Men's health
Male Hormone & Performance
For men who train, and want to know what's actually going on.
Who it’s for
Men who train seriously and aren't recovering the way they used to. Men whose energy, strength, sleep or motivation has dropped off. Anyone considering testosterone therapy who wants a proper baseline first, read by a doctor rather than a supplement company.
Why the full picture, not just testosterone
A testosterone number on its own is close to useless. Most of your testosterone is bound to a carrier protein called SHBG and can't be used by your body — so two men with an identical total testosterone can have very different amounts actually available. That's why we measure free testosterone, not just total. It also moves through the day, and it means something different depending on what your LH and FSH are doing, how your liver and kidneys are working, and whether you're carrying enough iron to recover from training. This panel measures the hormone axis alongside everything that influences it — and a doctor reads it, not an algorithm.
What we measure
~55 results
- Hormones
- Total testosterone, free testosterone, free androgen index, SHBG, oestradiol, LH, FSH, prolactin
- Blood count and oxygen carrying
- Full blood count including haemoglobin, haematocrit and red cell indices, ESR
- Iron stores
- Ferritin, iron, TIBC
- Blood sugar
- Glucose and HbA1c
- Cholesterol
- Total, HDL, LDL, non-HDL, triglycerides
- Liver function
- Bilirubin, ALP, AST, ALT, gamma GT, total protein, albumin, globulin
- Kidney function
- Sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, urea, creatinine, eGFR
- Bone and minerals
- Calcium, phosphate, uric acid, magnesium
- Vitamin D
- 25-OH vitamin D
Important
Book a morning appointment and come rested — testosterone is highest in the morning, and a hard session the day before can shift several of these results.
How this compares
Medichecks Ultimate Performance
£234 with a clinic draw
A good panel, posted to you, with nobody to interpret it and no control over when in the day your sample is taken.
Competitor prices were correct at the time of writing and may have changed since. Check their site — we’d rather you did.
Other tests
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Baseline Health Check
The sensible place to start.
- Results
- ~45 results
- Turnaround
- 2 working days
£179
Doctor’s report & consultation included
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Complete Health Check
Our annual health check. The one most people should have.
- Results
- ~55 results
- Turnaround
- 2 working days
£299
Doctor’s report & consultation included
General
Longevity Health Check
The full picture, including the markers most health checks leave out.
- Results
- ~65 results
- Turnaround
- 4 working days
£595
Doctor’s report & consultation included