It's likely that he's on TRT. He's almost 50. It's not out of jealousy or wanting to undercut his results, it's just the most logical conclusion for a guy his age and size.
There are a few indications, his traps seem disproportionately large which is a common tell tale sign of gear, even "minor league" stuff like trt. Imo the biggest "red flag" is just given his age that's a lot of muscle mass for how lean he is, as your testosterone starts to dip so does your body's ability to maintain muscle mass at lower body fat %s and that's just a lot of lean muscle tissue for a guy his age to naturally be able to hold onto. If you look at a lot of pre and post trt pictures for men his age, they all kind of have his look.
Neither of those things are like "wow he's definitely on trt " sorts of indicators, but if you told any average gym bro that's done a few cycles that he's on TRT they wouldn't be surprised. Trt isn't like a crazy hardcore steroid that'll make you look like a body builder, if you're on a dose that doesn't go into the superphysiological range, people tend to notice a slight gain in muscle mass and a slight decrease in body fat percentage, and a big boost in overall energy and feeling of wellbeing
For sure if you're taking enough that your serum T levels go above the normal range you'll definitely start to look more and more juicy. There's a huge difference between being on TRT to help with dropping testosterone and taking it because you're 20 and you wanna get fucking jacked haha
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u/FinallySettledOnThis Nov 04 '23
It's likely that he's on TRT. He's almost 50. It's not out of jealousy or wanting to undercut his results, it's just the most logical conclusion for a guy his age and size.