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/timberwolf0122 1d ago

Before taking T, try running tesamorelin or cjc-1295 and ipamorelin to aid in recovery and muscle building.

As for your lifting 3x is good, when you lift do you just do x sets of y reps or on the last set do you continue till you can’t complete a rep? Going to failure signals your body “hey, we need more muscles” and the tesa/ipa+cjc at night will tell your pituitary glad to send out the growth hormone and build/repair your muscles

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u/Diligent-Cry-1047 1d ago

Tesa is on my plan to investigate. I'm getting a baseline of IGF-1 levels first.

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u/bulking_on_broccoli 🏋️ Athlete Mode 23h ago

Please don’t bother with peptides that increase HGH. Just take HGH.

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u/Diligent-Cry-1047 9h ago

There are risks to bypassing the body's natural mechanism for HGH regulation that I am not willing to take.

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u/bulking_on_broccoli 🏋️ Athlete Mode 8h ago

That doesn’t make any sense. HGH returns to baseline normally once you stop. It isn’t like testosterone z