Testosterone and Depression with Trevor Rachko | Starting Strength Radio #178

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Mark Rippetoe

Training, Fitness & Nutrition, Strength, Barbell, Health, Fitness

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🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Rip and Trevor Rachko discuss the benefits testosterone can have for someone with depression and the downsides of taking SSRIs. 01:32 Trevor Rachko 02:41 Why are doctors afraid of TRT 12:40 SSRIs 20:20 Clinical depression 29:04 Staying on SSRIs 33:49 Quitting SSRIs 41:17 Testosterone reference range 50:00 Having proof 1:00:38 Opposite of depression 1:14:23 Will testosterone be made illegal

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0:00.0	A Thessalonian you're fighting. He's the biggest man I've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him.
0:09.3	That's why no one will remember your name.
0:12.1	All right, folks, let's have that. We have two seminars left this year, October 14th to the 16th, then December 9th through the 11th.
0:19.6	First seminar on the list for 2023 is February 17th to the 16th, then December 9th through the 11th. First seminar on the list for 2023 is February 17th
0:24.1	to the 19th. And one brief announcement about that after this year, the price of the seminars will be
0:29.5	going up. So if you're on the fence and want to spend a few extra bucks, then come in 2023.
0:35.8	If you want to save a few extra bucks then come in October or
0:39.4	December. For camps on the list, we've just added a new self-sufficient lifter camp. That's November
0:43.9	19th in Wichita Falls covering the squat, the press and the deadlift. And we're also having our
0:48.9	second ever lift shoot fight camp. That is a two-day camp, December 17th to the 18th in Wichita Falls, and it's
0:55.2	covering, yep, you guessed it, lifting, shooting, and fighting. For squat and deadlift camps on
0:59.4	the list that still have spots available, October 22nd in Long Island, New York has a few
1:03.7	spots available, and we've just added Chicago on December 11th. Come to Chicago for the lifting,
1:09.5	stay because you got murdered. And then for three
1:12.1	lift camps with spots still left, we have September 24th in Orange County, California at the
1:16.8	Strength Co, then Sandy, Utah on October 8th, Baltimore, and 5x3 on October 30th, and December 11th in
1:24.9	London. Those are all squat, press, and deadlift camps. Do you have a question for
1:29.1	RIP about coaching or becoming a coach? Maybe you do, maybe you don't, but if you do, why don't
1:34.2	you shoot it to radio at starting strength.com and see if it gets red on the air and maybe he'll
1:38.3	give you some useful information. He might ridicule you a bit, but at the same time, you will get
1:43.0	some value out of it. So, and for more information on anything that I've talked about, head over to starting strength.com and check out the right hand side of the home page.
1:50.7	From the Asgard Company Studios in beautiful Wichita Falls, Texas, from the finest mind in the modern fitness industry,
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