When I exercise my t is the least of my post-exercise pains. My advice would be to stop exercising for two years and then exercise vigorously and see what happens. We'll wait to hear your report.

Of course this was an attempt at a joke.

I go for semi-regular power walks which are really strolls and notice no difference before, during, and after other feeling 5.5% better about myself for walking when I didn't have to.

How long does it take to return to normal T?

I'm trying to do pilates which is low exertion (sp?) but still certain moves in the neck area make my T worse....goes to show my initial thought about exercise is correct....it's no good! ha-ha

petros, yes ,my T goes up after any type of exercise. It seems that the more sustained and vigorous the exercise is the longer it takes to go back down. I can do short sets of weights with time in between sets and not set it off too badly. This is a huge bummer for me as I used to really work out a lot and enjoyed it immensely, Not so much anymore:(
I'm not sure what the mechanism is. Blood pressure? Increased blood flow? I usually work out at the end of the day now so I don't have to deal with the elevated T all day long.

@ginny77 ... I would say until the next morning.

@mccartyj.... Doing weights Im ok... Cardio sets it off worse, probably all the increased blodflow to the head.

I get spikes from running as well... but because all of the endorphins and what not it doesn't bother me as much.

Sometimes it will spike further the next morning. Did not have this effect until recently though. :(

You have a neck problem pedro, chances are it is what is causing your tinnitus! Get that checked out...