I Tried Everything to Increase ANDROGEN RECEPTORS for a Month Hitting the Gym But Not Growing? The 'Secret Switch' Your Muscles Are Missing. Inhibition of androgen receptor can decrease fat metabolism by decreasing carnitine palmitoyltransferase I levels in skeletal muscles of trained mice Nutrition & Metabolism Springer Nature Link Effects of l Carnitine on the Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Luteinizing Hormone, Testosterone, and Testicular Tissue Oxidative Stress Levels in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats Nourollah Rezaei, Tahereh Mardanshahi, Majid Malekzadeh Shafaroudi Anabolism often gets treated like a single switch, but muscle growth depends on several systems that work together after training creates the initial stress. Gabriel Alizaidy, MD, MS