Mike Israetel

I took double the blood pressure medication roughly at that dose. And I titrated it so that it would always be below the normative values for best health, 120 over 70, that sort of thing. When I took the most drugs, I was almost always in a fat loss phase because you're just not eating much food and you're very lean and you're doing lots of physical activity.

Those are all hugely antagonistic variables to high blood pressure. And so if I was massing and weighed 280, I would have to take the kitchen sink of blood pressure meds. And it would still be worth it to do that. If I can make a public service announcement, it just doesn't matter why your blood pressure is high. Fucking control it with drugs. And then look to lifestyle or whatever or whatever.

Those are all hugely antagonistic variables to high blood pressure. And so if I was massing and weighed 280, I would have to take the kitchen sink of blood pressure meds. And it would still be worth it to do that. If I can make a public service announcement, it just doesn't matter why your blood pressure is high. Fucking control it with drugs. And then look to lifestyle or whatever or whatever.

So many people are totally backwards on this, where they're like, oh man, I want to clean up my lifestyle so that I can get off these blood pressure meds. Why? Why? We're what, Gen 9 of blood pressure meds? They don't even have side effects anymore. If I'm taking them or not taking them, I can't tell.

So many people are totally backwards on this, where they're like, oh man, I want to clean up my lifestyle so that I can get off these blood pressure meds. Why? Why? We're what, Gen 9 of blood pressure meds? They don't even have side effects anymore. If I'm taking them or not taking them, I can't tell.

And so if I take a pill that reduces almost every single health malady and extends my lifespan by a generation... Why the hell wouldn't I do that? And it's so funny when you get this from steroid people. They're like, dude, you're doing Trenbolone that was manufactured in a bathtub in China, but you're not going to take Novo Nordisk's best blood pressure drug? Are you insane?

And so if I take a pill that reduces almost every single health malady and extends my lifespan by a generation... Why the hell wouldn't I do that? And it's so funny when you get this from steroid people. They're like, dude, you're doing Trenbolone that was manufactured in a bathtub in China, but you're not going to take Novo Nordisk's best blood pressure drug? Are you insane?

The answer is yes, of course. Making sure blood pressure is good, making sure all the lipid values and things like that are very good.

The answer is yes, of course. Making sure blood pressure is good, making sure all the lipid values and things like that are very good.

I mean, my lipid values probably aren't as good when I'm bulking up, but I'm also on fewer drugs then, so they're not crazy. The last time I've ever had a total cholesterol of over 200 was when I was 13 years old and I had spent a whole summer playing video games, being totally inactive, and I was a portly child. And it was like 202. And they're like, bro. And I was like, oh.

I mean, my lipid values probably aren't as good when I'm bulking up, but I'm also on fewer drugs then, so they're not crazy. The last time I've ever had a total cholesterol of over 200 was when I was 13 years old and I had spent a whole summer playing video games, being totally inactive, and I was a portly child. And it was like 202. And they're like, bro. And I was like, oh.

And then I turned 14 and began to do sports. Why were they checking blood on the 13-year-old? Basic screening panel. I think maybe it was sports or something. I don't know. Yeah. They do like basic lipid panel for like a lot of people. And so I just remember, I can't ever forget that number because I was like, oh, oh, I'm in the red on something.

And then I turned 14 and began to do sports. Why were they checking blood on the 13-year-old? Basic screening panel. I think maybe it was sports or something. I don't know. Yeah. They do like basic lipid panel for like a lot of people. And so I just remember, I can't ever forget that number because I was like, oh, oh, I'm in the red on something.

Like you're not supposed to be in the red on something. But for me, my body was always really responsive to body fat levels. If I have a high body fat, I'm probably not an amazing health. If I'm a low body fat, I can take a lot of steroids to the face and still be relatively okay on the numbers. Now there's lots of stuff we can't measure.

Like you're not supposed to be in the red on something. But for me, my body was always really responsive to body fat levels. If I have a high body fat, I'm probably not an amazing health. If I'm a low body fat, I can take a lot of steroids to the face and still be relatively okay on the numbers. Now there's lots of stuff we can't measure.

So my body has taken a considerable amount of damage over the years from anabolic androgenic steroids. And what do you think some of those damages are? Cardiovascular damage. No doubt my left ventricular wall is probably larger than it should be. I have not had an echo. So I've had plenty of echoes. Most of them were quite some time ago and they're all great. The overall inflammatory exposure.

So my body has taken a considerable amount of damage over the years from anabolic androgenic steroids. And what do you think some of those damages are? Cardiovascular damage. No doubt my left ventricular wall is probably larger than it should be. I have not had an echo. So I've had plenty of echoes. Most of them were quite some time ago and they're all great. The overall inflammatory exposure.

to the crazy training volumes, stress levels, and independent psychological stress that the anabolic steroids voiced upon me, no doubt has been bad for brain and bad for everything else, and so on down the line. Luckily, I was smart enough at the beginning to always control my blood pressure, and that's a huge, huge killer for people on drugs. I always paid attention to lipid values.

to the crazy training volumes, stress levels, and independent psychological stress that the anabolic steroids voiced upon me, no doubt has been bad for brain and bad for everything else, and so on down the line. Luckily, I was smart enough at the beginning to always control my blood pressure, and that's a huge, huge killer for people on drugs. I always paid attention to lipid values.

That's another huge killer, and I just really got lucky there, and I eat healthy almost all the time. That's a big deal.