What exactly is Free T needed for, Training or recovery?

[marcdim]

I need someone pretty knowlegable about biology to answer this.

For growth, is free T needed for the lifting itself, or recovery of the muscle to make it grow?

The reason I ask is because I think it would be a good idea to boost SHBG to get a higher steady state of T in the blood, then when free T is needed, take a dose of sugar to unbind the T from the SHBG.

If you don't know the specific biological response don't bother saying "your stupid" lol. Wait mabye do say that so it keeps getting bumped .

 

[SolomonGrundy]

Manliness , and really its no joke, total t, when bound to shbg is waisted and can not be used to produce lean muscle growth, or stimulate libido

 

[marcdim]

The fact remains though that you can get your total T higher with it bound, then with it not bound. SHBG prevents T breakdown. Also, when you take in glucose or fructose it unbinds temporarily.

Yes I know this flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but if we get our T higher by letting it be bound with SHBG, then cause it to unbind right when we need it, we could see bigger gains than ever before theoretically.

I am on aromatase inhibitors so I'm extra sensitive to the effect, but I drank a sprite and got a hard-on for three hours from it lol.

 

[marcdim]

here is a good article on the relation between T3 and T mindandmuscle.net/articles/the-effects-of-hyperthyroidism-on-testosterone-levels/