How TRT can be taken
People can take TRT orally, via intramuscular injections and implants or transdermal patches, mouth patches, and topical creams or gels.
Other options include intranasal gels or pellets.
Research suggests that although the therapy can cause benefits – it also includes some serious side effects.
Testosterone Replacement Therapy, explained
TRT is usually prescribed to patients suffering with low testosterone levels, which can occur with age or as a result of a medical condition, according to Healthline.
It is the replacement of a man’s natural testosterone production when it is lower than it should be and causing symptoms of low testosterone.
But TRT is becoming increasingly popular for non-medical uses such as enhancing sexual performance, achieving higher energy levels, losing weight, and building muscle mass for bodybuilding.
Lindner opened up about health struggles
Jo Lindner recently shared his health struggles on Instagram while undergoing Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT).
Along with a slideshow of four topless photos, the star wrote: “When I lost my gains because I went off everything for 1 year but then could not recover my own [testosterone] levels so went back on trt.
“Trust me I tried to stop but be aware it might have long term effects for your life,” he continued.
“Trt is a big commitment keep that in mind.”
He then went on to explain that the last two images in the slides displayed the differences in his body from before and after beginning TRT.
Fans still learning of Jo Lindner's death
Fans of the bodybuilder are still learning that he had died.
Jo Lindner died on July 1, of a suspected aneurysm.
‘You keep me so warm’
Jo Lindner’s girlfriend, Nicha, posted a sweet video to her Instagram account.
In the video, she lifts a dumbbell over her head and he helps her get it to the ground as they both laugh.
The two then embrace and slow dance in an outdoor beach gym.
The video is captioned: “You keep me so warm.”
Jo revealed his ‘biggest concern’
Jo suffered from rippling muscle disease, where muscles are unusually sensitive to movement or pressure.
He told YouTuber Bradley Martyn just weeks before his death: “The heart is also a muscle, that’s my biggest concern that what if I get such a bad cramp that my heart gets a cramp.
“That makes me scared. That’s why I’m staying away from bodybuilding competitions too much.
“Because I would take all these diuretics and if I stop eating salt and drink a lot, and then stop drinking as well, you would pee everything out, and then you would take a diuretic as well on top and then you pee even more sodium out.
“I cannot exist really. I cannot even walk anymore.”
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