Hi Folks, WORTH THE READ
I am new to the forum and excited to introduce myself. As indicated in the title, I am a 22 year old male with no prior PED use. I am 5’11, 175lbs and somewhere between 10-15% body fat.
I was an athlete throughout my childhood as I wrestled for 14 years and played football for 8. I weight trained for about 6 Summers and stayed in shape throughout the school year with sports. The Summer before my senior year in HS, my maxes were:
Bench 265lbs
Hang Clean 275lbs with straps
Squat 405lbs
I did not deadlift in HS but I would conjecture that it was really close to 500lbs.
When I came to college, I discontinued all physical activity. I did not do any additional exercise outside of maintenance. Because of this, I consider myself to be a ‘detrained athlete.’ Let me know if you agree or if I am simply just a beginner again.
It is now just over 5 years later that I decided to get back in to weight training. I have been training for just under 3 months now and have already realized significant results in both strength and hypertrophy. Currently, based on 1RM calculators, my estimated maxes are:
Bench ~210lbs
Hang Clean ~225lbs with straps
Squat ~315lbs
Deadlift ~350lbs
I indulged in some blood work (which is readily accessible to me as I have secondary renal hypertension) about 1.5 weeks ago. Relatively normal bloods despite high-normal levels of AST, ALT, bilirubin, and BUN. Serum creatinine around midpoint of normal range. I speculate these are high simply due to intense resistance training. And yes, I actually do know how to train hard and I actually do train hard. Any and all suggestions on the bloods welcome.
Additionally, I was able to get my free and total testosterone, DHT, total estrogens, cortisol, CRP, and a complete thyroid panel bloods drawn. A short breakdown:
Total T 929 ng/dL, >97.5% of non obese males 19-39 years old
Free T 17.3 pg/mL
Total E 94 pg/mL
DHT 63 ng/dL
Cortisol, CRP, and thyroid panel were good.
That is a lot of info on me but hopefully it will entertain a few. Any and all comments, consideration, concerns, and criticisms are appreciated and welcomed. Lmk if it was actually worth the read haha.
I am new to the forum and excited to introduce myself. As indicated in the title, I am a 22 year old male with no prior PED use. I am 5’11, 175lbs and somewhere between 10-15% body fat.
I was an athlete throughout my childhood as I wrestled for 14 years and played football for 8. I weight trained for about 6 Summers and stayed in shape throughout the school year with sports. The Summer before my senior year in HS, my maxes were:
Bench 265lbs
Hang Clean 275lbs with straps
Squat 405lbs
I did not deadlift in HS but I would conjecture that it was really close to 500lbs.
When I came to college, I discontinued all physical activity. I did not do any additional exercise outside of maintenance. Because of this, I consider myself to be a ‘detrained athlete.’ Let me know if you agree or if I am simply just a beginner again.
It is now just over 5 years later that I decided to get back in to weight training. I have been training for just under 3 months now and have already realized significant results in both strength and hypertrophy. Currently, based on 1RM calculators, my estimated maxes are:
Bench ~210lbs
Hang Clean ~225lbs with straps
Squat ~315lbs
Deadlift ~350lbs
I indulged in some blood work (which is readily accessible to me as I have secondary renal hypertension) about 1.5 weeks ago. Relatively normal bloods despite high-normal levels of AST, ALT, bilirubin, and BUN. Serum creatinine around midpoint of normal range. I speculate these are high simply due to intense resistance training. And yes, I actually do know how to train hard and I actually do train hard. Any and all suggestions on the bloods welcome.
Additionally, I was able to get my free and total testosterone, DHT, total estrogens, cortisol, CRP, and a complete thyroid panel bloods drawn. A short breakdown:
Total T 929 ng/dL, >97.5% of non obese males 19-39 years old
Free T 17.3 pg/mL
Total E 94 pg/mL
DHT 63 ng/dL
Cortisol, CRP, and thyroid panel were good.
That is a lot of info on me but hopefully it will entertain a few. Any and all comments, consideration, concerns, and criticisms are appreciated and welcomed. Lmk if it was actually worth the read haha.
