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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1607: How to Optimize Your Hormones With Dr. Rand McClain

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 98 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with renowned hormone specialist Dr. Rand McClain.

  • Where did his knowledge and interest in hormones come from? (2:50)
  • The first BIG misconceptions he learned. (8:14)
  • What makes you an “expensive date?” (9:58)
  • Why the stigma on testosterone replacement and is the pendulum swinging the other way? (12:36)
  • What are the health risks of having low testosterone levels? (23:34)
  • What are the health risks of having high testosterone levels? (29:33)
  • His issues with the standard lipid panel. (32:17)
  • Is testosterone anti-inflammatory? (36:22)
  • What are the biggest mistakes that doctors make with TRT with their patients? (39:43)
  • The ‘unknown’ anabolic steroids out there and the pros/cons of each. (44:25)
  • His take on SARMS and their cellular impact on the body. (57:48)
  • What is the BEST way to administer steroids? (1:02:05)
  • The four changes in quality-of-life males on TRT generally see. (1:05:48)
  • The stigma surrounding women on TRT. (1:11:45)
  • What is the proper dose for women? (1:17:54)
  • What does the process look like for someone interested in TRT? (1:21:19)
  • Why he believes stress is the BIG driver for the decline in testosterone. (1:24:15)
  • His reasoning behind ‘roid rage’? (1:35:50)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.0

MIND, MIND, MIND, UP with your hosts.

0:09.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.0

You just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:17.0

This is Mind Pump.

0:18.0

Today is a special episode.

0:20.0

We've waited a long time to partner with and work with a hormone therapy clinic

0:27.0

or a testosterone replacement clinic.

0:29.0

I'll say hormone therapy because they work with a lot more than just testosterone.

0:34.0

It's been a long time.

0:35.0

We've been looking around.

0:36.0

We've actually flirted with other places.

0:38.0

Nobody impressed us until we met the following guest, Dr. Rand McLean.

0:43.0

He's the best in the business when it comes to optimizing your hormones in ways that improve the quality of your life.

0:52.0

Adam is now a patient of his and was actually quite blown away.

0:55.0

You're going to love this episode.

0:58.0

We ask him everything about hormones.

0:59.0

It's testosterone in particular.

1:01.0

How it affects the body, what it does, what it doesn't do.

1:04.0

Is it safe, not safe, long term.

1:07.0

You're going to love this episode.

1:08.0

Now you can find them at Regenerative Sports Medicine.

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