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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper
Just in relation to testosterone - I'm not an expert, but we all have very different levels. Take Joe Rogan - looks like a shaved chimp. Stocky, and built like a bulldog. He's a really good fighter (he may even have a chance against sheriff. Maybe.), looks like a "real man" (apart from the height - no offence to the short kings out there), yet he has to dose himself up on testosterone because his levels are so low.
There is absolutely no one size fits all rule, when it comes to our T levels.
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With Rogan that's more likely to be an age thing, I think it's unlikely he's always had low T. I'm also a touch skeptical that his natural levels are as low as he says - I'd be entirely unsurprised if he was just doing a bit of juicing. It's increasingly common even in local gyms, and even moreso stateside/with male celebrities. All of 'em are on TRT and most of them a little bit of anabolic steroids for some seasoning.
Much harder to build muscle with low testosterone and basically impossible to get "big"/jacked.
Overall strength/muscle and bone density are more to do with the process of male puberty though, than someone's current T levels. Which is why the idea that someone who transitioned post-puberty and went on hormone replacement will always have a biological advantage over females. Though they'll also no longer be able to compete with men.
my honest thoughts are it just has to be part of the decision making process when considering hormonal transition, if interested in pro sports. It just takes it off the table. Unless they have a "trans league". But I don't think many people would be interested in that (understandably).