What's up guys, Derek? Moreplace, more dates.com.

Today we're going to be doing a video about natural versus enhanced while you're cutting

and how being on TRT is not the equivalent to being natural even if your testosterone levels

are in the therapeutic natural range.

I've done videos on this before, but I felt like this was worth covering specifically

because I saw a bodybuilder who posted his blood work while he's preparing for a competition.

And it was super insightful because he's a natural and just to show just the kind of impact

a steep calorie deficit and restricting yourself for months on end will actually do

to your testosterone level and how this relates to TRT and what's really natural. So your natural

testosterone level could be anywhere between, you know, like 250 to 1,000 nanograms per decilator

depending on the reference range, the reference range in this specific individual's blood work was 250 to 1,100.

And he got done at Quest Diagnostics, which is a really well-known and reputable testing facility.

He kind of went out of his way to just show everyone what his blood work was

so people could see exactly what it actually takes to get shredded for competition as a natural

and the impact it has on your hormonal profile. So obviously if you're hypogynatal or you just

go on TRT for other reasons, you're using it to stay within typically on the high

end of the natural you know reference range of 250 to 1100 and most guys will say yeah i'm the

it's the equivalent to being natural i'm just i just have to use the TRT to achieve that because i can't

produce it otherwise and it's the exact same as being natural.

And maybe while you're bulking,

this might be the case in some cases,

but when you're cutting,

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