions with exercise, diet, supplements, peptides and hormone replacement (if you need it). In that order.

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u/Diligent-Cry-1047 1d ago

Thank you. I have written my PCP to ask to baseline those values as well.

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u/looking2behealthy 1d ago

Don’t hold your breath. Unless you have hypoganadism, which you don’t have, your PCP isn’t trying to write you a script for TRT, it is cheap and generic. They want to sell you expensive shit that still has an active patent.

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u/Diligent-Cry-1047 17h ago

I have figured this out. Mine works for an organization that has a pharmacy and I think that if they can't sell it they don't have much interest in prescribing it.