Testosterone Cypionate

Quick info about Testosterone Cypionate

Testosterone is the hormone that makes men, well, men! Since it's basically the most commonly used form of testosterone in America at this time, let's take a look at testosterone cypionate, and examine the pros and cons of its ability to improve performance in athletics and bodybuilding.

Athletes report massive strength gains while using testosterone. Testosterone improves muscle contraction by increasing the number of motor neutrons in muscle and improves neuromuscular transmission. It also promotes glycogen synthesis, providing more fuel for intense workouts thus increasing endurance and strength. Also note that the water retention from testosterone use will cause the muscle to spring back when compressed during the lowering of a weight. Testosterone promotes aggressive and dominant behavior.

Testosterone is also good at promoting fat loss while the body is building muscle at an accelerated rate, more of the food you eat is shuttled to muscle tissue and away from fat.

Testosterone use does have some unwanted side effects that athletes should be aware of. Testosterone can convert to the female hormone estrogen (via aromatization) by the aromatize enzyme. A class of drugs, called aromatize inhibitors, to stop the testosterone from converting to estrogencan easily stop the estrogenic side effects. The use of HCG during a testosterone cycle can prevent the testicular shrinkage. Higher dosages of test can also negatively impact cholesterol, lowering HDL. Constantly ignoring this can lead to a series of serious health problems down the road.

Testosterone cypionate is an injectable oil, which contains testosterone with the cypionate ester attached to the testosterone molecule. The ester denotes the release pattern of the test after it is injected into the body. This particular ester gives the testosterone an active life of 15-16 days, although blood levels of this drug fall sharply five days after post-administration, testosterone levels are still above baseline after a week. Stable blood levels can be achieved with injections once per week. Athletes often administer the drug twice weekly or every three to five days.