Hello everyone, new member here, competes in powerlifiting

[liftingheavy]

Hello, I've been a lurker for a while and finally decided to join . I've decided that I will no longer be natural and am ready to take my lifting to the next level. A little bit about myself.
- I'm 20 years old, 215lbs and I compete in powerlifiting.
- I've been lifting since I was 17 and started competing at 18. I injured my back (bulging disc) and it took me over a year before I could deadlift over 500 again.
- My current squat is about 560, Bench is around 330, and deadlift around 575.

I recently had blood work done and found out my free testosterone is 399 Ng/Dl. It worries me that my testosterone is so low for my age and since I am a powerlifter testosterone is extremely important. I am turning 21 next month and will probably start my cycle once I hit a 1500lb+ total in competition.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
Thanks

 

[Megatron28]

Welcome. I would wait until you are older to cycle. And get your Natty T fixed. You should look into why it is so low.

 

[liftingheavy]

Thanks! I actually have no idea why my T levels are so low. I did only get about 4 hours of sleep the night before I got my blood work done. I only get about 4-6 hours of sleep on average, but I doubt that it would decrease my testosterone that significantly.

 

[Megatron28]

Really? I though most of one's testosterone was produced while sleeping. Sleep would probably have a huge impact on your TT. Gotta start taking care of yourself.

 

[leftnutswole]

Yea, sleep it huge. Wait some time and try and figure that shit out then consider starting aas. Read as much as you can and of course welcome to the forums.