TRT Explained: The Science of How To Boost Testosterone
Mark Bell's Power Project
Power Project Studios
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🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
Boost your testosterone and transform your health with this deep dive into the world of TRT! Mark Bell and Nsima Inyang hang out with Chase Irons on Mark Bell’s Power Project Podcast to break down the science behind testosterone replacement therapy, hormones, and optimizing your body.
They tackle everything from managing TRT dosages, diet, and cardio to avoid side effects like bloating and high blood pressure, to strategies for building muscle and burning fat. Chase shares his insights on using peptides, GLP-1s, HGH, and even methylene blue for recovery and energy.
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Chapters:
0:00 Adjusting TRT dosages and issues with standard tests
6:12 Managing health with TRT: diet, cardio, and blood pressure
8:02 Steroid use myths and health risks
11:33 High testosterone injections and their effects
13:39 Testosterone’s impact on body composition and gym results
17:20 TRT side effects: bloating, blood pressure, and fat retention
22:06 Expert recommendations for blood work and injection techniques
28:22 Struggles with body fat, diet, and TRT results
32:05 Glucagon, fat burning, and low energy
37:15 Balancing bodybuilding goals with life satisfaction
38:54 Intermittent fasting for calorie control
42:01 Costs and variations in TRT treatments
43:37 GLP-1 peptides for appetite control and fat loss
47:19 Testosterone optimization: lifestyle vs. medication
52:15 Exploring new testosterone boosters and alternatives
57:25 Heart health and the role of vitamin K2
1:02:35 GLP-1 side effects and stomach digestion hacks
1:08:02 Peptides for muscle recovery and fat metabolism
1:13:10 Researching before starting TRT or hormone programs
1:14:42 Footwear for natural toe spread and comfort
1:17:36 Insulin mismanagement and lessons learned
1:23:36 Insulin and growth hormone use in bodybuilding
1:28:57 Combining testosterone and HGH for better results
1:34:28 Benefits of methylene blue and red light therapy
1:39:32 Comparing HGH therapies and their effectiveness
1:41:29 Key business lessons for entrepreneurs
1:46:50 Building a sellable business for long-term value
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do you feel like TRT dosages are like a little bit on the low side? |
| 0:03.5 | Yes. Oh, yeah. I think the blood work like ranges are off. I think that they can definitely move those up. |
| 0:09.1 | Can I get an amen from everybody listening? With TRT, I think starting at about like 200 and slowly bumping yourself up, 50 milligrams every month or so and just feel it out. |
| 0:19.3 | Take your time working your way up so your body can adapt to it, |
| 0:23.0 | you know, instead of just like making a big jump and getting all the bloat. |
| 0:26.6 | What are the more popular peptides that you sell on your site that bodybuilders seem to be attracted to that they like? |
| 0:32.6 | BPC 157 and TB500, those two things. |
| 0:35.6 | BPC, it creates more HGH receptors on your muscles. So it's going to make your HGH work better. It helps repair your muscles, helps repair connective tissue. It's one also that you don't become desensitized from. So you can use it all the time. So let's just dive right into all this. You have taken the most amount of testosterone in the history of the world. All right, Chase Irons, welcome to the show, buddy. Hey, what's up? Thanks for coming out, man. Yeah, no. So let's just dive right into all this. You have taken the most amount of testosterone in the history of the world? That's public about it, I guess. that would probably be the best way to put it, the one that's the most honest about it, I would say. |
| 0:55.0 | In recent years. that's public about it, I guess. That would probably be the best way to put it, the one that's the most honest about it, I would say, |
| 1:13.3 | in recent years. |
| 1:14.8 | But there's some controversy over it. |
| 1:17.2 | Like, supposedly there was a higher amount of testosterone. |
| 1:21.1 | Well, that gets brought up the most that Dallas Macarver beat me. |
| 1:25.0 | RIP, Dallas Macarver. |
| 1:26.3 | Yes, indeed. |
| 1:27.2 | Yeah, with his piss test, which was like, I think it was like 54,000 or something like that. |
| 1:34.3 | This is all allegedly, who really knows? |
| 1:36.3 | Well, they did, yeah, no, they did test it. |
| 1:39.3 | And that's what it came back as. |
| 1:40.3 | But Derek, like like Derek made a video |
| 1:44.2 | about that a long time ago and was like that it doesn't |
| 1:46.2 | count it's not the same as blood |
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