Intermittent Thoughts on Building Muscle: Understanding the "Big T" - Testosterone Programs Stem Cells to Become Muscle not Fat + Keeps Satellite Cells & Motoneurons Alive
Image 1: Graphical summary of the probably best known function of testosterone - including who are not so "profane" as building muscle and getting ripped ;-) In the last two installments of the Intermittent Thoughts, I have tried to convey a realistic perception of what exactly the effects of both supra- (that is below) and super- (that is above) physiological (that is "normal" in the sense that they represent the "average" male human being) levels of testosterone on body composition are. In this installment of the series I am now going to provide more information on the "exact" molecular underpinnings by which testosterone works its muscle building and fat burning magic . There is however one thing related to data I presented in the previous installments, I want to emphasize again: The use of a testosterone enanthate in the Bhasin study makes it very difficult to use the data to make prognoses with regard to the results you would see, when ...