42 years old, 2 amazing daughters in elementary school. Primary hypogonadism, LH was cranking almost above reference range and free T was at 7pg/mL bottom of reference range. Balls failed.

I’ve been working out super hard and consist the past 3-4 years, wondering why I wasn’t seeing much visible lean mass gains.

I’m 197lbs at 69” so too fat to start gear, but I was dying from primary hypo and had to start TRT ASAP. Been hypo my entire life most likely.

I’m on Tirzepatide in a recomp. Going to stop focusing so much on building muscle for now until I can cut a deeper deficit and lose this weight. I’m at 160-200g protein/day, whole food exclusively.

I CrossFit/HIFT 5 days week M-F, lift at least 3 days/week. Working on a faster mile run, I’m jogging it at 7:30 now, trying to get under 7 min. Got a garage rack/functional trainer etc so I spend my free time in there. I’m on TRT through my PCP 150mg/week Padagis. My levels most recently were 233 Free, 1033 Total.

I’ll get full labs mid-October. Starting HCT was 43.5, hemoglobin 14.5, Estradiol 19.6, LH 8.5, all lipids and other markers in range besides extreme low ALKP (18). starting Total T was 476 (up from 344 thanks to working out and better sleep), and as I said, starting Free T was 7.5pg/ml!
SHBG 46.5 start, now it’s 34.5

So I’m here to soak up as much as I can, so when I do get to 12% body fat I’ll know what to do. It takes me months of reading to really get a decent understanding so I’m starting here early so I can hit the ground running.

For gear, I’m mostly interested in (at least now knowing so little), NPP and Primo. I desire longevity over size so I will most likely stick with TRT only but I’ll decide once I hang out here enough and get the body fat under 14%. Maybe you guys will change my mind. Or I’ll high tail it the hell out, I dunno!

I probably won’t post much since all of my questions have most likely been answered on the forums here, but I may bounce a few questions here and there or give words of encouragement or reviews.

Thanks for offering this platform and thanks for having me