A Man’s Guide to TRT: Everything You Need to Know - Gameday Men's Health

A MAN’S GUIDE TO TRT: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Testosterone levels naturally decrease as men age, so maintaining healthy testosterone levels is imperative for ensuring longevity and wellness. There are many reasons testosterone is so intensively researched, with findings demonstrating that this key steroid hormone has a multitude of anabolic properties in the human body.

For example, research shows that testosterone potently inhibits amino acid oxidation and increases skeletal muscle protein synthesis.[1] In layman’s terms, this means testosterone helps maintain (and build) lean body mass. If you’re not seeing results in the gym despite a proper diet plan and exercise regimen, you might have low T.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg…

Testosterone is quite literally what makes a man masculine. Hair growth, muscular size, jawline shape, voice pitch, libido, confidence, metabolism, bone density, the list goes on – it’s all related to testosterone in some capacity. As such, testosterone is characterized as an anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS).

Similar to human growth hormone (HGH), a myriad of factors affect your endogenous production of testosterone – positively or negatively. These factors typically include:

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