Neuroscientist: This Will REDUCE Your Testosterone! | Andrew Huberman #neuroscience #shorts #gym

Neuroscientist: This Will REDUCE Your Testosterone! | Andrew Huberman #neuroscience #shorts #lifestyle #gym #testosterone #mindset #motivation #diet #vegan #markbell

Andrew D. Huberman (born September 26, 1975 in Palo Alto, California) is an American neuroscientist and tenured associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine who has made contributions to the brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair fields.

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[Roping]

All powerlifters while listening to this short are probably like,

[divinlydiable]

At this point everything i do drops testosterone

[AnthonyArmour]

There was studies on soldiers in military training. They did long hours, had very little sleep, and little food. During the course of the training there testosterone was dropping substantially but once they went back to eating and getting regular sleep their testosterone went to higher levels than normal. The body adapts to the level of stress put on it. Exercise as close to the danger zone as you can to produce the best results.

[Killer]

How I look at is that, testosterone is like an energy source. You use it to gain strength to perform; once empty, rest, regain it, and get back at it

[zkcrisyee]

Neuroscientist here. I always greatly enjoy Huberman’s talks and content. I would add a point of contention, however, to what he said here:

Testosterone is an important hormone when it comes to athletic performance. However, there is great variation as to what role it can play and to what extent it plays an important role or not, depending on the specific athletic/sportive discipline that is being studied, as well as sub disciplines among a same type of athletic practice/sport.

Tale for example runners. In general, testosterone is certainly influential in developing and maintaining strong leg muscles (quadriceps, calfs, gluteus, etc) which is essential for propulsion, speed, maximum velocity, etc. Both for men and women. However, there is different importance according to the type of running athlete we are talking about. Long distance runners, endurance runners and marathon runners all will have very different physical characteristics, abilities and optimal fitness levels that adapts to their field of expertise, after having trained for it at a competitive level for years. Indeed, several books and studies I’ve read on the subject can show you a common trend: endurance runners, including olympic athletes and other high level performers who train for marathon or triathlon running, as well as people doing cross country and national competitions that are several hundreds of kilometres in distance, tend to have lower than average testosterone levels throughout most intensive training months as well as (presumably) during the competitions, as well as after the competitions for some amount of time. Most of the year preparing their testosterone tested in relatively low levels, some would even be considered transiently under 200 ng/dl or very low range, during the most intense training months when they were pushing their bodies to their limits and running long hours every single day.

This is not a bad thing for these competitors. They are training their bodies over and over to be at peak endurance and performance during challenges that will last a long time, and are attaining considerable extreme records of human endurance precisely because of adapting their bodies to almost supraphysiological demands. It doesn’t matter that testosterone gets low for most of the year for a competitive international/national champion in long distance running, cycling, triathlon, marathon, even those doing more than 2000 meters etc: it is even expected, normal, for them to overtrain and overtrain and overtrain for months on end, in order to be competitive. And that inevitably leads to lower testosterone levels, but their performance is still peak. Or else, if their levels aren’t dropping for some time of the year, means they aren’t training hard enough and won’t be competitive.

Even some random guy with higher testosterone levels, will not necessarily perform better than someone with lower levels, not in the slightest, is what I mean. It highly depends on the specific type of athletic/sportive discipline we are talking about, and the subtype as well. So it isn’t as simple as “ more testosterone = immediately better performance and outcomes “ in any discipline or sport, as most of the marketing internet and short videos seems to imply with their “testosterone craze”. Of course it is important overall in a lot of athletic disciplines. But the extent to which it will be beneficial to try by all means to maintain high testosterone levels at all times… highly varies depending on several other important factors.

Even in weightlifting, for which people take for granted the whole “testosterone is what will make you competitive”, there is still nuance to be added. Bodybuilding ≠ powerlifiting ≠ olympic weightlifting ≠ strongman competitions. There is a difference between training for increasing and maximizing strength, for aesthetic pursuits, and for single rep maxing in a particular lifting of a single heavy weight competition. Testosterone is important in development of mass and size of smooth muscle, which is why many people who are competitive bodybuilders aiming for maximum aesthetic physiques end up taking steroids during contest prep, etc, in order to maximize the sheer size along with specific training routines aiming at size and definition. But for strength, there are plenty of other factors which come into play, which is why people with very different physiques from the prototype of the bodybuilder (sumo champions, powerlifters, strongmen and strongwomen) and natural levels of testosterone can be extremely strong and accomplish incredible strength feats, while not particularly looking defined or whatever. Hormones definitely play a role, but even people who don’t appear particularly overly muscular can become extremely strong through specific training, discipline, overload, body and mass composition, eating tons and training specifically for strength, etc.

All in all, testosterone is an important hormone in the realm of physical prowess and athletics. But it is a single part of a 100+ piece puzzle when it comes to elite athlete performance and records, and it does not always follow the commonly assumed pathway of “ the more testosterone you have > the better and better your performance “. For disciplines like tennis, for example, the pro tennis players are oftentimes slim and have developed strong arm muscles and strong grip, but have normal testosterone levels and are not overly muscled like somebody on supraphysiological testosterone levels would be. Trying to “optimize” or “elevate” testosterone past a certain normal level for an elite tennis player, runner, cyclist, soccer player, will not influence their level of performance or their achievements as much as training focusing on deliberate practice, repetition of complex moves and tactical shots, intense practicing of strategic and technical skills, endurance training for long periods of time, VO2 max training, dexterity and precision training, as well as other specific training with elite coaches will. It would be a waste of time to try and “optimize” hormone levels (over a certain normal threshold which can vary according to the type of athlete and the individual, for runners it is even an expected thing to have low testosterone levels during months of intensive training) in the big scheme of things for some of those elite, international level athletes, if it means neglecting the other 100+ factors and areas of training which have a much higher impact on their level of performance and record breaking feats.

[BeginTheCrusade]

Laughs in supraphysiological amounts of exogenous male sex hormone

[IMfLEX]

This dude just cane outta nowhere and giving advices and facts. Nice.

[yeetlito]

ive got a friend who trains unlike anyone ive ever seen, he trains for approximately 3 hours a day 6 days a week. And he doesn’t use any basic SBD movements at all. It’s almost entirely concentration work. The most compound movement bro does is bicep curls. Atop of all that he does insane volume aswell, like 20 sets on each machine. Yet somehow he still makes hella gains. Probably the biggest person i’ve met in our age group

[andrewdonin]

I’m usually at the gym for 2 hours. But I’m not lifting for all of those 2 hours. 10 minutes warming up, a few 2 minute bathroom breaks, rest in between sets, and the sauna for 10 minutes at the end. I’d say 75-90 minutes is how long I’m actually lifting. Great advice though.

[stefanristic]

at max capacity would be a key word here

[OleSmokey]

Train everyday that's what humans are made to do period. It's called survival

[kimgoddard-rains]

I trust Dr Huberman and the things he says. What a rarity on social media.

[SaturnZ]

Excellent advice from a well-read professional

[XRP]

Tbh theirs no set rule everyone's body and energy levels and limits are different, know your limits and don't over do it, if you get sunken eyes after gym then your either working to hard or not resting enough. In TCM your eyes represent your kidney and adrenal health and cortisol is released from your adrenals.

[OleSmokey]

Training like an animal for the last 40 years has paid off dearly. Defying the odds

[alexashworth]

The body is amazing and can recalibrate itself according to how you use it.
It takes in information and reacts.
One could say that shoveling dirt only gives you blisters after only one day of shoveling, so they say it's useless.
Yet if they had kept going those hands would have become like tough leather.
If a person can train themselves to change natural functions like their heart rate, who knows what else is possible.

[aaronkenney]

The body adapts. Train for as hard as you can, rest, recover and refuel properly and your body will become like iron

[Dgtyr]

Love how it’s it’s edited in a way that says something completely different from the original podcast…

[griffin]

This is sooo true in strength sports and anaerobic exersice

[jarrodkunjka]

When blasting test this still applies due to cortisol being a natural steroid which can inhibit gross/weight loss.