Bodybuilding Pro Panel Male Blood Test Panel
Bodybuilding Pro Panel Male lab panel checks testosterone, SHBG, estradiol, CBC, CMP, lipids, thyroid and PSA to interpret performance and safety together.
This panel bundles multiple biomarker tests in one order—your report explains how results fit together.
This is a bundled lab panel designed for men who want performance-focused labs interpreted as a package, not as isolated numbers. It combines hormones (and the proteins that change how they act), training-relevant health markers, and safety checks that matter when you are pushing volume, cutting aggressively, or monitoring therapy under medical oversight.
Because many results move together (and some “normal” values can be misleading without context), this panel is most useful when you look for patterns: how testosterone relates to SHBG and calculated free fractions, how hematocrit trends with androgens and hydration, and how lipids and liver enzymes respond to diet, training load, and compounds.
Do I need this panel?
You may benefit from the Bodybuilding Pro Panel Male if you are trying to connect how you feel and perform with objective labs—especially when your goals (strength, hypertrophy, leanness) can pull against long-term health markers. This panel is commonly used when your training load is high, your body weight is changing quickly, or you are making changes to supplements or medications that can shift hormones, blood counts, liver enzymes, or cholesterol.
This panel is also a practical choice if you have had “testosterone confusion,” such as a total testosterone that looks fine but symptoms or performance do not match, or you are trying to understand whether SHBG (sex hormone–binding globulin) is changing your free (bioavailable) fraction. Pairing testosterone with SHBG, albumin, and estradiol helps you interpret the androgen/estrogen balance more realistically than any single number.
If you are monitoring TRT or other hormone-active therapies with a clinician, this panel can help you track common safety and side-effect patterns—like rising hematocrit, changes in lipids, or PSA shifts—so you can discuss dose, timing, route, and lifestyle adjustments with better data.
This panel supports clinician-directed care and informed conversations; it is not a stand-alone tool to self-diagnose or self-prescribe.
Hormone results can vary by time of day, recent training, sleep, illness, and assay method; whenever possible, compare trends using the same lab and similar collection timing.
Lab testing
Order the Bodybuilding Pro Panel Male
About 1 week
Schedule online — results typically within a week
Clear next steps
Guidance included, with follow-up care available
HSA / FSA
Eligible for pre-tax health spending accounts
Get tested with Vitals Vault
Vitals Vault makes it straightforward to order a single blood draw that covers multiple performance and safety markers together. Instead of chasing separate tests across different visits, you can use this panel to establish a baseline, then repeat it to see how training blocks, nutrition phases, and therapy changes show up in your labs.
After you receive your results, you can use PocketMD to ask targeted questions about patterns across the panel—like why free testosterone looks low despite a solid total, whether a hematocrit rise is likely dehydration versus androgen effect, or what to do when LDL-C rises during a cut.
If you are already working with a clinician, this panel can help you bring organized, trendable data to your appointments. If you are not, it still gives you a structured way to understand what is happening across hormones, blood counts, metabolic health, and prostate screening markers, so you can decide what to follow up on next.
- One order covers multiple hormone, metabolic, and safety markers
- Built for trend tracking across training blocks and therapy adjustments
- PocketMD helps you interpret patterns across results, not just single values
- Clear next-step questions to bring to your clinician
Key benefits of Bodybuilding Pro Panel Male
- Interprets testosterone in context by pairing total testosterone with SHBG and albumin to estimate free/bioavailable fractions.
- Adds estradiol (sensitive) to help explain libido, mood, water retention, and nipple tenderness patterns when androgens change.
- Tracks hematocrit and hemoglobin trends that can shift with androgens, altitude, sleep apnea risk, and hydration status.
- Monitors liver enzymes and kidney-related markers that can move with high-protein diets, supplements, oral compounds, and hard training.
- Includes lipids to spot cutting/bulking-driven changes in LDL-C, HDL-C, and triglycerides before they become long-term risk.
- Checks thyroid signals that can influence energy, recovery, and weight changes—especially during aggressive calorie deficits.
- Includes PSA as a screening/safety datapoint so you can discuss prostate-related context and trend changes with your clinician.
What is the Bodybuilding Pro Panel Male panel?
The Bodybuilding Pro Panel Male is a multi-biomarker blood test panel designed to give you a high-signal snapshot of male performance hormones plus the “safety and systems” labs that often change alongside them. Instead of focusing on one analyte (like testosterone alone), the panel looks at several categories that influence how you feel, train, and recover.
At a high level, this panel typically covers:
• Androgen status: total testosterone plus binding proteins (SHBG and albumin) that determine how much testosterone is actually available to tissues.
• Estrogen balance: estradiol measured with a sensitive method that is more appropriate for men, helping interpret symptoms that can show up when aromatization changes.
• Blood viscosity/oxygen-carrying capacity: CBC (complete blood count) markers like hematocrit and hemoglobin, which can rise with androgens, dehydration, or sleep-disordered breathing.
• Metabolic and organ function markers: a comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) to look at liver enzymes, electrolytes, glucose, protein status, and kidney-related markers.
• Cardiometabolic risk markers: a lipid panel to monitor how diet phase, genetics, and hormone changes influence LDL-C, HDL-C, and triglycerides.
• Thyroid screening: TSH and free T4 to help contextualize fatigue, recovery issues, or unexpected weight changes.
• Prostate screening marker: PSA (prostate-specific antigen) to support age- and risk-appropriate screening and to help interpret changes over time.
Because training and lifestyle can move these markers quickly, the panel is often most useful when you standardize your testing conditions (morning draw, similar sleep, similar training/rest day pattern) and focus on trends rather than any single result.
What do my panel results mean?
When key parts of the panel run low
“Low” patterns in this panel often show up as low total testosterone and/or low estimated free testosterone, sometimes alongside higher SHBG (which can bind more hormone and reduce the free fraction). You might also see low-normal thyroid signals (for example, a higher TSH with low-normal free T4) during prolonged calorie restriction, high stress, or inadequate recovery. Low lipids are not usually the concern here; more commonly, very low triglycerides or low total cholesterol can reflect aggressive dieting, which may correlate with lower sex hormones in some men. If multiple categories are low at once—hormones, thyroid support, and protein markers like albumin—your clinician may focus on sleep, energy availability, medication timing, and whether you are testing under comparable conditions.
When the overall pattern looks optimal
An “optimal” panel pattern is less about one perfect number and more about alignment: testosterone that matches your symptoms and goals, a reasonable SHBG with a free fraction that is not disproportionately low, estradiol that is not extreme relative to your testosterone, and stable CBC values without an upward hematocrit trend. On the health side, you are generally looking for liver enzymes and kidney-related markers that are steady over time, fasting glucose in a healthy range, and a lipid profile that does not deteriorate during bulks or cuts. PSA is best interpreted as a trend with age and risk factors; a stable baseline is often more informative than a single isolated value.
When key parts of the panel run high
“High” patterns often cluster. Higher total testosterone with a rising hematocrit/hemoglobin can occur with androgen therapy or other androgen exposure, and it becomes more concerning when the hematocrit trend is persistent or accompanied by symptoms like headaches or shortness of breath. Estradiol can also run high relative to testosterone, which may track with higher body fat, higher aromatization, or certain dosing patterns. On the cardiometabolic side, LDL-C and triglycerides may rise during bulking, high saturated fat intake, or with some compounds; HDL-C can drop in less favorable scenarios. Liver enzymes (ALT/AST) can be elevated after hard training or from liver stressors—context matters, especially if CK is also elevated (not always included). PSA that is higher than expected for you, or rising quickly, is a reason to discuss timing (recent ejaculation, cycling, prostatitis symptoms) and appropriate follow-up with your clinician.
Factors that influence panel markers
This panel is sensitive to timing and recent behavior. Testosterone is typically highest in the morning, and sleep restriction can lower it; testing late in the day or after poor sleep can make your baseline look worse than it is. Heavy training (especially legs/back) can transiently raise AST/ALT and sometimes affect inflammatory signals; dehydration can concentrate blood and make hematocrit look higher. Calorie deficits and rapid weight loss can raise SHBG and shift thyroid markers, while bulking and high-carb intake can raise triglycerides. Medications and supplements matter too: androgens can raise hematocrit and change lipids; 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors can lower PSA; biotin can interfere with some immunoassays; and alcohol, acetaminophen, and certain oral compounds can affect liver enzymes. Because multiple markers interact, the safest interpretation comes from comparing your results to your prior results under similar conditions and reviewing them with a clinician when therapy decisions are on the table.
What’s included in this panel
- Absolute Band Neutrophils
- Absolute Basophils
- Absolute Blasts
- Absolute Eosinophils
- Absolute Lymphocytes
- Absolute Metamyelocytes
- Absolute Monocytes
- Absolute Myelocytes
- Absolute Neutrophils
- Absolute Nucleated Rbc
- Absolute Plasma Cells
- Absolute Prolymphocytes
- Absolute Promyelocytes
- Absolute Reactive Lymphocytes
- Albumin
- Albumin/Globulin Ratio
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Alt
- Ast
- Band Neutrophils
- Basophils
- Bilirubin, Total
- Blasts
- Bun/Creatinine Ratio
- Calcium
- Carbon Dioxide
- Chloride
- Chol/Hdlc Ratio
- Cholesterol, Total
- Creatinine
- Dihydrotestosterone
- Egfr
- Eosinophils
- Estradiol
- Globulin
- Glucose
- Hdl Cholesterol
- Hematocrit
- Hemoglobin
- Igf 1, Lc/Ms
- Ldl-Cholesterol
- Lymphocytes
- Mch
- Mchc
- Mcv
- Metamyelocytes
- Monocytes
- Mpv
- Myelocytes
- Neutrophils
- Non Hdl Cholesterol
- Nucleated Rbc
- Plasma Cells
- Platelet Count
- Potassium
- Prolymphocytes
- Promyelocytes
- Protein, Total
- Psa, Total
- Rdw
- Reactive Lymphocytes
- Red Blood Cell Count
- Sex Hormone Binding Globulin
- Sodium
- Testosterone, Free
- Testosterone, Total, Ms
- Triglycerides
- Urea Nitrogen (Bun)
- White Blood Cell Count
- Z Score (Female)
- Z Score (Male)
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to fast for the Bodybuilding Pro Panel Male?
Fasting is usually recommended if you want the cleanest interpretation of glucose, insulin, and triglycerides (often 8–12 hours with water allowed). If you cannot fast, you can still test, but note the meal timing and content because it can shift triglycerides and insulin significantly.
What time of day should you get this panel drawn?
Morning testing is typically preferred for testosterone because levels are often higher earlier in the day. Try to keep timing consistent across repeats (for example, always between 7–10 a.m.) so trends are easier to interpret.
Why can total testosterone look “normal” but free testosterone look low?
Total testosterone measures what is circulating overall, but much of it is bound to SHBG and albumin. If SHBG is high, your free (more bioavailable) fraction can be lower even when total testosterone looks acceptable. That is why this panel includes SHBG and albumin to help interpret the free fraction in context.
How should you think about PSA results if you are training hard or on therapy?
PSA is best treated as a screening and trend marker, not a stand-alone diagnosis. Recent ejaculation, cycling, prostatitis symptoms, and some medications can affect PSA. If PSA is higher than your baseline or rising quickly, discuss timing factors and appropriate follow-up testing with your clinician.
Can hard workouts change my results?
Yes. Intense training can transiently raise AST/ALT and sometimes affect other markers, and dehydration can make hematocrit appear higher. If you are trying to establish a baseline, consider avoiding unusually hard sessions for 24–48 hours before the draw and arrive well-hydrated (unless your clinician advises otherwise).
Is this panel meant to replace a clinician’s TRT monitoring plan?
No. This panel can support monitoring and help you ask better questions, but the right follow-up tests and intervals depend on your age, symptoms, medical history, medications, and goals. Use your results to guide a clinician-directed plan rather than making therapy changes based on one set of labs.
Is it better to order a panel instead of ordering tests one by one?
A panel is often more useful when markers interact—like testosterone, SHBG, estradiol, CBC, and lipids—because you can interpret patterns from the same draw and the same point in time. Ordering individually can make sense for targeted follow-ups, but it is easier to miss context when results come from different dates or incomplete sets.