Hi, y’all, hoping I can get some thoughts on recovery and a couple of health situations.
I’m a 46 y/o 190lb 6’1” male.
In 2019 I had confirmed low testosterone with two blood tests below 300 ng/dl (the lowest was 192). After a year I was tired of the weekly injections and periodic blood donations, so I stopped treatment and after 6 months of no steroids, I tested between 400-500 (can’t remember the exact number).
In addition, I’ve just started the Living Liver Donor evaluation to donate to my mom who needs a transplant. The evaluation reported high liver enzymes in AST and ALT on two separate blood tests. Imaging showed my liver fat as 4.7% so in the normal range. I have a biopsy scheduled to learn more.
My EKG also uncovered a heart rate of 37 with an intraventricular conduction delay. I’ve had a low RHR of around 42-44 for as long as I can remember. I always thought this was a good thing, but I guess it’s not (I’m not an athlete although I’ve always been active). I also have follow up stress tests and cardiology follow ups.
over the past few years I’ve been battling pretty strong fatigue. I assumed it was just age, and then thought it was the low-T but the steroids didn’t help much. Now I’m wondering if it’s my liver or heart that’s the culprit.
I was also hospitalized for a week with exercise induced rhabdomyolisys in 2018.
I guess getting down to it is how much is my recovery from a training day affected by a low heart rate and possible reduced oxygen pumping in my blood or any of these other situations?
I’m still following the 3 workouts a week schedule and I’ve been doing NLP for 10 weeks, but my bench and press are going so slow. I feel like my squat and DL are ok, but not great.
starting weights
squat: 85x5x3 (start low because I get serious DOMS when unconditioned)
bench: 105x5x3
press: 65x5x3
deadlift: 135x5
current weights
squat: 220x5x3
bench: 155x5x3
press: 112.5x5x1 and 102.5x5x2
deadlift: 275x5
power clean: 100x3x5
thanks for any help/advice you can offer!