exercise

hey all, I am 8 weeks out and doing well just started exercising at a gym, 15 mins on treadmil then streching and weights, then 15 more on treadmil ,4-5 x per week.  on lots of vits... but wonder abought supplements for increasing testosterone and also hgh... do they help or work?   thanks for all your help! phil p.s. also a fart....go my seat belt in car on today, first time in years!!!!!!!!!wow!!!!!!!!

Actually foods and training methods are said to help. Eating flax and later, nuts. Also, using heavy weights (3-5 reps to failure), compound vs. isolation exercises, and resting 3 minutes between sets are supposed to do it. Be careful though, your testosterone could get *too* high. Might be good to get free testosterone tested.

Dave

thanks, been told most of us in our 40's ect... have low testosterone and that it helps but don't want to take a boster unless this is true,  thanks  phil

It's pretty easy to get your free testosterone and gh tested at a unrologist's. Don't want to get too much of either.

Dave

Lift heavy...lots of heavy squats and deadlifts. Relly, that will pump up the test...so much that the trees in your yard will look attractive :)  I had a low test problem a while ago and at the same time had just started a heavy lifting program.  Now..my wife gets angry and tells me to go away. :)  ..well..she did that before too, but now its for different reasons :)

Congrats on the Fart.  Just take it slow on the exercise.  At 8 weeks I was still pretty week overall.  It gets better every day. Congrats!

As you start to lose the fat, you testosterone levels should naturally come up.  Fat stores estrogene hormones, hence the reason that most men that have WLS feel like they are PMSing for the first 3 or 4 months.   If they don't come up by themselves there are several products on the market that claim to raise testosterone levels...unfortunately they are like Weight loss pills...they really just dont' work.   It is very easy though to get your levels up....go to your PCP, and he can give you testosterone patches or a gel you rub on your chest a couple of times a day.  If that fails, you can get injections.  They have to be done about once a month.  Scott