posted Sun, 03/01/2026 - 13:16
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First “cycle” bloodwork, help interpret?
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This is 6 weeks in on 240mg pharmaqo E300 from Pmroids. Is my total test so low because of the low SHBG? I didn’t want to share allll the results but if there’s anything else to help understand this just ask.
My total test natty was 460.
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250 put me at 896 total test at my last bloodtest 4 days after my last injection. 500 usually puts me in the 2-2500 range depends on the brand really. You also have to remember you're not getting 240mgs of test. By the time the ester is broken down you have 168mg/ week. The same dose of test prop broken into eod shots will give you a higher level.
Looks about right for 240 mg. Everyone responds differently, so comparing numbers directly doesn’t mean much. For example, I hit around 2000 total on 250 mg, but that does not make someone else’s numbers wrong. Individual metabolism, clearance, SHBG, and timing of pin to test all matter.
SHBG does not lower total test. It just determines how much is bound versus free. With SHBG at 10, you would expect a higher percentage of free and bioavailable testosterone at a given total, which is exactly what your labs show.
Total around 900 with very high free and bio T makes physiological sense for someone with low SHBG. Nothing looks off here.
Appreciate the insight gentlemen! Kinda salty 240mg just gets me TRT lmfao.
Do you guys have any recommendations of where to go from here? I was more so hoping for super physiological levels to help with the cut I'm on but I do plan on being on it as long as possible (20+ weeks) as I have 35 pounds to lose. Just in terms of fat loss and anti-catobolic help 1500ish levels would be more beneficial, bump up to 350 a week? @Petecastiglione
The most important number is free test. Fuck everything else. And you will be healthy longer with total test below 1100
I’d say that’s a respectable dose to hold onto muscle as you drop, but I’m not sure if it’s really needed being your free test is pretty fucking high
I second this! It’s all about free test and somewhat about bio availability! Total test doesn’t do shit for growth. Focus on free that’s what really matters!
Na that’s about right. It’s not “low” for the dose imo. I don’t think total test and shbg have any correlation in terms of the final result of your total test score. Only thing shbg does in this case is dictate how much testosterone is actually bioavailable, which translates to your free test score, which evidently is high due to the low shbg. Bloods make sense and are good
The lower SHBG will actually help your Test numbers. SHBG clings to androgen receptors preventing Test from doing so.
This is wrong.
SHBG binds testosterone in the bloodstream. It does not bind or block androgen receptors. Lower SHBG increases the percentage of free hormone, it does not interfere with receptor binding.
Sorry, I meant it makes the Test molecules inactive so that they cannot cling to AR Receptors. Apologies brother.
Raises free test, but lowers total