Yes, absolutely Yes,Yes,Yes to the 100th Yes!! Yes, I agree, shots are always better. But it's a bit ignorant to say that gels are useless. Well if that were true then the pharmaceutical industry wouldn't invest billions developing transdermal medications, or stimulants like nicotine. Nicotine patches work so well they give you these vivid and crazy dreams. Then there are meds like the notorious fentanyl patch which can be fatal if misused even on a transdermal level. Bottom line, and what I'm trying to say is that our skin sucks up everything! It's actually our largest organ. I do bodybuilding, and at first I was skeptical about Androgel. But it was all I could get for a period of time and I noticed it's anabolic effects quite rapidly. So yes.. It definitely does work for bodybuilding. However.. It is true that while on it, you have to keep to yourself. You should never touch a child or a woman while on it or else you may notice her go from Eve, to Steve!