steroids/ age and testosterone levels

[DTL]

Thanks for the info and the link.

 

[James Maddox]

Well, I don't care what your age is. All males after they stop growing should be put on testosterone replacement therapy because their test. levels are like half what they are supposed to be for their age group. Reason: So called evironmental estrogens reducing their testosterone level. (polution)

 

[Keep it beefy]

But in terms of averages, the under 25 cohort seems to be higher?? Am I missing something?

no, you're right. but i don't think there is a steady decline until around 30. who knows....

 

[Realgains]

I am 40 and I just got my test level done....it's 550! GREAT! My doc said that their are 60 and 70 year olds with normal test levels and that not all men experience a decline affter 40-45. He told me that his test level was 575 last time he checked and he is 53!

I think one reason, other than youth, that young guys gain better than guys over 35 is because the very young are nowhere near there maximum natural size(in general) Many of us old guys He he he, that have been training for many years are nearly maxed out and then, of course, gains will be slower.

 

[steel_dog]

Since I am a rip age of 46, sometimes more ripe than others, I have been doing research on Andropause. I think it would be safe to say that the overall greatest gains in bodyweight on a percentage basis is during the teen years when you have both high GH levels coupled with high testosterone levels. Teen girls have high GH but not the test. therfore they grow taller but (usually) not thicker. Then after the GH slows down we continue to develop muscle hypertropy through weight training. If the adolescent will do weight training in these prime years then the base is there for greater gains later. (the steel_dog theory of athletic development)