Building Lifelong Athletes

Building Lifelong Athletes

Hosted by: Jordan Rennicke, MD

The Building Lifelong Athletes Podcast has one simple goal... to help keep you active and healthy for life. Whether you are a competitive athlete, fitness enthusiast, or just a weekend warrior, this podcast will help...

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BLA 053: Does Testosterone Improve Depression?

Episode #50

Depression is a global pandemic, and the WHO has actually predicted it will be  the leading cause of disability worldwide by 2030. We have some good options, but are always looking for additional treatment modalities,...
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BLA 052: Are Testosterone Levels Declining For Men?

Episode #49

Testosterone is a hot topic on social media these days, and you won't have a hard time finding lots so called experts telling you how to quickly fix your testosterone. However, one specific claim I've seen quite a few...
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BLA 051: How Diet Affects Your Testosterone

Episode #48

If you search the word testosterone into youtube you will get thousands of videos telling you how you can increase your testosterone through diet alone. There are a lot of people making some pretty insane claims, but...
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BLA 050: How to exercise to optimize your testosterone

Episode #47

If you search the word testosterone into Youtube you will get thousands of videos telling you how you can increase your testosterone with various exercises. There are a lot of people making some pretty insane claims,...
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BLA 049: Does eating soy ruin your testosterone levels?

Episode #46

If you follow nutrition influencers on social media then you may have heard someone say that eating soy products can tank you testosterone levels. But is that actually true? in this episode we are going to dive into...
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BLA 048: Is testosterone bad for your heart?

Episode #45

One of the biggest concerns people have with testosterone replacement therapy is that they have heard it can be bad for their heart. Well is that true? In this episode we look to answer the question whether or not...
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BLA 047: Can your low testoterone be linked to obesity?

Episode #44

If you have gained some weight and don't feel like your normal self, it is very common for some people to blame your testosterone levels... and you may be right... kind of. See, your testosterone levels may be low,...
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BLA 046: The problem with testosterone lab tests

Episode #43

Whether you realized it or not, getting and interpreting a testosterone test is not as easy as you think it would be. There are lots of nuances that you have to consider before you can even make a diagnosis, and...
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BLA 045: Endocrine Society Guidelines- Testosterone Treatment and Monitoring

Episode #42

In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty dense document, so this paper will be broken up into three...
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BLA 044: Endocrine Society Guidelines- How to Diagnose Hypogonadism

Episode #41

In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty dense document, so this paper will be broken up into three...
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BLA 043: Endocrine Society Guidelines- Physiology and Types of Hypogonadism

Episode #40

In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty dense document, so this paper will be broken up into three...
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BLA 042: Testosterone Physiology

Episode #39

Welcome to episode 1 of the fourth season of the podcast! This season we will be talking about a super hot topic and that is...testosterone! In this first episode we will start by talking about the physiology of...
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