Quick note: Newsletter Preferences
After receiving several kind messages from some of you, I decided to start sending out the weekly workouts again this past week.
But I did so without asking all of you if that’s what you want - so that’s what I’m doing here.
I’ve built a little survey below where you can select your preferences for which newsletters you’ll receive from me moving forward. You’ll find it here.
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Why I had a full hormone panel done as a healthy 27 year old
This past week I decided to pull the trigger on a complete hormone panel through a men’s health company called Blokes.
Lots of concerning studies have come out in the past few years suggesting that overall hormone health is on the decline in the States. A few key points drove me to get this test done:
100% of men in a blind trial being found to have microplastics in their balls
Testosterone levels in men are dropping at an alarming rate
It’s getting harder and harder for couples to get pregnant (statistically)
As someone who wants a family of my own in the nearish future, I thought this would be a great way to check under the hood on my health.
Now before I share the results, here’s a little about me:
Age: 27
Weight: 210 lbs
Lifestyle habits: eat clean, sleep 8 hours a night, exercise daily, lift 4-5x a week, get tons of sunlight, drink 1-2x per week, etc.
misc: did 3 cycles of SARMs 6-7 years ago (LGD 4033)
The Results
Blokes sends you your test results via email, but they also have a licensed clinician hop on a call with you to break down exactly what everything means.
So here’s the summary of my results.
TLDR: I’m lucky enough to be pretty healthy.
Most of my markers are optimal, and the markers in the high range were mainly due to supplements I take like Creatine - which my provider told me was to be expected.
The only 2 areas of concern?
The single sub-optimal marker was my testosterone. I’m sitting at 289 ng/dL. The Optimal range starts anywhere from 400-800, so I’m well below where I should be.
The single high range marker that’s a concern, was my estrogen levels. This checks out as having lower T can lead to higher estrogen. The 2 issues are related.
Frankly I’m not that surprised, but wanted to share this as a recommendation to get yourself checked out once a year at least.
I work out often, sleep well, eat clean, and am not even 30 - and I’m still seeing these hormone issues, so I firmly believe EVERYONE should get checked when they can - especially as you get older!
It’s a huge step in preventative care so that you can live a healthy life for a long time.
I’m now working on a treatment plan to get my body producing more T on its own again - and am stoked to get started.
Till next week!
Dane