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"If one sex loses both sexes lose" - 💯💯💯

I went to my doctor and asked to get my testosterone levels checked and she said I was too young and refused. I'm 44.

I went to get mine checked and they were 348 NG/DL. I’m a 30 year old man with those levels. My doctor said “you’re good man, that’s within the normal range”. Blew my mind.

Yo if Chris is low on testosterone, everyone else is also 💯

I live in Canada and pretty sure if I asked my doctor to help raise my testosterone, I’d be put on some sort of hate group list. They would not entertain helping me out with that. Even when I asked for blood work to determine vitamin deficiencies they said that’s only permitted if I’m experiencing weird health issues

Having high testosterone levels is extremely important, especially in this day and age. Most men today have suboptimal levels of testosterone - a lot less than their fathers or grandfathers had just 30-50 years ago. There are various reasons for this. One factor that is oftentimes neglected is endocrine disruptors in our environment (i.e. xenoestrogens, BPA, phthalates, triclosan, etc), phytoestrogens in food (i.e. soy, which is in almost ALL processed foods), and hypothyroidism (subclinical or autoimmune Hashimoto's disease). There are many ways to increase testosterone levels naturally. Diet, supplements, and lifestyle changes can make a tremendous difference in boosting testosterone, DHT, growth hormone (GH), IGF-1, and other anabolic hormones. Sleeping before 11 p.m. works wonders for your endocrine/hormonal health. Including more cholesterol in your diet which is a precursor to all steroid hormones helps as well - red meat (beef, lamb, bison etc), seafood, eggs, full-fat dairy, organ meats (offal), and saturated fats in general (even plant-based sources, such as coconut oil, cocoa butter, etc). Weightlifting, especially multi-joint exercises, such as deadlifts and squats, have been shown in various studies to increase testosterone, IGF-1, and GH levels. Tribulus Terrestris is a famous supplement that offers short-term benefits, but doesn't address the root cause of testosterone deficiency. No one has a 'Tribulus deficiency'. Concerning supplements, the big 3 are 1) magnesium, 2) vitamin D3, and 3) zinc. Choose a magnesium formula that contains many forms of magnesium as every form carries unique benefits compared to the others. Concerning vitamin D, go for a product that is sourced from animal-based sources to maximize its bioavailability. Do not use more than 5,000 IU per serving as over the 5,000 IU mark there are malabsorption issues. Break the dose into 2 or 3 servings throughout the day, depending on when you consume a high-fat meal. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that requires fat to be efficiently absorbed in the intestines. When it comes to zinc, use zinc picolinate 30 - 40 mg per day taken with a fat-containing meal as zinc picolinate is partially fat-soluble. A nice read on increasing T levels naturally through weightlifting, nutrition, and supplements is Vintage Physique by George Kelly. Old-School bodybuilding diets were very rich in testosterone-precursor compounds, such as cholesterol, saturated fats, zinc, magnesium, vitamin D, B complex vitamins, vitamin E, selenium, boron, iodine, etc. This is one of the reasons why Оld-Schооl bоdybuilders looked like real-life superheroes. If you combine high T with regular weightlifting, the results are compounded (1+1=3). Testosterone also makes you stronger in the gym and more explosive athletically.

At 28 I was 360 ng/dl lifting, sleeping right, very good diet but always felt like shit. At 30 I tore my bicep tendon at work and gave up on life for a few months. I got tested and was 230ng/dl. They still refused trt. I went through a 3rd party clinic and feel significantly better.

Exactly the same for me. I went to get my levels checked, the Dr. assured me emphatically that my hormone levels are probably fine and that I should just take an anti depressant. I literally had to TELL him to run the hormone tests anyway. Turns out my T levels were just below 400, which is below the normal range. The doctor insisted that it's a fluke and we ran the tests again, and again 5 times, month after month, and my T levels only once went above 400. I saw three different relevant doctors after that (endocrinology, urology) and they all insisted on marking my issue as "erectile dysfunction" (and I never had that problem nor did I say that I did) and subsequently my insurance refused to cover anything. I'm sorry, I'm completely convinced that we're looking at a systematic erasure of a very obvious pandemic issue. I have many friends who've had a nearly exact same experience. WTF is all I'm saying...

Having normal testosterone levels is absolutely mandatory in my opinion. I wrecked my balls as a teenager and by 30 the little testoerone I had coming from my factories was woefully inadequate. To say you don't exist at that point is and understatement, you can't think, you have no energy, sex is no where even remotely on your brain. I finally got a full blood panel test which revealed levels much lower than Chris' starting point which prompted the doctor to immediately initate steps to take and to get it retested in 1 month. After all was said and done I ended up on TRT and for the first time since being a child I felt alive. I had energy, I was calm all the time (what is this feeling I thought when i experienced being relaxed for the first few times), I had sex drive which was absolutely amazing, I could think clearly and had decent memory, I can't name a single thing that wasn't improved by this one hormone. In my opinion this should be a mandatory health check every 5 or 10 years. I got put through the ringer before getting TRT by the NHS which was absolutely horrific torture, and I really mean torture it was mental brutality with all the different pills that they want to put you on despite having the root problem right there, in the data, in the science, just right there, right, damn, there. I should also note that don't expect TRT from the NHS, their standards for low are extremely extreme. Go private if you can and get it checked, if you have even low in range your life will be impacted massively. The NHS wants to put you just over the very bottom line that's redefined whenever they take a new average (lowers every year) which is a terrible place. Talk to many excellent private professionals and none will agree with the NHS. Put your health first as always and make it a priority. Good job Chris, that difference is huge and congrats!

I am 39, NHS wouldn’t test for testosterone unless you complain of depression, muscle loss, mood swings, a decrease in the size of your balls and gyno all at the same time. I have been struggling with motivation and building muscle since COvid really but I thought it must be because I don’t have access to a gym, stuck at home etc. My T level was 374 and the doc said it’s in the normal range. I was dissatisfied to say the least. 1. I eat meat including organ meats, 2 I eat a lot of fat 3 I don’t avoid all carbs 4 I have been working out 3 times a week in the gym for a year by the time I got my blood test 5 I don’t have a stressful life 6 I mostly sleep well. Have been thinking about getting on some gear, just to get it back up to 600+ but I am not convinced enough. This gives me hope that I can do it without gear. Thanks for that

I had the same experience. I did go on TRT, and I now know what normal should feel like. All guys should get checked!

*Summary* -Boron -Pharmaceutical grade of Magnesium Glycinate -Omega 3 Acid Ethyl Esters - Organ meat Don’t know what 3/4 of those are 🙃

I was 32 when I started TRT. I had old man levels of testosterone. Felt terrible and depressed after 30 no matter what I did. TRT is my anti depressant. I get suicidal when it dips back down.

Reading through all the comments of men attempting to see what their hormone levels are at only to be shirked off by doctors, it reminds me of myself and a bunch of other women that have tried to get a hormone panel done for similar reasons, and have been met with the exact same reception. "You're fine, just take this thing, we only run a test like that if you ACTUALLY have issues." No preventives for sex specific issues that develop later in life, no checks to see how much better your life could be if you knew where your body was at, nothing. I thought it was just women because of how much they harp on about being ignored/dismissed by doctors. What the hell is going on???

Bro is literally glowing!

This just made me think of how a lot of people say we live in a patriarchy. But almost everything we do in our day to day lives negatively affects our testosterone levels.

“If one sex loses, both sexes lose.”

Saw a guy in the comment section saying his doctor refused to give him a testosterone test because he was to young at the age of 44. Same thing happened to me as I was just curious about my hormones and levels. He also told me protein powder was bad for my liver. This is why I'm always skeptical about "experts".

I saw this clip about a month ago, that was the first time I learned about Boron as a supplement. My t levels are 860 but I have low free range and was searching how I can fix this so I looked into and watched a lot of boron reviews and eventually bought it off Amazon. I take 10mg daily and let me tell you within 1 week I noticed and felt a change. Im feeling so much better and the general is standing tall at dawn again which hasn’t happened in years. I can’t wait till March till I get my yearly bloodwork done to see what my levels look like then.

Some guys at work are on TRT. Some aren’t even in their 40s. All say it was life changing. One guy even started getting his hair back, ironically enough.

Props from a lab scientist fan for puting your units up. Also the glasses look great! What brand are they?

Regular bloodwork is the best way to age healthily and prevent problems before they happen.

Im 32 and my level is 201, they wanted to do NOTHING. I can feel the lethargy, my mood shift, and this prolonged healing. I can feel it, I can't think clearly. The low end is 200, im literally just above it and they didnt care.

During my mid 20’s I was experiencing low testosterone due to bad habits. Now I’m almost 30, and after taking DHEA, Boron, Zinc, and Magnesium my levels are back up. I feel more motivated to get things done and my libido is almost as active as when I was a teenager.

High free test means very little if the body isn’t shuttling it correctly. There’s more indicators than free test. SHBG, Serum test, LSH FSH etc. I hope he explains that. Will listen to entire thing. Derrick with Marek does know his stuff.

Weird isn’t it how all these influencers and bodybuilders seem to have “low testosterone” and need it boosting artificially to “normal levels”…

I’ve been on TRT & gear for years. TRT is awesome. Seriously. Started at 33, 40 now. Cruising.

Love how this dude has all these amazing experiences with all these companies that he happens to have a discount code for. It's like he never stopped being a promoter and hocks a bunch of random ish😂

I was not prepared & ready to see Chris wearing glasses 😂🤓

I went to a doctor who declined a bloodtest, I went and did three separate tests after and they came back in the 350-400 range. I'm 21, fit and workout 5 times a week getting 8 hours of sleep a day. Went ahead and sent the results back to the doctor who then declined further action.

An entire video of what supps you were taking and the food/workout would be amazing! Thx for everything you do bro!

Better get your PSA done regularly now. Prostate cancer feeds off testosterone.

I felt dreadful for years and didn’t know why. Did my bloods, went on TRT and now I realise what I’ve been missing out on all this time! Modern society doesn’t want men to feel like men.

We definitely need more detailed information about this protocol that doubled your T levels naturally.

I went from 10nmol to 31nmol just by going on carnivore diet - no pills or supplements (400ngdl to 900ngdl)

Chris, those glasses are dope. 🔥

My T levels have been around 1400 my entire life. Last time i had it checked at 41, it was 1530. It's made me a hell of an athlete and soldier, and i can pack on muscle quickly, BUT it's also been the cause of all the stupid decisions I've made as well.

Great video. Sad that there is still so much stigma about something so essential to both sexes and the quality of life. Having gone through some experiences around this myself in earlier years, I can say that the vast majority (99%) of medical community is very ill-prepared, still, to give proper guidance on hormones. And the few that do, are businesses looking to gain off desperation. Sad. Truly sad.

I was on painkillers for a long time for chronic pain and had a variety of low T symptoms. An endocrinologist tested me and I was at 315 ng/dl. She said I was on the low range of normal, so no action needed. A year later I was in a gym and there was a company next door that did hormone testing for men. I went in, they did the test a few days later and my result was still in the low 300s. I went on weekly testosterone injections and my symptoms were gone in a month. Better mood, fixed libido, reduced breast tissue, better ability to focus, less feelings of exhaustion, no more brain fog. I asked the new Dr (a guy) about the initial opinion and he was like "in general, you should see male doctors for male problems - they will take you more seriously." I don't think enough men know about the symptoms of low testosterone and how badly it can screw you up, PLUS it's a vicious cycle. You get depressed/tired so you don't work out, so you get more out of shape, so you get more tired.

I'm a recovering addict and now that I'm close to above those numbers...yeah feeling pretty good again. Good work Duder.

Having a higher testosterone is not always beneficial. Too high or too low both negatively effect lifespan. You want the middle range, even if you're more of a raging muscle-bound sex fiend at the higher level.

Can we stop asking why we don't have masculine men and start asking why we have women who act like teenage boys.

Wow ❤I love this! More needs to be said on this topic! I am a mother of three beautiful little boys and I want them to grown up strong, healthy and with good testosterone levels & I am absolutely fed up with people saying masculinity is toxic.

Please give us more details. On the supplements you use the dosages and the times of days you took them.

I wouldn’t be concerned about my T levels at all if it wasn’t for all the endocrine disrupters in our environment (and a testicular injury I suffered as a teenager)

Hear hear! Powerful message.

This is good news you are sharing Most men and women don't know about this 😢

I love how Chris is polite, mindful, present and a seeker of knowledge and ways of being better . That’s the embodiment of healthy masculinity. Actually those are positive traits of women too.

TRT in many cases causes infertility, so for alot of young guys it isnt an option. I would love to see the full list of what you took.

Almost everyone in my fire department is on TRT. many in their early thirties...I havent made the jump but im considering it.

For people not in the US could you please publish the actual full protocol you did?

I'd like to get my T tested, I've a feeling it's rather low because I've got really low drive for everything.

I found out I was low T at 27. My levels were something like 200 (a 75 year old man). What was weird is that I still had more muscle than average, so you can't really tell based on looking at someone. There's no explanation other than my body doesn't make enough Lutinizing Hormone (which tells your balls to produce T). This is happening more and more. It's probably due to environmental toxicity (plastics, pollution, etc). I've been taking T for five years now and I'm 32. I'll have to take it forever but the upside is I can optimize my levels forever. Don't let a doctor tell you if you're high or low. Look at a chart or levels by age. A lot of doctors literally look at the entire range, which is like 250-1200, but shockingly do not factor in AGE!!!! It's criminally negligent. 250 is normal if you're 80, not if you're 25! I was 450 at age 23 and my stupid doctor back then didn't flag it. And my mistake was of course trusting her. I could've improved my quality of life years before I did. No wonder I was tired and depressed all the time.

Was curious where I was at as a 23 year old male and the doctor said its probably fine but if u concerned we check it anyway, somewhere in the 600's I thought was still low but this is a relief knowing I am normal

This is amazing and I’m happy for you. As a woman over 40, I know that my hormonal levels could definitely be optimized as well. I wish this type of health care was available to more people. Imagine all the untapped potential.

Forgot to mention enclomiphene😂 you ain’t double your test with boron and magnesium.

Enclomiphine ahem ahem ahem cmon man!

Very good short, and I had forgotten about the boron mineral

I’m trying to set an example for my sons. At 42 I decided to actually start to lift seriously and watch my diet. Showing my sons that you can get fit and and change yourself for the better is one of the best examples I can show them of masculinity along with running my household and treating my wonderful wife with admiration and respect. There are way us as men can show you get men how to be men even in the smallest ways.

There is no way he went from 400 to 1000 just taking vitamins.

High levels of testosterone increase your risk of hormone driven cancers significantly. In my profession a large number of guys take TRT to hold on and enable extended years in a physical profession. We also see a high percentage of testicular and prostate cancer as well as signficantly enlarged prostates and hyperplasia. If you are going to do it be informed, get regular blood work and see a doctor regularly.

Boron is incredibly effective

I did after 14 months and saw the promises that were made when I started. I gained a whole 4 lbs unnecessary weight, no additional side effects, and I’m making great lean gains in the gym. Note doubling brought me to ~230 mg/wk.

I recently got tested in the UK I was 420ngdl and I'm 47. I've been low for a decade. Could you list everything they guided you to take?

I just inject whisky and crack in my vains

Fascinating ❤ Thank you for this work and info 🎍

Tell ya boy Derek to sort out Merek health options for those outside US! Need something down here in Aus

If you're at 495 and take any T at all that is purely enhancement not even TRT as there is no loss of function to replace. It's also a quite inefficient way of getting enhanced as it comes with a gamut of side effects that you wouldn't get with other anabolics. TRT should only be given to people who are both low in testosterone AND symptomatic for low T symptoms. If you are perfectly healthy at 495 and just "want" to be higher that is pretty moronic, and very irresponsible of the T-hawking "doctors" at Marek who push it.

Share the protocol….

Can’t wait for the full video

Appointment with my GP now booked for Jan 10, 2024. Thanks Chris. I'm 61.

Did any of your friends notice a change in your behaviour? Just curious.

What was the entire protocol?

I would love for you to do a complete video on this.

I’m currently on trt through a clinic here in Canada, and my latest bloods were 500 ish ng and they won’t let me go any higher. With all those supplements you say (and more, dhea/HCG)

495 isn't even low. That's dead average. Hitting 1000 is very high. That would be perfect genetics. Going from dead average to almost super human is definitely gonna have massive changes in how you feel

How can you increase youre testosteron levels as a regular dude with a 9 to 5?

Bro nailed it towards the end. Spot on.

I hated having high levels of testosterone as a teenager I felt angry and moody all the time and I was quick to lose my temper now in my 40's I'm relaxed

I'm sure those glasses are blue light blocking but those in combination with the wired headphones, you got Golden Girls vibes going on.

Can you tell us your full protocol in a short?

Your the best Chris. Keep up the great work

Yeah when mine were at 972 I was like I was 29 again. Got it stable to about 700 perfect

I started supplementing with Boron 4 years ago, 9mg is the sweet spot, it significantly lowers SHBG which in turn frees up more Testosterone, my GP said I have the highest free T reading he'd ever seen for a man in his 50's

“If one sex loses, both sexes lose”. Most women cannot comprehend this

im 32 mine with sleep and sport is 360....so i did a no sleep alchohol week, managed to lower it to 250....now il go see the doc 😊

Here in Ontario, Canada, at 55 had to fight to get my Testosterone tested. They only want to address it if ED is a symptom. Turns out it is just below the low end of 7.4 (6.8).

As someone who has taken dozens of T tests, take them with a grain of salt. You can have 495ng/dl one day and double the very next day. It varies so greatly due to a ton of factors. You can't really say you have "low" or "high" T based on just one test.

I've started taking testosterone supplements and it's noticeable how much better, stronger and more energetic I feel.

Take a news fast. It will do wonders for your health

We need a PSA on this!

495 is just fine. 1000 is high... you sure you're not taking Clomid? ;-)

I too have fallen into the trap of “testosterone dysmorphia”. 500ng/dl is not on the low end of normal range. It’s in the middle. I’m a similar age to Chris (36) and my levels on TRT for the last 2 years are 750-800ng/dl. So, there’s no way that Chris’ natural level is 1000ng/dl unless he’s taking TRT or clomid.

Love your content it’s helps loads. ♦️♦️♦️

Well produce this protocol would ya! 😂

495 low end? Doubled test naturally in the 1000? Shit seems hella sus

what company did you work with?

I absolutely respect that.. we all feel the hormonal changes.

Interesting. I had mine tested and they were very low. I am almost 44 but in great shape but feel my libido could be higher. I might go get mine tested again. Thanks!