Maintaining health as you age and it's importance

[BackInTheGame78]

This doesn't get talked about enough on here. As you get older, it becomes much more important to stay in good shape, eat properly and workout to avoid muscle loss which is one of the biggest issues as you age that cause issues.

This is front and center on my mind after my recent blood work results and Styku scans (highly recommended as it precisely tracks body measurements over time via 3D scan which is more important overall than BF% that most people are obsessed about but is much harder to accurately gauge).

Essentially, I left my doctor stunned as he told me that I had the best blood work he had ever seen from someone over age 40 and that it was much closer to that of someone in their early 20s.

Then, my latest Styku scan once again told the same story: my body "shape" which is a combination of various metrics and ratios they use that determine overall fitness levels was in the 99th percentile of people in their 40s and my estimated body fat percentage was in better than 98% of people in their 40s.

This doesn't happen by accident. It's intentional and it happens via consistency day to day. How you train, your activity levels, the amount of time you spend seated, the foods you eat, the amount of sleep you get, etc.

All of these things become amplifies more and more ether older you get and the margin for error with any of these gets less and less.

Currently back down in the mid 170s weight wise but am trading muscle for fat and aggressively recomping the last 2 months per scan results and via noticing look on the mirror...weight was only down about 4.5 lbs, but waist was down 1.5 inches, and size of most body parts actually grew which is extremely hard to do while using weight...body fat estimate was down 2.5% over that time and increase in lean muscle mass was up 2.7%.

Interestingly enough, the wrist roller has been showing significant progress as both forearms grew by .6 inches in only about a month of using it.

Bottom line, if you want to live a long healthy life as you age, it has to be a decision that you make, not something that happens by chance.

 

[Divorced w 3]

You’re on TRT though. While that is spectacular and all the credit in the world to your discipline, let’s give pharmaceuticals their due in this process. The idea that the body can ‘recomp’ naturally is almost entirely impossible.

my brother is built like a tree now. He was telling me the deadlift and squat numbers he was putting up, which I told him were amazing and took me a year of steady work to do……then he told me he’s taking Decadurabolin…..

But again- great job. I’m on my own set of pharmaceuticals too…..ozempic….from that bulk that totally threw my blood sugar and composition off

 

[BackInTheGame78]

You’re on TRT though. While that is spectacular and all the credit in the world to your discipline, let’s give pharmaceuticals their due in this process. The idea that the body can ‘recomp’ naturally is almost entirely impossible.

my brother is built like a tree now. He was telling me the deadlift and squat numbers he was putting up, which I told him were amazing and took me a year of steady work to do……then he told me he’s taking Decadurabolin…..

But again- great job. I’m on my own set of pharmaceuticals too…..ozempic….from that bulk that totally threw my blood sugar and composition off

TRT is nowhere near the boost people think it is. It's not anything close to being on a cycle where your levels are 3-4x or more above normal.

Does it help, yes, but mainly with lowering abdominal fat, that is by far the biggest assist that TRT gives to men, not muscle growth.

And that makes sense. I'm not "adding extra" Testosterone to my body, I'm simply replacing what was not there that should have been there.

That's where the improper framing comes in. My levels of T are simply high normal, which means they are optimized for a male, not steroidal by any stretch of the imagination (in the 950-1050 range) where top of the normal reference range is 1100.

If your brother is claiming those type of gains, he is not on TRT, he is on steroids. I've been on TRT for many years now and have never experienced that. And this is coming from someone that had elite level strength at his peak around age 38-39 (1420 lb Big 3 at 188 lbs) that would have qualified me for powerlifting competitions if I wanted to do that.

Ask him what his levels are and ask to see the blood work if he tells you they are within range, because TRT on its own isn't responsible for that. This is also pretty well documented in studies.

Many people claim they are on TRT but then do "blast and cruise" where they give themselves much higher doses than prescribed for multiple weeks, go back down and then do it again. That's not what is happening here. I am on the same 125mg dose every 5 days of Test C.

 

[RoadKing_Rabbit]

"Move it, or lose it." It's cliche, but true. You also have to remain conscious of what you eat. Gas and stools get a lot more brutal a lot faster north of 35. At least with my genetic make up. And yes sleep. Good pump, good food, good sleep.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

"Move it, or lose it." It's cliche, but true. You also have to remain conscious of what you eat. Gas and stools get a lot more brutal a lot faster north of 35. At least with my genetic make up. And yes sleep. Good pump, good food, good sleep.

The body is nothing if not an optimization machine. If it doesn't need to worry about something, it will aggressively downregulate those processes and divert the resources that were used for that to something else.

That's why muscles atrophy when they don't get used, it's why you become carb resistant when you are on keto diets for a long time, and it's why you get winded going up a flight of stairs when you aren't active regularly.

 

[plumber]

TRT is nowhere near the boost people think it is. It's not anything close to being on a cycle where your levels are 3-4x or more above normal.

Does it help, yes, but mainly with lowering abdominal fat, that is by far the biggest assist that TRT gives to men, not muscle growth.

And that makes sense. I'm not "adding extra" Testosterone to my body, I'm simply replacing what was not there that should have been there.

That's where the improper framing comes in. My levels of T are simply high normal, which means they are optimized for a male, not steroidal by any stretch of the imagination (in the 950-1050 range) where top of the normal reference range is 1100.

If your brother is claiming those type of gains, he is not on TRT, he is on steroids. I've been on TRT for many years now and have never experienced that. And this is coming from someone that had elite level strength at his peak around age 38-39 (1420 lb Big 3 at 188 lbs) that would have qualified me for powerlifting competitions if I wanted to do that.

Ask him what his levels are and ask to see the blood work if he tells you they are within range, because TRT on its own isn't responsible for that. This is also pretty well documented in studies.

Many people claim they are on TRT but then do "blast and cruise" where they give themselves much higher doses than prescribed for multiple weeks, go back down and then do it again. That's not what is happening here. I am on the same 125mg dose every 5 days of Test C.

the big deal with trt is what it does to your mind. without it, you would not be what you are now; mentally. all the motivation and confidence that make you be you would not be. that's the magic. as for body comp your right on about how it helps. i can personally testify that it has a huge impact on muscle growth at the higher end of trt dose... it shows through clearly in your written communications.

 

[plumber]

You’re on TRT though. While that is spectacular and all the credit in the world to your discipline, let’s give pharmaceuticals their due in this process. The idea that the body can ‘recomp’ naturally is almost entirely impossible.

my brother is built like a tree now. He was telling me the deadlift and squat numbers he was putting up, which I told him were amazing and took me a year of steady work to do……then he told me he’s taking Decadurabolin…..

But again- great job. I’m on my own set of pharmaceuticals too…..ozempic….from that bulk that totally threw my blood sugar and composition off

deca is different than trt. you already know that... trt is replacement only. but to be fare to your point, some will replace at a higher level then they ever had before. somewhere around 200mg a week or less is trt. its not something artificial your adding, its something you are born to have and some just do not. think like insulin or diabetes. but in a different dimension of impact. for those that need it, its a game changer and every time the man will wish he learned about it sooner.