Since I picked up weight lifting about a year ago, a lot has changed. I went from a scrawny bodied 19 year old kid full of angst and a lack of sex drive to a 20 year old with a built body and frame with a lot of dedication and a completely reversed sex life. It only took me 2 months to already see my muscle showing up and by 9 months, I was already where I wanted to be that my buddies told me should've taken a year and a half. To make it all the more unusual, I was not taking in excess protein or steroids. I just got beefy out of nowhere but doing my exercises. A good friend of mine said I should have my testosterone and hormones checked as I am part superhuman so I decided to do so.
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I wait in the doctor's office. It's about 9 in the morning on a Friday and sense I don't have any college classes until later in the day, I was able to make the appointment work. After filling out the paperwork, I sit in the rather empty waiting room awaiting a doctor patiently. A few minutes later, the door opens and a short looking, black man in his mid 40's walks into the waiting room.
"Ross?" He calls.
"Yeah." I raise my hand and stand up walking toward him.
"What's going on, big guy? I'm Dr. Martin." We shake hands.
"Not much." I say as I follow him in.
He shuts the door and we walk down the empty hallway.
"I have on my paper, you're in for a hormone and testosterone check?" He asks.
I follow him into a room he unlocks and I let myself in. "Yes, sir." I grab a seat on the exam table.
He shuts the door behind him and sits down on the chair in front of his computer opening it.
"Any issues or concerns you have?" He asks.
"Nothing unusual except that I had a really strange event happen when exercising." I explain.
"What's your exercising routine?" He questions.
"I run a mile maybe 3 times a week and I work out for 2 hours 5 days a week weightlifting." I respond.
"What was the event you had?" He continues.
"I'm not sure if you have a file on me but last year, I was 6 feet tall, 180 pounds and I wasn't working out. Very scrawny. A year later since I started my workouts, I'm 6 foot 3 and 250 pounds of muscle only doing 2 hour weight lifting workouts five times a week." I describe.
"Are you using any supplements or performance enhancers?" He prods.
"Nothing. I'm consuming roughly under 100 grams of protein a day just from my meals only." I entail.
"Since you started weightlifting outside of strength gains, have you noticed any other changes?" He questions.
"Yes. My memory has improved, I don't feel so many negative emotions, my metabolism increased, and my libido has increased." I explain.
"Interesting." Dr. Martin explains and adjusts his glasses. "That kind of muscle gain is just unnatural that fast."
"It is strange." I agree.
"Have you ever had your testosterone levels checked?" He quizzes me.
"No. Never." I add.
"Well, this will be interesting to find out but first, I'll need to have a physical exam of you and a questionnaire." He details.
"No problem." I accept.
We run through a few questions. No issues there. He then does a physical exam that mostly involves my balance and the movement of certain limbs at certain times. Despite my tight jeans and the undersized shirt I have, I do all of them with ease.
"Limber as rubber. Tough as a rock." The doctor says and he types some sentences into his computer.
"Alright." He goes into the cabinet and gathers a clean syringe and a sanitized needle. He puts them together.
He slides on a set of gloves and grabs a latex band and ties it around my right arm. "I just have to get a blood sample that way we can see what your hormone levels are looking like. Is this okay?" He asks me.
"No problem." I allow.
"If you have a problem with needles, just look away or close your eyes." He explains.
I shut my eyes. I feel the needle pierce my skin and a strange sensation accompanied with it. A few seconds later, the needle is pulled out of my skin.
I open my eyes to see Dr. Martin putting a bandage over the insertion and the syringe with a small amount of my blood drawn.
"Fantastic." He says. "Just stay here. I'm going to go run this through the computers. This should only take about 10 minutes."
"No problem." I add.