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(0:00) Ensuring gut health for protein absorption (1:03) Discussing supplementation, biohacks, and creatine benefits (5:03) Protein powder, nutrition, and enhancing gut health (10:40) Evaluating pre-workout pump products and low dose Cialis for workouts (15:25) Testosterone optimization therapy (TOT) and functional mushrooms (23:03) Sponsor: Nutrition Solutions (23:51) Sponsor: Alessi Functional Health (24:44) Sponsor: Optimizers program (25:08) Closing remarks00:00:00
You know, when it comes to that absorption and and getting the protein is, like, making sure
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your gut is is healthy too.
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You have the proper enzymes, so, you know, you can almost, like, boost the effectiveness of
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protein with enzymes.
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Welcome to the Full Fueled podcast.
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I'm gonna set what the new normal looks like in my life.
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You're not limited by your genetics.
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You have a superpower that is lifting people up.
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So, unfortunately, most businesses aren't gonna use the highest quality ingredients.
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What's your approach?
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Jacked.
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I know he's Jacked.
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That's why I'm asking him like he changed.
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I don't think he lives.
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Yeah.
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It's consistency in everything that we do that really compounds.
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Only way we're gonna get the word out is with you.
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Live full fuel.
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Live the own limits, baby.
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Let's go.
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Welcome to the FullFuel podcast, episode number 56.
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And, you're here with your host, Matt Taack, Doctor Alfred Alessi.
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And we're gonna be talking about some good things today.
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What do we got today, doc?
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Yeah, man.
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You know what I thought would be cool?
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We talk a lot about supplementation, nutrition, things that we try.
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Right?
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Different biohacks, to help optimize and elevate our game.
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And I was like, what if we just went through a list?
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We'll bounce them back and forth to each other and kind of rank what where we find the
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effectiveness, in some of the stuff that we recommend for people and the stuff that we
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tried because you and I are both we we guinea pig stuff.
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We're like, hey.
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This sounds someone recommended this.
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This looks like a good product.
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Let me try it.
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Maybe it's something we cling to long term, maybe not.
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But, I came up with a list of some of the stuff that we've been doing.
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You know, you and I tend to be on the same page with a lot of things.
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So, let's just do it, man.
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Let's I'll I'll go through.
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I'll name something.
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I'll talk about kind of what I've experienced with it, and then I'll give my my
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recommendation.
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And then you tell me you kind of how you see it effectiveness as well.
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And let's say like 1 to 10 scale, right?
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10 being super effective, one being not effective.
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That sound cool.
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104.
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Let's do it.
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1041 to 10.
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All right.
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First thing on the list here I have is creatine.
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Creatine is one of those things, man, that in my opinion, is like everyone should be on.
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It has benefits for building muscle benefits for cognition and focus, obviously benefits for
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energy.
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So it's also been proven to be one of the least side effect risk, safest things out there.
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And it's dirt cheap.
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I mean, you can find it pretty much, you know, for for the most affordable supplement you can
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get out there for a lot of of dose.
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You know, for me, I'd say it's something I'll never stop using.
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I'll always use whether you kind of do a little bit heavier cycles at times, but effectiveness,
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I mean, I'd put it at like a probably like a 7.
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You know, it does what it's intended to do.
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Now you don't feel much from it.
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It's not like you take creatine and you're like buzzing or you notice.
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But I think, you know, long term, if you're on it, you can tell when you're not on it too.
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You feel maybe a little deflated or a little less, a less of that, like, pop that give that
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get up and go.
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What about you?
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What do you think?
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Yeah.
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No.
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I I honestly would put it much higher.
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I think it's one of the most important things.
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Creatine monohydrate, absorbs so quickly into the various, obviously, muscles, for resistance
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training purposes.
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So I think it's man, I'd, you know, I'd put it up there as an 8 or 9, in terms of a
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supplementary thing.
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I think a lot of people just do not they they get inadequate protein sources anyway.
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And so adding that in there is huge.
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And then also, you know, the you you explained it.
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The cognition piece is huge.
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So it it's an it's it essentially a nootropic, in a way.
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I don't think it's completely classified as a nootropic, but definitely has cognitive
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enhancements, properties, that are beneficial.
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So, there's really there's really no reason why it shouldn't be a supplement.
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And, I think, you know, some of the best ones you definitely wanna get a good ones.
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I know I know you have a couple names that use.
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I just use simply creatine.
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But I know you have a really good one that I wanna try out.
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It's more micronized and able to break down a little bit easier, but I highly recommend
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everyone use creatine.
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Yeah.
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Well, there's, like, a patented version called CREAPURE, which is just, like, the purest form
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you can get.
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So I usually recommend that.
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And that can be that can be found in different brands.
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So just look for create a pure, you know, I think people get like if you were to ask, like
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like our parents or something like, hey, what do you think about creatine or what do you know
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about them?
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Oh, the bodybuilder thing.
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Like, you know, like, that's what they know.
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And so people don't understand really what it is.
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It's your body's like primary energy, system for the first, like, 0 to 7 seconds of any kind
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of intense exercise.
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So but again, we talked about it has other benefits as far as, you know, fueling the brain
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and and cognition.
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So everyone should I think everyone should be on it.
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For sure.
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What's the number 2?
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Number 2.
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All right.
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Going down the list here, I have protein powder.
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I know you're going to you're going to love this one.
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You're the protein powder.
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I'm gonna yeah.
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I'm gonna put protein powder up there too, man.
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I mean, I think if you do it right, it can be very effective in, you know, filling the gaps.
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Right?
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If you, if you're trying to get build lean muscle, you're trying to lose weight, protein
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is just the macronutrient that's king.
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So it's hard though on oftentimes to get adequate protein through your diet.
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It's just a lot.
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Right?
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Especially guys like you and you and I were bigger guys.
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We're trying to, you know, eat consume more.
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200, 250 grams of protein a day.
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That's a lot, man.
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You get full.
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You it's getting that down sometimes is not easy.
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So the protein powder, I know you and I use it the same way to kinda fill those gaps or, like,
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like, kind of buy you bridge between meals as well.
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So I'd put it up there, man.
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I'd I'd say 8.
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Right?
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On effectiveness, it's it's doing what it's intended to do.
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And I mean, it's not like you have there's no side effects from it, right?
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It's not like it's not like it's dangerous or anything.
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It's a very safe thing to to do.
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I think you got to watch out for some of the brands that are super funky flavors like the
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Fruity Pebble flavor or whatever.
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There's a bunch of crap in there.
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So going with something that's a little bit more simple, maybe looking for naturally
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sweetened, and then the different types is like the isolate versus the the concentrate.
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So like a whey concentrate is going to have a little bit more carbohydrates, whereas the
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isolate's a little bit more broken down into, like, a pure protein.
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So, what do you what do you got?
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Yeah.
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I would put it up there, you know, just for me, I it's a 10 just because I think that everyone
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should have some sort of supplementary, you know, vice, to add to their fuel and their
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repertoire to maintain muscle mass.
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You know, you and I both agree on this is that muscle mass is everything and getting proper
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amino acids, into your day to day is essential.
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And so utilizing that allows that to happen and allows that to rather efficiently.
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I have 275 gram shakes a day.
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So I have literally 3 scoops of the high ISO 100 hydrolyzed protein.
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I'm a big believer in the hydrolyzed.
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Yes, there are some artificial in there.
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But the thing is it's like broken down for you and that's really where the mush comes into
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play.
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If you can get something into your body that like naturally, like it doesn't take a ton to
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break that thing down.
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That's like added from other like meal groups that you might have.
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Like you're not being overly invasive to your gut, right?
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And so like because that's the big thing.
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If you're eating all the time and you have you're just like consuming chicken all the
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time.
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Right?
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That's gonna be super invasive to just the body, the breakdown, just like, all the food
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going through your, you know, large and small intestines.
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Like, it's it's harsh on it.
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And so if you can get something that can kinda pacify that so that's where I I I I should be
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an ambassador for the ISO 100 because I do completely agree with you.
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Don't go off and get crazy flavors.
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Stick to it.
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Chocolate, vanilla.
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I get the chocolate peanut butter.
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It doesn't have in like an insane amount of fillers in it, but it is so broken down for you
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where I'm easily able to get 75 grams of protein.
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Now you have to say, like, how much of that is bioavailable?
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I'd like, I don't know.
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So let's guesstimate that you're getting actually 75% of that.
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That's why I always over assume and then get 75 grams because it's 25 grams per scoop.
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And then maybe I'm getting locking in, you know, 55 to 60 of those as bioavailability.
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So I highly recommend it, though.
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Find a source that's good for you.
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I like the ones that are gonna be on lower carbohydrates because I like getting my
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carbohydrates from whole food sources.
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Yeah.
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I mean, to to tangent a little bit on that, you know, when it comes to that absorption and and
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getting the protein is, like, making sure your gut is is healthy too.
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You have the proper enzymes, so, you know, you can almost, like, boost the effectiveness of
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protein with enzymes.
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If you're taking some kind of, protease or amylase, enzymes that are gonna help your body
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to actually get that, as well as your other this other stuff you're eating too.
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So and then just making sure you have good gut health.
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That's important.
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Because if not, you're just this stuff's passing in and out, and you're not getting that
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as much.
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Right?
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And then you're kinda wasting money and time.
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But yeah.
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Yeah.
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One thing
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I do wanna quickly add to that is, you know, that's why, like, apple cider vinegar, balsamic
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vinegar, vinegar is actually creates those enzymes as well in the production of that.
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And so just, yeah, getting the traction there, getting the movement in your gut, those are
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really, really important because you don't want to stagnate the process and then you're like,
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you're holding your metabolism isn't working and your thyroid isn't working and then you
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balloon up to, you know, £20 plus that you didn't expect.
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Yeah.
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Honestly, the quick plug, the best enzyme that I've used is called Massymes, and it's from a
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company called Bioptimizers.
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We actually have an affiliate code with them.
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On top of my head, I don't know what it is.
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We'll put it in the show notes for this, the link to that.
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But that's you know, it's a it's a broad spectrum enzyme.
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And, again, mass enzymes, they named it that because it helps you to get as much optimized
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breakdown of of what you're putting into your body.
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So really good product.
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I like that one.
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I I'm on that every day.
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With my higher protein meals and stuff.
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I take that.
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Yeah.
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Cool.
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Alright.
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Let's go down the list here.
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Next thing I have is pump products.
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So, like, pre workouts that have, like, citrulline, arginine, glycerol, that kind of
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stuff.
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I guess is a little bit more broad than what we were just talking about.
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But I mean, effectiveness, like they're very effective, right?
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You know, you get that pump, which is going to deliver more blood flow to the muscle.
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If you're doing cardiovascular, it's going to just help, you know, to to get more of a
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healthy blood flow going.
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So, you know, I'd put I'd put like a maybe like a 6 or 7 on those.
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It's not like they're going to make or break your workout.
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You missed your pre workout that day.
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Oh, I might as well not go to the gym because I didn't take my pump products.
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It's like that's, you know, I wouldn't say it's that extreme, but I do think they can benefit.
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Right?
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I think you can get a lot out of it.
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So if you use it correctly, what are your thoughts on that?
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Yeah.
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I would completely rollback on.
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I think you probably should be utilizing that, maybe not every day, where, like, you can have
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you know, you maybe you go a couple weeks with it and a couple weeks without, but there's
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there's massive advantages, to it.
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So some of the best ones that we had, our good friend, Corey Van Dorn, who's been on our
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podcast.
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I love I love Transcendence.
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He's put a lot of quality nootropics in there.
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Yeah.
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So Transcendence is a great one.
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I use this great one.
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It's a little bit more natural.
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It's called Amino leaf.
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I really enjoyed Amino leaf.
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That was great.
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I, just used the other day that you had given me.
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And then tick was a a pretty phenomenal product.
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Yeah.
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That's good.
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That I enjoyed.
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So I don't know if you have a few others you wanna share, but those were some of the
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probably the top 3 for me.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I mean, those are the ones I've been using lately.
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I'm actually looking over at my stack.
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Yeah.
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The I got the the transcendence is probably the you know, our favorite.
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I think the flavor is really good on that.
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Just dosed really well.
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And then authentic as well is is almost like like super dosed.
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That was a guy I met at that Fitfest we did.
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He's a doc, like, a I think he's a pharmacist, but he created this pre workout that's just a a
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butt ton of citrulline in there, man.
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Your your muscles pump up on your first set.
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So really good product too and, like, natural ingredients.
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So I like that one a lot.
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But, overall, I mean, I think, you know, getting some extra blood flow to to the muscles
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is never a bad thing.
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So, cool.
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Alright.
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Let's go.
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Speaking of blood flow, this is one that I've been doing that you have not yet.
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Low dose Cialis.
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Alright?
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Now you might not be able to speak to this, but what I have noticed is in crane, crazy
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vascularity, amazing pumps in the gym even if I'm not taking a pump product, and energy.
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I've noticed, like, more more like denseness in my muscle as well.
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But, you know, lotus Cialis has is basically dilating the the blood vessels.
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So you're gonna deliver more blood flow and oxygen to the muscle, which then as you're
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working out is gonna give you more energy.
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It's gonna deliver everything else, but your recovery is better.
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I've been recovering really well as well.
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I think it's super that first
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hand too, by the way.
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So I've seen the recovery component definitely firsthand.
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I mean, from a hamstring injury to where you were a month ago, insane.
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Yeah.
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I'm never sore.
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I mean, obviously, we do a lot of other stuff too, but, I put that up there, man.
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I put the the the low dose Cialis at, like, maybe like a like an 8.
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Right?
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It's obviously a medical intervention, so it's a little bit more, risk heavy.
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So, you know, you gotta weigh the the side effects there, but, you know, the the
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literature shows, like, it's not it's not the 50, 60 milligrams that guys are taking for ED,
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right, which is, you know, that's the the re that that's the prescribed reason for the drug,
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but they created the low dose CLS to be taken on, like, a daily basis so that, you know, for
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if you don't necessarily have, say, ED, but you wanna be ready.
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Right?
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And that's the thing.
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Obviously, the benefits in that department are are fantastic as well.
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We'll just leave it there.
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But, yeah, I'd say it's highly effective.
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And, overall, you know, it's but but, again, like, if we're talking risk, this one has a
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little bit more risk to go with it as well.
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So, it's not like a natural arginine, citrulline, which is, you know, just gonna
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create nitric oxide.
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Do you wanna speak to that at all, or do you wanna just move on?
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No.
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I can't speak to that.
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I don't use it.
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Alright.
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Fantastic.
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We'll get you on it.
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Alright.
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Here's one that you can speak to next on the list.
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It's gonna be a fun one.
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TRT or TOT, testosterone optimization therapy.
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Massive believer in this.
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I am a massive believer also in the sub q model.
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So I think that there's different different, I guess you'd say derivatives, of it.
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Like, you can get the pellet form, that is a small incision in your spine.
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You can do an oral, or you can do subcutaneous.
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I tend to really get a good cadence of doing every other day.
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So I do direct injection.
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It is you gotta poke yourself.
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So not a lot of guys dude, I did not realize how many guys, like, have a fear of needles.
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I Tyranophobia.
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Don't have a fear of yeah.
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I just don't have that.
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But what is the what is the word?
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Tyranophobia.
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Makes it rhyanophobia why it's called that, but yeah.
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Yeah.
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It's wild.
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So there's a there's a bunch of guys, so you can't you can't get the pellet form.
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I've seen a lot of guys have success with that.
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My I'm a big I mean, massive massive believer in this.
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I mean, I'm I'm been on it since June.
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I kinda, like, have gone through a little bit of trial and error of, like, dosage, when,
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like, what timing.
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You know, mine's in the morning.
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That's when my testosterone levels are naturally gonna be the highest level of
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production.
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So that's when I'm doing it on an every other day basis.
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I get a really good cadence out of that.
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But I'll tell you what, like, in terms of, like, overall energy levels, that and recovery,
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I would say energy level's most important, though, is that I'm able to operate a full day.
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You know?
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Whereas before, I was not operating a full day.
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I would have been at, like, you know, it would have been 25, 30% capacity, to be
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honest with you.
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Your brain was shutting down, like, 2 PM, man.
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I remember you it was brain fog was the biggest thing that we're talking about.
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Huge.
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So, made a massive impact.
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And then, obviously, like, as you carry that into the gym, you're gonna be becoming more
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optimized, and you're gonna be able to recover.
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I'll I'll be honest flat out honest with you, and I've been on a couple podcasts and said
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this.
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One of my biggest things that I've seen from taking testosterone is my first step playing
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basketball.
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I literally did not have, like the first step was, I went away it went away.
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Right?
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And so I wouldn't I would just, like, focus on shooting.
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I wouldn't even take it to the hole all that much.
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I literally my first step is completely back.
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Like, I'm able to take guys, like, off a dribble and then get around guys in the lane.
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And I that that's just something I love doing.
00:18:03
I love playing basketball still.
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So when I'm playing on a weekly basis, that has completely changed in terms of, like, how
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maneuvering, in actually playing basketball.
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It's not just focusing, like, you know, just getting my shot.
00:18:17
And so it's it's been pretty wild, like, really, really wild, though, to see that.
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They kind of, like, be like, dude, I like, you've like, you still got it.
00:18:25
You know what I mean?
00:18:27
Like, yeah.
00:18:27
You got it back, baby.
00:18:30
Got it back.
00:18:30
Yeah.
00:18:30
I mean, I think, obviously, would you put it 1 to 10
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effectiveness?
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I mean, it's a 10 for me.
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My hands down on the chart.
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Yeah.
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It's a 2 perfect.
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I'd say 10 as well.
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I've been on it just maybe a couple of months less than you, but you know, my the way that my
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approach to it was not that I had low testosterone.
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I'm only 32, but I was in a midrange.
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Right?
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And I was like, okay.
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Like, I I listen to and read a lot of Jay Campbell's work and the concept of optimizing
00:19:00
rather than replacing is just what stuck out to me is, like, how do I optimize this in a
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healthy way, to get it to be as good as it can be rather than, like, you know, wait till the
00:19:11
in the future.
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Maybe it's low, maybe it's not, but that was my whole point.
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And, you know, you can do it safely.
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We work with the doc.
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Obviously, we have Taylor who's our, we partnered with who who prescribes for us and
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who we use for our optimizers program.
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But if if done correctly and safely and you're getting your test done on a, you know,
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quarterly basis, it's safe, you know, for the most part.
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I think I there's a obviously, a trial and error at the beginning.
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You have to know kinda what dose you're on.
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At the beginning, I was on a dose that was slightly too high, so my level got pretty up
00:19:43
there.
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I feel amazing.
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Obviously, I feel like a freaking hulk, but we tapered it down a little bit to get to more of,
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like, a, you know, not supernatural dose, more of, like, a normal, I mean, level.
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So, you know, it's been good.
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But guys who are considering it or curious or thinking about it, you have to take a few
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things into consideration that it is something that you will more than likely be on forever
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long term.
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Right?
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You start messing with your body's natural production of testosterone.
00:20:15
It's you know, you have to take that into account.
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So there is also a lot of of of stuff that shows it's gonna mess with fertility too.
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So, you know, if you wanna have kids, you just gotta take that all into account.
00:20:28
Right?
00:20:28
And work with the doc who's really knowledgeable and can guide you through that
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stuff and kinda be on top of everything.
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I think where guys go wrong is they they just start doing it, and they're just like, I'm just
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gonna do it.
00:20:39
Right?
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And and they don't track.
00:20:42
You know, I just heard this stat.
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50% of people of men on testosterone are not getting follow-up blood work.
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They just get on it, and that's what they do.
00:20:50
It's insane.
00:20:51
And I'm like, that is insane because how do you know what's going on inside your body at that
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point?
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Now you're messing with stuff, and you're not following up.
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So I don't recommend that.
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I think that's dangerous and reckless.
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I think doing it safe, it's a very, very powerful and effective alternative for just
00:21:07
longevity.
00:21:08
Right?
00:21:08
You're gonna boost muscle, energy, focus, all of it.
00:21:12
So, it's a it's a a ten for me as well.
00:21:17
Anything else on that?
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No.
00:21:19
That's good.
00:21:20
Cool, man.
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Let's do a couple more here.
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The functional mushrooms I have here.
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Right?
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Like the lion's mane, the cordyceps, the reishi.
00:21:30
I think they're I love them, man.
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I'm I'm I do mushrooms daily.
00:21:35
The good kind.
00:21:37
But, you know, the the lion's mane is is one of those things that's been shown to produce BDNF.
00:21:44
The cordyceps helps with with, you know, your performance.
00:21:48
And then, the Rishi is one that helps with like like like calm and sleep.
00:21:55
So I know we're we're getting a little low on time here.
00:21:57
So real quick, effectiveness, 1 to 10.
00:22:01
You are the mushroom guy, Nudy.
00:22:03
So what do you think?
00:22:10
Yeah.
00:22:11
I think nootropics are I would say, you know, I go on and off, and it was something that even
00:22:17
you had mentioned.
00:22:18
I think somebody advised you is that, like, nootropics are meant for stents.
00:22:23
They're not meant for, like, daily use.
00:22:25
And so, like, when you're utilizing nootropics, it's like whether whether it be the lion's mane
00:22:31
or even maybe, maybe, psilocybin or whatever it might be that, that they're in really, like,
00:22:39
short shorter stints where you aren't utilizing those.
00:22:41
And I think that's a lot of programming too is that, like, you you do it for a period and then
00:22:47
you kinda have a break.
00:22:48
You give your body a rest, and then you go back on it because your body adapts rather quickly.
00:22:52
So I would say, you know, it's a 5 or a 6 for me, just dialing in those nootropics, building
00:22:58
those in.
00:22:59
But, but then having them in short stint periods.
00:23:02
Right?
00:23:03
Use them for 6 weeks, maybe get off for 3 or 4 weeks, and then you can hop back on.
00:23:08
Yep.
00:23:09
Yeah.
00:23:09
I agree.
00:23:10
That's like everything.
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Our body's gonna get thresholds.
00:23:12
It's gonna get to a a place where your dose response is is you need more for the same,
00:23:18
benefit.
00:23:18
So that's where you cycle off of stuff and and, make sure you're just, you know, kinda
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listening to your body in that way.
00:23:25
I'd say I'd I'd put them at, like, a 7.
00:23:26
I mean, I think they have good benefit.
00:23:28
You can use them for focus, pre workout, you know, digestion.
00:23:34
Right?
00:23:34
They are the good the good benefits there.
00:23:36
So, yeah, overall.
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But I think for time, we'll we'll wrap today with this.
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about.
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