Recent content by gimpy joe

Ah. Thanks. Searching hpta restart on the forum got me a ton of study material. I wasn't searching for the right terms. I had specifically asked the doc to try some alternatives like aromatase blockers etc. I was basically told that they only do trt and at my age I would regret it later. I...

I got some test labs a month apart. The lab's reference range is 160-726 ng/dl. First one was 116 and a month later 247. I bumped up the test by eating a ton of button mushrooms and adding in zinc, magnesium, vit D and vit C. I was actually surprised it worked, but still not enough to bring...

5'11" 250 lb Probably 28% fat....too fat I want to get back to 200 or so of muscle again. Strength is more important to me than size for longevity purposes. I hurt my back rappelling a few years back. I had a nice 1-2 knockout by getting mono and injuring my knee within a few months of each...

Thanks again. Right now I am drinking 500 calories of protein shakes and a normal dinner to suck weight. :toilet: Two more months of that crap to go.....

Thanks. So would steroid use not speed recovery and strength gains in that situation either? I know they are usually used to gain lean mass. My injury doesn't require me to be that light per se. I just had some nerve damage that atrophied some muscles and made me miserable for a while. It...

Ok... I've read the stickies etc and think that using some chemical help may be a bad idea. Correct me if I am wrong. I have spine injuries that would be improved by a very strong core. I can't make much headway due too poor recovery times from workouts etc. I used to lift weights and run...