Ben Greenfield
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Podcast Appearances
And then, this is interesting, the largest concentration of androgen receptors is in your legs.
So if you're like the toothpick-like guy at the gym when we do an upper body, that's not so great for testosterone.
Leg press, lunges, squats, deadlifts, landmine, anything that's taxing on the legs, that's another one.
Those are helpful.
Yeah, sleep, low-sus, good relationships, sunshine, all that factors in.
This is anecdotal, but there's a lot of people that swear by thermal stress, like cold bath.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, like avoiding heat and then getting cold specifically for the balls.
If at that point you're doing all of those things and you literally have testosterone levels that are super low, then you could think about some kind of testosterone therapy.
But if you're doing all of those things, you shouldn't have to think about that until you're at least past 40 years old.
Wow.
Yeah, I don't think most people are taking it.
Like not a teenager.
Yeah.
Right now they're just calling the guy and getting our TRT prescription.
Oh, yeah.
There's so many pill mills out there.
Yeah.
I mean, you literally fill out a form that may or may not be true.
And if it's a good company, they will take it.