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<blockquote data-quote="AustinSteve" data-source="post: 106962" data-attributes="member: 18348"><p>Howdy, y'all, long time listener, first-time caller.</p><p></p><p>Lemme set the stage: I'm 50, a former motocross rider, banged up a lot in extremity joints from various forms of crashing. Never been on TRT.</p><p></p><p>All my life my weight's been kind of a yo-yo. Lost ~125 lbs once (304 to 179), then gained it back over the years, mostly due to (undiagnosed) depression and alcohol. I don't know if low T caused the depression, or quitting riding caused the depression with a side-effect of low T. Anyway, I've lost ~35-55 lbs a few times in my life, and I respond pretty well to exercise. I can get my HR to max on an elliptical, I get about 45min a day at or past theoretical max (220-age) doing S(uper) HIIT, two minutes 'on' and two minutes 'off'. When the weightloss starts to flatten, I add 12-20 min of flat out max effort resistance cycling, and that usually picks the rate the weight comes off back up. I can usually hold a 0.35-0.4 lb/day rate for ~8 months before something (work travel, usually) comes up to sort of punt me out of the zone.</p><p></p><p>The problem is, I'm 50. And I want the weight gain/loss cycle to end, at the loss end.</p><p></p><p>Now, my question... </p><p></p><p>Should I hold off to start TRT until I'm near my ideal/goal weight (5'10.75", target BMI is 24.6 @ 175lb)? Or, start TRT and have more-effective workouts and (should I expect to) drop weight faster?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AustinSteve, post: 106962, member: 18348"] Howdy, y'all, long time listener, first-time caller. Lemme set the stage: I'm 50, a former motocross rider, banged up a lot in extremity joints from various forms of crashing. Never been on TRT. All my life my weight's been kind of a yo-yo. Lost ~125 lbs once (304 to 179), then gained it back over the years, mostly due to (undiagnosed) depression and alcohol. I don't know if low T caused the depression, or quitting riding caused the depression with a side-effect of low T. Anyway, I've lost ~35-55 lbs a few times in my life, and I respond pretty well to exercise. I can get my HR to max on an elliptical, I get about 45min a day at or past theoretical max (220-age) doing S(uper) HIIT, two minutes 'on' and two minutes 'off'. When the weightloss starts to flatten, I add 12-20 min of flat out max effort resistance cycling, and that usually picks the rate the weight comes off back up. I can usually hold a 0.35-0.4 lb/day rate for ~8 months before something (work travel, usually) comes up to sort of punt me out of the zone. The problem is, I'm 50. And I want the weight gain/loss cycle to end, at the loss end. Now, my question... Should I hold off to start TRT until I'm near my ideal/goal weight (5'10.75", target BMI is 24.6 @ 175lb)? Or, start TRT and have more-effective workouts and (should I expect to) drop weight faster? Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
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