Testosterone
20 mg daily
Prescribed by a doctor for a total of 140 mg per week. Daily dosing is often discussed for steadier levels, smaller peaks and troughs, and easier symptom tracking compared with less frequent dosing schedules.Testosterone Stack
Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT)
This page lists a prescribed testosterone routine for educational context only. It is not medical advice, personal advice, a protocol, or a recommendation.
Current Testosterone Stack
Physician prescribed testosterone replacement therapy.
Hormone Replacement
TRT is used to replace testosterone when a man has clinically diagnosed low or absent testosterone and an appropriate medical reason. Testosterone supports libido, sexual function, mood, energy, red blood cell production, bone health, muscle tissue, and overall androgen signaling.Training And Recovery
When testosterone is medically replaced into an appropriate range, some men notice better training drive, recovery, muscle retention, strength progress, and body composition support. These effects depend on labs, sleep, nutrition, training, stress, and overall health.Labs And Monitoring
TRT should be monitored with labs and clinician follow up. Common areas to watch include total testosterone, free testosterone, estradiol, SHBG, CBC, hematocrit, lipids, blood pressure, PSA when appropriate, symptoms, side effects, and fertility goals.Monitoring Labs
Labs checked every 12 weeks.
These are the labs used for monitoring TRT, peptide protocols, supplements, and overall health markers over time.
Complete Blood Count
Looks at: Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and red blood cell size markers.
Can help identify: Helps monitor oxygen carrying capacity, immune patterns, platelet status, anemia patterns, infection or inflammation clues, and elevated hematocrit. On TRT, hematocrit and hemoglobin are especially important because testosterone can increase red blood cell production.
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
Looks at: Glucose, calcium, electrolytes, kidney markers, liver enzymes, bilirubin, albumin, and total protein.
Can help identify: Helps monitor kidney stress, liver stress, hydration and electrolyte balance, blood sugar patterns, protein status, and broad metabolic health. This is useful when tracking TRT, peptides, supplements, training load, hydration, and overall recovery.
Prostate Specific Antigen Panel
Looks at: PSA related markers used to monitor prostate activity and changes over time.
Can help identify: Helps flag prostate inflammation, enlargement patterns, or changes that may need clinician review. PSA does not diagnose cancer by itself, but it can help decide whether follow up testing or a urology conversation is needed, especially during TRT monitoring.
Cholesterol And Triglycerides
Looks at: Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, and sometimes calculated VLDL or non HDL cholesterol.
Can help identify: Helps monitor cardiovascular risk patterns, plaque risk context, triglyceride control, HDL trends, and how nutrition, training, body composition, TRT, and supplements may be affecting blood lipids over time.
Free, Total, Bioavailable, And SHBG
Looks at: Total testosterone, free testosterone, bioavailable testosterone, and sex hormone binding globulin.
Can help identify: Helps show both the total amount of testosterone and how much may be available to tissues. SHBG matters because it binds testosterone and can change how total testosterone lines up with symptoms. This panel helps judge whether dosing, frequency, absorption, and hormone balance are landing where intended.
Sensitive Estradiol Testing
Looks at: Estradiol using a more sensitive method often preferred for lower male ranges.
Can help identify: Helps monitor aromatization and estrogen balance. Estradiol can affect libido, mood, water retention, nipple sensitivity, joint comfort, body composition, bone health, and cardiovascular context. The number has to be interpreted with symptoms and the rest of the hormone panel.
DHEA Or DHEA-S
Looks at: DHEA related adrenal androgen status, commonly measured as DHEA-S because it is more stable.
Can help identify: Helps evaluate adrenal androgen reserve and the upstream hormone environment that can feed into testosterone and estrogen pathways. It can provide context for energy, libido, stress resilience, mood, and whether DHEA supplementation is pushing levels too high or still leaving them low.
Insulin Like Growth Factor 1
Looks at: IGF-1, a more stable marker that reflects growth hormone pathway activity.
Can help identify: Helps monitor growth hormone signaling context, which is relevant when discussing GH secretagogues or tesamorelin. It can help identify whether GH pathway activity looks low, high, or outside the intended range, while remembering that IGF-1 can be influenced by nutrition, liver health, insulin status, age, and disease states.
Pituitary Prolactin Marker
Looks at: Prolactin, a hormone released by the pituitary gland.
Can help identify: Helps evaluate a possible contributor to low libido, erectile issues, fertility problems, mood changes, and broader pituitary signaling concerns. Elevated prolactin can happen from medications, stress, thyroid issues, kidney or liver disease, or pituitary causes, so abnormal results need clinician interpretation.
Glucose And Insulin Metabolic Markers
Looks at: Markers such as fasting glucose, fasting insulin, A1C, and calculated insulin resistance scores depending on the panel ordered.
Can help identify: Helps identify insulin resistance, blood sugar control, metabolic health trends, and early warning signs that may not show up from weight alone. This is useful when tracking body composition, waist size, visceral fat, nutrition, sleep, training, TRT, peptides, and cardiovascular risk context.
Testosterone is a prescription medication and can carry meaningful risks. Everything on this page is for education and research purposes only. It is never medical advice, personal advice, a protocol, or a recommendation. TRT decisions should be made with a qualified medical professional using proper diagnosis, lab work, monitoring, contraindication review, and individual health history.