Testosterone and exercise: effects on fitness, body composition, and strength in middle-to-older aged men with low-normal serum testosterone levels

Lauren C. Chasland(The University of Western Australia), Bu B. Yeap(The University of Western Australia), Andrew Maiorana(Curtin University), Yi X. Chan(The University of Western Australia), Barbara A. Maslen(The University of Western Australia), Brian R. Cooke(Fiona Stanley Hospital), L. Dembo(Fiona Stanley Hospital), Louise H. Naylor(The University of Western Australia), Daniel J. Green(The University of Western Australia)
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
March 19, 2021
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Abstract

We illustrate that exercise training generates superior outcomes to testosterone treatment for improving aerobic fitness, muscular strength, and total and visceral fat mass in men 50-70 yr with low-normal serum testosterone concentrations. Adding testosterone treatment to exercise did not provide any additive benefit for these variables. Testosterone treatment alone and exercise alone had similar impacts on lean mass. Therefore, men unable to exercise may obtain benefit from testosterone treatment alone to improve lean mass.


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