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Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

EFR 706: One Year of Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) and Why I am Stopping

Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

Chase Chewning

Healthcoach, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Wellness, Fitness, Humanoptimization, Resiliency, Holistic, Highperformance, Coaching, Biohack, Health, Military, Entrepreneurship, Mindset, Health & Fitness

5927 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Chase here! In this solo episode, I’m breaking down why I started testosterone replacement therapy a year ago. I share my results almost 15 months later and why I’ve decided to stop.

If you’ve followed my TRT journey on social media, you’ve seen my dosages, you’ve seen how I’ve changed physically, and you’ve seen how my numbers have gone up at the gym. But there’s a lot that I haven’t shared yet. I haven’t shared how I’ve administered my dosages, nor the side effects I’ve experienced.

Listen in as I come clean about my testosterone replacement therapy journey, from why I started in the first place, to specifics regarding my labs and personal regimen, and why my journey is coming to an end.

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Key Highlights

  • I was determined to enter my 37th birthday in October 2022 as the best me possible. I didn’t just want to look at my best. I wanted to feel at my best. I was no slouch at 36. I was doing great physically, and I felt it. But I knew there was room for fine-tuning. I became more regimented, both inside and outside the gym, but being in my mid-30s, I began to struggle with keeping up that level of motivation. Not to mention it was tough to maintain my body composition despite my increased efforts. This was why I decided to explore TRT to provide that edge.
  • If you’re considering TRT, the very first thing you should do is check in with yourself. Do a head-to-toe scan and be as objective as you can, and even a little critical, about what you see and feel. Get clear on what you want out of your day and out of your training. Compare those ideals with your current day-to-day realities. Always keep in mind that TRT is not a quick fix—not that you should ever pursue anything because it’s a quick fix anyway!
  • I ultimately decided to stop testosterone replacement therapy for two reasons. The first was that I experienced skin issues that slightly impacted my social life. Secondly, even though TRT did not negatively impact my sexual activity, I’ve recently decided to prioritize my fertility health over my muscle mass. These two reasons are why, after 14 months, I’ve begun to titrate down and eventually go off TRT completely.

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0:00.0

The following is an operation podcast production.

0:03.3

Hey everybody your host here at Chase tuning and in this solo episode I'm breaking down exactly why I started over a year ago

0:11.7

my testosterone replacement therapy my results and why I am now stopping.

0:18.8

This is your number one source for inspiring content from people who are putting a purpose to their

0:26.2

passion and truly living a life ever forward.

0:29.2

I am your host Chase Chuning.

0:31.6

This is ever forward radio. Hey what's everybody welcome back to the show I'm your host Chase

0:47.0

tuning I'm your guest Chase tuning we are rocking yet another solo

0:51.3

episode for you all here today and quick little update to the format of the show if you haven't been able to tell by now I am

0:59.4

Going to be dropping more solo episodes because well a couple reasons.

1:04.0

One I have quite a bit of life updates, personal health wellness,

1:10.4

interest updates that I feel this platform is really the place that I want to share

1:16.4

them.

1:17.4

Now if you have been checking me out on social media for any length of time, you kind of know

1:21.6

that at least on Instagram, that's kind of my only main

1:25.2

social platform these days that is where if you're following me and checking out my stuff

1:29.6

daily at Chase underscore tuning that is really where I'm sharing all the in-betweens, you know, day in, day out, what I'm doing,

1:38.5

how I'm training, how I'm feeling, what's going on in my personal life, professional life, my workouts, my

1:44.7

nutrition, my sleep, my sauna, my travels, anything and everything that makes me

1:51.2

me internally and externally. I'm an open book and I do that for a couple

1:57.4

different reasons. I do that because it makes me feel the most comfortable on social media.

2:02.2

I feel like I am not

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