Testing testosterone levels after a heavy workout

[Andrew Androgen]

I remember SWALE wrote that one should not get their blood testosterone tested the morning after a strenuous weight lifting workout, because it would skew the results. I can't remember whether the intense workout increases or decreases test levels. I'd imagine that test levels the morning after a heavy weights workout would be lower, but when I had my blood testosterone levels tested the morning after a heavy weights workout, they were at the top of the normal range! All previous blood tests had me at the bottom of the normal range for testosterone.
If someone can remember which way SWALE said testosterone tends to go i.e. up or down, the morning after such a workout, I'd be very curious to know.
Thanks.

[zumper]

Originally Posted by Andrew Androgen

I remember SWALE wrote that one should not get their blood testosterone tested the morning after a strenuous weight lifting workout, because it would skew the results. I can't remember whether the intense workout increases or decreases test levels. I'd imagine that test levels the morning after a heavy weights workout would be lower, but when I had my blood testosterone levels tested the morning after a heavy weights workout, they were at the top of the normal range! All previous blood tests had me at the bottom of the normal range for testosterone.
If someone can remember which way SWALE said testosterone tends to go i.e. up or down, the morning after such a workout, I'd be very curious to know.
Thanks.

From what i 've read T levels rise after a weight lifting workout but the next 48 hours fall to low normal range due to a process in the liver.

[Vforcer2]

I would think immediately after a workout your levels would be depleted.

Theoretically, that depeltion would alert the HPTA that levels are low and muscles are broken down and need recovery and send down some LH to the testicles to ramp up the production of an increased level of T.

It is well known that high intensity workouts increase T production as well as GH production. GH production can be increased up to 500+% by using a sprint style of training.

How long this takes from the finish of the workout until the production increases is beyond me.

[The_Skeptic]

Originally Posted by Andrew Androgen

I remember SWALE wrote that one should not get their blood testosterone tested the morning after a strenuous weight lifting workout, because it would skew the results. I can't remember whether the intense workout increases or decreases test levels. I'd imagine that test levels the morning after a heavy weights workout would be lower, but when I had my blood testosterone levels tested the morning after a heavy weights workout, they were at the top of the normal range! All previous blood tests had me at the bottom of the normal range for testosterone.
If someone can remember which way SWALE said testosterone tends to go i.e. up or down, the morning after such a workout, I'd be very curious to know.
Thanks.

I read that doing intense leg exercises, whether squats or leg presses, increases T more than when you work out other muscle groups because the size of the muscle is much larger.

[pmgamer18]

Originally Posted by Andrew Androgen

I remember SWALE wrote that one should not get their blood testosterone tested the morning after a strenuous weight lifting workout, because it would skew the results. I can't remember whether the intense workout increases or decreases test levels. I'd imagine that test levels the morning after a heavy weights workout would be lower, but when I had my blood testosterone levels tested the morning after a heavy weights workout, they were at the top of the normal range! All previous blood tests had me at the bottom of the normal range for testosterone.
If someone can remember which way SWALE said testosterone tends to go i.e. up or down, the morning after such a workout, I'd be very curious to know.
Thanks.

I read that some time ago and just spent 15min's looking for it. So this is what I remember no sex or heavy workouts 24 hrs before blood work. I think if your on TRT your levels will come back lower and if not on TRT they can go ether way.

[zumper]

I have notice when i'm doing bench press for examble (pushing a big load for my abilities) a stimulation in testicles like the HCG stimulation does in testes.I do not know if it is LH or other hormone does that, but is something triggers for more strength in this moment so as to be able to manage the effort.That;s why it is said that a big stress can deacrease or increase?testosterone.
IMO is much a neurotransmitter issue than a single hormone,maybe a neurochemical signal for T production either directly in testes either in LH,GNRH,DHEA.
Human brain is the greatest mystery.