I always get great help here . . . I'm 69 and have been on TRT for 1.5 years. I love it, it helps me exercise hard and I have much less aches and pains and fatigue than I used to. During that time I went from a sloppy 250lbs to a hard 215lbs (I'm 6'3).
In December last year shortly after a bad bout of Covid I had a TIA and the doctors said that I had AFib. I was also on a higher dose of T at that time. Was the TIA related to my T use? We'll never know. They put me on lifetime Apixaban blood thinners to prevent blood clots.
I now have my T dose down pat and feel really good. I don't feel any symptoms of AFib; it's almost as if I don't have it anymore, but that's likely wrong. I exercise hard, often going very close to failure. That worries my wife, and given my history I guess I can't blame her. My difficult question - does pushing the weights hard worsen the AFib condition? Will it make it worse over the years? Is there someone in a similar position as me?
And if I back off from the training intensity, can I continue my physical development? Most of what I hear suggests that you're really only building muscle during those last few gut wrenching reps.
Second, Covid left me with what the doctors call "adult onset asthma". Unless I inhale a hit of corticosteroid before going to bed, I'll end up coughing all night. I inhale once and it's all fine . . . but I hear that a corticosteroid can prevent building muscle. Is that true or a myth? The doctors suggested that I inhale 4 times daily; I only do the once . . . Many thanks!
In December last year shortly after a bad bout of Covid I had a TIA and the doctors said that I had AFib. I was also on a higher dose of T at that time. Was the TIA related to my T use? We'll never know. They put me on lifetime Apixaban blood thinners to prevent blood clots.
I now have my T dose down pat and feel really good. I don't feel any symptoms of AFib; it's almost as if I don't have it anymore, but that's likely wrong. I exercise hard, often going very close to failure. That worries my wife, and given my history I guess I can't blame her. My difficult question - does pushing the weights hard worsen the AFib condition? Will it make it worse over the years? Is there someone in a similar position as me?
And if I back off from the training intensity, can I continue my physical development? Most of what I hear suggests that you're really only building muscle during those last few gut wrenching reps.
Second, Covid left me with what the doctors call "adult onset asthma". Unless I inhale a hit of corticosteroid before going to bed, I'll end up coughing all night. I inhale once and it's all fine . . . but I hear that a corticosteroid can prevent building muscle. Is that true or a myth? The doctors suggested that I inhale 4 times daily; I only do the once . . . Many thanks!
