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<blockquote data-quote="S1W" data-source="post: 140379" data-attributes="member: 16947"><p><a href="https://www.muscleforlife.com/how-testosterone-levels-affect-muscle-growth-and-fat-loss/" target="_blank">How Testosterone Levels Affect Muscle Growth and Fat Loss</a></p><p></p><p>According to this article, movement within the range physiological range does not significantly affect muscle growth:</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">"What researchers found was that so long as testosterone levels were within the physiological normal range, <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003707.htm" target="_blank">between 300-1,000 ng/dl</a>, muscle growth didn’t change very much. That is, the subjects on the low end of normal weren’t that far behind subjects on the high end in terms of muscle growth.</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">A </span>statistically significant</em> <em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">increase in muscle growth wasn’t seen until testosterone levels surpassed the top of “normal” by about 20-30%."</span></em></p><p></p><p>The same article states that movement within the physiological ranges <em>is</em> positively correlated with fat loss:</p><p></p><p><em>"Unlike muscle growth, researchers at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science did find that fluctuations of testosterone within the physiological normal range had significant effects on body fat percentage.</em></p><p></p><p><em>The higher the testosterone levels, the leaner subjects were. And conversely, the lower the testosterone levels, the fatter they were. When researchers decreased certain subjects’ testosterone levels from the baseline average of 600 ng/dl to around 300 ng/dl, they saw a dramatic 36% increase in fat mass."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S1W, post: 140379, member: 16947"] [URL='https://www.muscleforlife.com/how-testosterone-levels-affect-muscle-growth-and-fat-loss/']How Testosterone Levels Affect Muscle Growth and Fat Loss[/URL] According to this article, movement within the range physiological range does not significantly affect muscle growth: [I][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]"What researchers found was that so long as testosterone levels were within the physiological normal range, [URL='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003707.htm']between 300-1,000 ng/dl[/URL], muscle growth didn’t change very much. That is, the subjects on the low end of normal weren’t that far behind subjects on the high end in terms of muscle growth.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]A [/COLOR]statistically significant[/I] [I][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]increase in muscle growth wasn’t seen until testosterone levels surpassed the top of “normal” by about 20-30%."[/COLOR][/I] The same article states that movement within the physiological ranges [I]is[/I] positively correlated with fat loss: [I]"Unlike muscle growth, researchers at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science did find that fluctuations of testosterone within the physiological normal range had significant effects on body fat percentage.[/I] [I]The higher the testosterone levels, the leaner subjects were. And conversely, the lower the testosterone levels, the fatter they were. When researchers decreased certain subjects’ testosterone levels from the baseline average of 600 ng/dl to around 300 ng/dl, they saw a dramatic 36% increase in fat mass."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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