Ep. 136 - All About Testosterone & TRT (Yeah We Go There)

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Testosterone. The obsession of the lifting world. Previously on Iron Culture, we’ve had Roundtables on PEDs (taking supraphysiological levels of testosterone, synthetic testosterone, and other performance-enhancing drugs), and we’ve had experts on to discuss the history of PEDs, their long term effects, and how they are tested for in sport. But today, we have Dr. Ben House back on the podcast to talk specifically about testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in a clinical setting…and well, the *wink wink nudge nudge* common practice of not so clinical usage of TRT. It’s hard to get good information on this topic, some claim TRT is just as innocuous as taking creatine, and the number of men who hop on TRT in middle and old age has skyrocketed in recent times. But do you know what also has skyrocketed? The number of men who stop taking TRT within a year of starting. Some studies suggest 8-9 out of 10 men will cease TRT, despite claims it’s a fountain of youth without side effects. But why? Join us today for a deep dive on this topic to learn what really seems to be going on.

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0:00.0	Eric, I learned some things in this episode, man.
0:02.6	I probably wish I didn't know.
0:05.5	Yeah, I, let's just say that the great weirms of Tolkien are not the scariest out there by any means.
0:14.9	Not even close.
0:16.9	I think there's going to be a lot of men doing a new novel activity in the shower after this episode.
0:23.7	We are talking about everyone's favorite hormone testosterone today, but in a different light, because let's face it, there's heavy marketing.
0:34.4	There's a lot of financial interest lately in TRT, testosterone replacement therapy.
0:40.9	And so it is a big catch-all buzz term that a lot of people are probably vaguely familiar with.
0:47.0	You might hear someone anecdotally sharing their experience on an ad in a video recommending it.
0:53.6	But we're doing a very deep dive today with Mr. Dr. Ben House.
0:59.0	Yeah, it's great to have Ben House back on because he's done a man, he's been looking to this topic for
1:05.5	years. I've had the pleasure of being out at his fitness retreat in Costa Rica, which was a great experience
1:13.8	right before the COVID pandemic really hit.
1:16.0	It's like the last time I traveled out of the country.
1:18.1	I think that was February of 2020.
1:21.1	And his breadth of knowledge and depth of knowledge on endocrinology is very impressive.
1:28.5	And he, of course, has a lot of knowledge on the lifting community.
1:32.4	So the intersection there is really cool.
1:34.9	And I'll say this.
1:36.2	This is not a pro or con TRT or HRT episode.
1:40.2	It is informing you about it.
1:44.0	And I will tell you this, there's a high probability.
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