r/UKTRT

Advice on ar home tests price and service. Uk based

Hi, wondering if there are any other endurance athletes on here, I.e triathlon/running long distance.

I’ve been given the bad news that my test is low, and it sort of makes sense following the side affects I’ve had for a few years.

6.7nmol to be exact at the prime age of 33.

My question is, has anyone had or has currently got any experience of being on TRT and Reta while training for an Ironman or similar?

Doc is stating my beginning dose will be 110mg of testosterone cypionate, recheck my test in 3 months , and if it’s moving well, that’ll be the sticking dose for a while.

Will this hinder my progress in terms of endurance?, will I build muscle training like this?, or will I need to/should I add in strength training to reap the benefits of the Reta and TRT?

Thanks.

Hey guys l, I am on trt and have just been to the specialist who told me I need to stop trt for atleast 6 months in order to get microtestes done. I've also been told I need to lose weight. I currently weigh 122.2kg

My problem here is without trt my libido is non existent. And without trt Ill find it extremely difficult to lose weight. Both mentally and physically. I'm currently taking tadalafil 5mg daily to help with my erections. I know I'll have to start weight training atleast 4 times a week. But who can I go see for help? Like most trainers in the gym know basic muscle. Building exercises and that's it. They don't understand how bodies react with certain conditions. How fucked am I?

I’d be interested to hear how people here feel about this.

I’ve been through the TRT journey myself, and I currently coach a number of people who are on clinician prescribed TRT. I also work with women around their menstrual cycles and menopause.

It’s made me consider focusing my coaching more on people navigating these stages of life. The support would be around training, nutrition, body composition, sleep, recovery and building habits that work in real life, alongside their medical care.

I’d always assumed that people on TRT probably didn’t need much help with those areas, so I’m trying to find out whether there’s actually a need for it.

For those of you on TRT, would this kind of coaching be useful? What would you want help with, if anything?

Would you consider coaching around training, nutrition and lifestyle while on clinical TRT

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Some background - I measured around 0.150 free test back in January 2025 and normal test at around 6. I didn’t want to do TRT as I knew I was out of shape and had been neglecting myself as a parent and a shift worker. Essentially, I wanted to make the changes myself before looking elsewhere, especially when I was going to have to commit to a lifelong solution. I dropped around 12-15kg over a year and my levels doubled.

Great progress, I thought.

Now, having a better testosterone base, I thought I should aim to gain some muscle to increase my metabolic standpoint. I gained around 2-3kg of muscle over a few of months and around 1-2kg of body fat. I got another test done in March 2026 and the levels hadn’t changed. At testosterone levels of 15 and free test of .340 I was hardly firing on all cylinders, so I looked to TRT. I spent ages worrying about going bald, getting acne, mini-balls and gyno.

Over time, I found a clinic, which I won’t share, because I’m not sure that I’m allowed to, but they have been brilliant!

Weeks 1-4 - increased mood, more energy and increase in libido.

Weeks 5-8 - strength was up, body fat was down and the mood/energy was up again, but not as significant a jump as the first 4 weeks.

Week 9 - 15 - I’d say it’s been incredible in comparison, I was prescribed 0.3mg twice per week (120mg) as I use Cypionate 2000mg/10ml. I chose to split that in to 3 injections of 0.2 to try and keep it more level and less fluctuations. I’m a police officer, I work on response, my standard shift is typically entering a chaotic situation and trying to fix it. I’m so much calmer now, more able to rationalise and have clearer thinking.

Week 16 onwards - the next test will tell but I think my levels are starting to stabilise and I’m sure I’ll see a more rounded and balanced profile on the next one.

I have not experienced gyno, balding, acne, (balls have shrunk by about 30%, which I’m ok with) although I accept it’s still early days.

I’m due another blood test next month but I’ll share what I got back after the initial 11 weeks and then once I’m done with the next one, I’ll add that on.

Oestradiol - 114
Free testosterone- 0.790
Testosterone - 30.5

It’s definitely changed my life. I’m less of a grump, energy is much better, I’m just generally more positive. Work is not stressful so I actually quite enjoy it. It certainly helps being fitter and stronger too
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So I had a Medichecks full male hormone panel done prior to self administering TRT 4 weeks ago

I had SHGB, total test, LSH, FSH, albumin, estradiol, prolactin checked

What should I be getting checked after my first 6 weeks of taking testosterone? Any more than those?

I hear of things like DHT, IGF1 too, kinda don’t want to scrimp on it and want to test as much as possible

I’m in the UK, does anywhere offer specific individual testing for things or am I stuck with a general off the shelf test kit that tests XYZ only?

Thanks