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TRT
Guys sorry to be flooding the questions, I started Testosterone this week and the injection syringe is 21 gauge. I see there are 25 gauge needles. Does anyone have experience with trying to use smaller needles? I’ve always had a needle phobia but of course I’ll do what I have to for my health.
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Bill- 21gauge is too thick. Go for 25. Draw in and out is a little slower but the syringe is not as wide.
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Another consideration is micro dosing daily with insulin syringes. Discuss with your provider.
Push through
Hey guy, just want encourage you all. So many times this week I didn’t want work out. I had to tell myself push through, even though you don’t feel like it. I am determined to go forward rather than backwards.
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🫵🏻🫵🏻💪🏻💪🏻💯🎯💯
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When you recognize that feeling creeping in and are able to send it back so you can accomplish your goals, the training becomes even more rewarding. 💪🏻💪🏻
📣 Premium Call is locked in for this Tuesday.
Before we get on the call I want to know exactly what you need from me. No generic questions. I want the real ones. The ones you've been sitting on. The ones you haven't been able to find a straight answer to anywhere else. Training plateaus. Bloodwork. Hormones. Recovery. Nutrition. How to structure your week. What to do about that shoulder that won't cooperate. Whatever it ism this is the call to bring it. Drop your question below and I'll make sure we cover it on Tuesday. If I see the same question from multiple men I'll know exactly where to spend our time. What's the one thing you most want answered on Tuesday call? Drop it below. 👇
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Sleep.
I want to talk about the thing most men in this community are not taking seriously enough. Sleep. Not your training. Not your diet. Sleep. I used to have sleep apnea. I was overweight, stressed, and running on fumes. I thought that was just what life felt like after 40. I was wrong. It was what poor recovery felt like, and I was doing it to myself. Here's what I do now. Eyes covered. Mouth taped. Phone down well before I get into bed. I look like a monster, and I wake up recovered. That's the trade I'll take every single time. After 40, your body does not recover the way it used to. That is not negotiable. What you can control is how seriously you protect the window where recovery actually happens. No supplement, no training program, no diet is going to outwork broken sleep. I don't care how perfect your sessions are. If you're sleeping five hours, waking up in the night, or going to bed with your brain still running, you are undermining everything else you're doing. Bad night's sleep? I still go to the gym. But I pull back on the gas. I don't beat myself up about it. I do what I can and I protect tomorrow's sleep even harder. That's the discipline most men ignore. And it's costing them more than they realise. How many hours are you actually sleeping, and is recovery something you're treating as seriously as your training? Drop it below. 👇
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@Robert Mescia see my comments below.. i also hated my cpap
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@Tim Nelson big difference when i got used to mouthtape and breathing out of my nose. Took some training but huge difference now.
Feeling stronger
Since I’ve started following the correct form and tempo and routines to the T though adding the sets and reps Keith recommends for each body part and really focusing on tension, I’m starting to really see gains in size and strength and I can do more at work. There are still some days where I feel beat up because of training and work so I may take a third recovery day. I’m running an Upper Lower split through the Hevy app that it generates. I feel a lot better. Just wondering if it’s ok to add an additional arm exercise like if it only gives one bicep or tricep isolation in an upper day, can i do two, or is one enough because I have two back exercises? Been doing just one for six sets but tomorrow I may do two bicep exercises for four sets each on top of the two back exercises that are five sets each. Does that seem like too much? Only one tricep exercise is planned because there is pressing with shoulders and chest. Not sure why I’m bicep crazy I think I’ve just always wanted larger biceps because they lag behind my triceps. Ok I went off on a tangent. Lol
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Your back exercises are already hitting the biceps hard. Adding that much volume on top could be why you're feeling beat up. Fix the tension and tempo on the one bicep exercise before adding another, most lagging biceps are a mind-muscle connection problem, not a volume problem. 💪🏼
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