Test & muscle fatigue

[busyrhino7]

My husband has been pinning between 150 to 200 mg of testosterone each week spilt in two doses. He is in really good shape & has been racing quad (ATV) in woods racing for probably 15 years now. Well ever since he started pinning Test, he said his whole body is getting tight, sore, muscle fatigue, arm pumps, during the race. He had bloodwork done last week & we have most of the results except test (I believe). He has gained about 20 pounds of muscle since pinning it as well. The weight gain is not really a big deal but the muscle fatigue, etc during racing is. Can any of you help guide me in the right direction to help him? He is enjoying the other benefits of it but willing to stop if this can’t be fixed or offset with something to eliminate this from happening. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Liter O' Test]

was his estrogen tested?

 

[CorgisOnTren]

Are you going to post the bloodwork or?…

 

[Benf15harp]

My husband has been pinning between 150 to 200 mg of testosterone each week spilt in two doses. He is in really good shape & has been racing quad (ATV) in woods racing for probably 15 years now. Well ever since he started pinning Test, he said his whole body is getting tight, sore, muscle fatigue, arm pumps, during the race. He had bloodwork done last week & we have most of the results except test (I believe). He has gained about 20 pounds of muscle since pinning it as well. The weight gain is not really a big deal but the muscle fatigue, etc during racing is. Can any of you help guide me in the right direction to help him? He is enjoying the other benefits of it but willing to stop if this can’t be fixed or offset with something to eliminate this from happening. Thanks in advance for the help.

Reduce to 100mg weekly and report back to me in 2 weeks

 

[Astartes]

Doubtful he gained 20 lbs muscle without serious lifting. Probably 15%-30% muscle and rest is water weight and some adipose tissue.

Yes … cramping is normal when your muscles are more full of water. Pumps can be downright painful on high rep exercises and riding a quad for extended periods is basically a light form of endurance sports

 

[Deezznutzz]

Being more muscular sucks for some sports. My TRT Dr said a patient quit trt because the added muscle hurt his bicycle racing. Being lighter and smaller was an advantage.

 

[Trainedbytylerlofthouse19]

My husband has been pinning between 150 to 200 mg of testosterone each week spilt in two doses. He is in really good shape & has been racing quad (ATV) in woods racing for probably 15 years now. Well ever since he started pinning Test, he said his whole body is getting tight, sore, muscle fatigue, arm pumps, during the race. He had bloodwork done last week & we have most of the results except test (I believe). He has gained about 20 pounds of muscle since pinning it as well. The weight gain is not really a big deal but the muscle fatigue, etc during racing is. Can any of you help guide me in the right direction to help him? He is enjoying the other benefits of it but willing to stop if this can’t be fixed or offset with something to eliminate this from happening. Thanks in advance for the help.

I actually had the same as this with a guy here in the UK, he like to race his Motox on a Sunday and through the week he was a bricklayer.. Constantly complaining about arm and leg pump during racing..

I tell him you must get the blood flowing first before the race.. If its forearm pump have you man take a very light dumbell with him and before getting on his atv he is to do forearm curls for 5-10mins, not enough to tax the muscle just simply to get blow flowing.. Same can be applied for leg pump, have him either bodyweight squat or do some walking lunges before he races..

We also found that strength training 4-5 days a week helped massively with his control of the machine.. Building strength in his legs stopped these pumps for occurring.. And although improving all of his lifts massively we managed to keep weight gain to only 2kg..

 

[lilhawk]

Increased blood volume, glycogen storage, and nitrogen retention form using test. This is normal and what happens when using test. Not much you can do about it as pretty much any form of activity will give the pumped feeling. Hell washing your hair will give you a pump. If he’s cramping maybe try some Taurine, otherwise if it’s too bothersome he will just have to deal with it or come off test.