Is TRT Right for You and Where Can You Get it?

I've made a few videos on the subject of TRT (Testosterone Replacement Therapy) and they have proven to be some of my top videos in terms of comments, questions and views. This even prompted me to startup a new YouTube channel called TRT Over 40 dedicated to just this subject and even though I really have not spent a lot of time making videos for the TRT Over 40 channel it still seems to get a lot of new subscribers and comments.

What does all this mean? I guess TRT (Testosterone Replacement Therapy) is a hot topic and on the minds of a lot of men out there who may be feeling the effects of low Testosterone and would like to find out what they can do about it!

In this video I address this subject head on and talk about a company that I have been in communication with that is one of the top ranked US based TRT Clinics in the US with excellent review rankings at TrustPilot.com, go see for yourself! The company's name is Royal Medical Center Hormone Therapy, and yes they offer hormone therapy for both Men and Women. Royal Medical Center has been providing TRT for almost 10 years and treats patients through the US. Their TRT program is all-inclusive and they treat you based on your symptoms, not just your blood-work results.

Here's what you get with your monthly fee:

• Program Is truly all-inclusive.
• Treat your symptoms.
• Follow up lab work is completed at 3 months or 90 days.
• Doctor consultations are always free.
• Medication is shipped directly to you at no additional cost from a FDA approved pharmacy.
• No contract. No hidden fees. No additional start up fees.

You are probably wondering how much it's going to cost you to get on a program like this and feel a whole lot better?

Normally this program will cost you $195 per month which is a great deal considering everything that is included. I have setup a Promo Code (GFO40) with Royal Medical Center that will save you $45 per month after your initial consultation from Royal Medical Center.

The GFO40 Promo is a $195 initial payment which covers the first month of medication, initial doctor consultation, lab work, physical exam and all medications. Typical medications are Testosterone Cypionate, hCG and a AI which is typically infused with the Testosterone for the start of therapy but can be non-infused if requested and in pill form. Dosages vary on patients symptoms and lab work. Then $150 each month thereafter.

Consider how much some of these other harsh drugs many people are taking prescribed by none TRT doctors to address  problems like depression, sexual dysfunction, low energy, and many other symptoms caused by your Hormones being out of balance!

Watch my YouTube video for more details on how you can find out if Is TRT Right for You and Where Can You Get It!

I am starting out with a US based provider of TRT but hope to expand to Canada and other parts of the world as long as I can find similar reputable establishment. If you're one such establishment, please reach out to me and we can discuss this further.

1973 VW Super Beetle Cold Air Blower Modification - Part 2

Make sure to watch Part One of my 1973 VW Super Beetle Cold Air Blower Modification Video so you have some context for this video.

Part two 1973 VW Super Beetle Cold Air Blower Modification mainly consists of me finally getting and installing my new blower motor which is essentially a 12 volt 16.5 Amp Server Fan controlled by an RC type speed controller. This new motor turned out to be exactly what I needed get some proper airflow into my 1973 VW Super Beetle. The previous Bilge Boat Blower did not have nearly enough pushing power to force air through the internal dash system as it was only around 2 Amps.

As the speed controller is basically an Remote Control Car ECU it has some setting that I needed to make sure where set for the battery type in my car. By default the ECU was set to a Lipo battery which has a constant voltage. A Lead car battery doe snot always have a constant voltage and can fluctuate a fair bit, this makes the ECU think the battery may be low so it down regulates the current making the fan speed go up and down, mainly down...

I switched the ECU battery settings from a Lipo to a Nicad Battery as a Nicad Battery is a lot more similar in terms of the voltage ups and downs of a car battery and this fixed the voltage regulation from the ECU to the fan problem I was having.

I also show off my Mr. Heater Portable Buddy Heater I know use to heat my 1973 VW Super Beetle as I ditched the built in Gas Heater I had before that was unreliable.

How Our Muscles Build & Recover & How to Get the Most Out of Your Training

In this video I go over three main areas that I feel have the most to do with "How Our Muscles Build & Recover & How to Get the Most Out of Your Training":

• Muscle Repair
• Over Training
• Workout Frequency

Muscle Repair
The general consensus is that it takes around 24 hours to recover from a strenuous weight training activity. And this time is dependent on how hard you worked out, how use to the training your muscles are, how much rest and sleep you are getting, stress levels, sickness, are the right nutrition?

Many people think that if they are sore then their muscles are still repairing and after a hard workout or a workout you have not done in a while you can be sore for sometimes even 4-5 days afterward. All this means is you have a large amount of lactose build up in the muscle that is causing the pain since lactose is like little crystals in the muscle fibers grating against them. But it really has nothing to do with if the muscles have repaired or not and are ready to be trained again.

One point I really want to stress here is that if your muscles are not in a Recovery/Build state then they are in a state of Atrophy which means they are getting smaller and weaker. So if you train Legs on Monday once per week, they should be repaired by sometime Wednesday which means Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday are days that your legs are not getting any weight training stimulation and if you are a fairly sedentary person then your legs will be in a state of Atrophy for 4 days that week!

Over Training
Let's get this sorted out right here and right now. Unless you are some sort of top level athlete that trains 100%, 3-4 hours per day like a marathon runner, or a body builder or a Crossfit athlete (of course there are many others), then I guarantee you are not over training! Don't confuse an injury from an underlying imbalance or improper workout form as over training. If you have an injury or a muscle issue with your body like arthritis, muscle strain, ligament strain then you need to train smarter or in a way that does not aggravate these ongoing issues and we all have them. It does not mean you are working out too much, you are just working out the wrong way so change it.

Often times people will have mindset issues where they simply think that training 5-6 days per week is too much. Nope, not a problem your body can take it again if you workout smart. Of course you need to get proper nutrition, sleep and keep your life as stress free as you can.

Workout Frequency
OK so here is how all of the above info relates to what I am trying to teach you...

One of the most common workout types that many people have been training with is what is referred to as the "Bro-Split". This workout is based on training for the most part one body part each day and hitting the gym about 5 days per week to get everything done once per week. So when you go into the gym to train a body part like chest that day, you hit it from every angle and usually end up completing 3-4 exercises for chest and probably getting around 20 sets. Yes you will be sore the next day and the next day and maybe even the next day but then guess what? Nothing for the next 4 days so what did I say was going to happen if your muscles are not building/recovering? That's right, they are Atrophying for more days then they are building that week.

Another problem with the "Bro-Split" is that it is impossible to do 3-4 exercises with 100% intensity and hitting the same workout numbers and volume for each set that you would have if you only did that one exercise for a given muscle so in other words a very inefficient way of training muscles.

I prefer two other workout models that allow a person to train a body part more times per week than just once making sure you are not in a state of atrophy at all or at least minimizing it a lot. I don't want to go into a lot of details but basically one good workout option is the "Upper Lower Split" where you focus on upper body one day and then lower body the next, if you train 6 days per week you will hit each body part 3 times per week with virtually no days of Muscle Atrophy, if you train 4 days per week you will hit each muscle part twice per week with minimal muscle atrophy days. Of course you will not do as much volume or as many exercises per muscle group each day as the "Bro-Split" but that's OK because over the course of the week, it will all add up and each exercise will have more intensity with better efficiency since the muscles are fresh.

Another option is training every body part or your full body every workout. And yes you can do this 5-6 days per week without overtraining since you are not hitting each muscle as hard as you are only doing 2-3 sets per body part per day. Recovery time if you are healthy will be around 24 hours. What I like about this type of workout is that you can do it 3 days per week, 4 days per week, 5 days per week and even 6 days per week. I suggest you take at least one day off per week to rest the mind and body from weight training as you will get more out of your training and enjoy training more by taking a day off every week.

When you do full body workouts 5-6 days per week you will literally never be in a sate of Atrophy and each time you train a body part it is fresh and ready to go 100%.

What to do When You Fail Your 2020 Fitness New Year's Resolutions

This is not rocket science, all you need to do is eat less and be more active. That's all you really need to know!

OK - So here are some tips to help achieve this.

Most people simply want to lose fat and get toned. When you lose fat you get toned because it’s the fat covering the muscles that makes it impossible to see the muscle tone under the fat.

Start with taking control of your diet since diet is 80% and exercise is 20% of what it takes to get Healthy and Fit. This way you can avoid the busy gym until February when most of the New Years Resolutioners have given up and left the gym.

Diet Tip:

• Track your food so you are accountable and have a better idea of what the food you eat has in it in terms of Calories and Macros.

• Be a bit more strict with your diet Monday to Friday so you can live a little on the weekend.

• Allow yourself some simple pleasures when you diet. You can have a beer or wine with dinner but will have to be more careful in other areas. You can have an evening dessert but again you will have to make sure everything else you eat during the day is on point. Budget your treats into your daily calories and macros.

• If all of that seems too complicated then keep it simple. Eat more lean meat or high protein non-meats and lots of vegetables, avoid fats and carbs so we are talking about the rice, potatoes, pastas, breads, donuts, muffins pastries, cookies, chocolates… and only stick to low calorie dressings and sauces.

• Keep hydrated with water or zero calorie beverages.

• Pick your eating window times, restricting when you eat means you will generally eat less food as long as when you do eat you stay on track.

Exercise Tips:

• Start slow and build up to a sustainable Health and Fitness program. Start off simply moving around more, lots of walking, hiking, biking, swimming, Yoga, other sports.

• Add in some strength training at least 3 times per week. On those days only focus on the weight training. Be intense and work hard at getting stronger, don’t just move weights around, have a purpose to your workout.

• If you are new to the gym find a workout partner with some experience and or hire a trainer to get you started. Maximize your time in the gym to get the most out of it.

• If weight training is not your thing then find something you really like to do and commit to that several times per week. Like Yoga, Gymnastic, Martial Arts, Team sports…

General Tips:

• Have a goal in mind, a vacation, going out and buying some new clothing when you down size, a fitness show, an event like a wedding, or simply getting in shape for summer.

• If you have a setback it’s not over, simply start back up where you left off. You only fail when you give up completely.

• Don’t just weigh yourself, measure your waist or other trouble areas, the scale can be slow to go down but when the tape measure results decrease this can really help keep you motivated and progressing.

1973 VW Super Beetle Cold Air Blower Modification - Part 1

Part two is now live so check it out for the conclusion!

Something a bit different for my www.GetFitOver40.com YouTube channel and Blog, but I have nowhere else to really share a video like this and I thought that some folks out there may get some use out of this video. I have not seen anything else like it so why not?

Recently I purchased a 1973 Super Beetle. One issue with almost all of the old Beetles is the heating system since they have an air-cooled motor with no hot water system to heat the interior of your car with. The system most VW Beetles use is to use hot air from the exhaust and force that forward into the cab but this system is not very good and over time your Volkswagen Beetle will most likely have leaks along this heating system that let hot air escape and can even bring exhaust fumes in the cab of the car. Not ideal to say the least.

My 1973 VW Super Beetle had an upgrade at some point during its life and was given a gas heater that is placed in the hood area and blows hot air into the cab but it does not blow any air into the window area meaning defrosting your windows is not so great with a system like this. On top of it all My Gas Heater is not working very well and who wants to go for a drive and find that there is no heat to be had. The other problem with these aftermarket gas heaters is they can catch fire, again not ideal! 

My solution to heating my VW Super Beetle is to use a Propane Portable Mr. Heater that is approved for indoor use and it actually works very well. I crack my window a little bit to get some fresh air and the Propane Powered Portable Mr. Heater also has a CO2 and Oxygen sensors built that will auto shutoff the unit if required.

Again this does not solve my defrosting and defogging of the winds wince the Blower fan for the windows is setup to only take in fresh outside air which in the winter means very cold air blowing into the car and onto the winds, kind of useless!

In this video I remove my built in Gas Heater, then I attempt to remap my blower to recirculate the cab air instead of using outside air. And since my factory BOSCH blower motor is making a lot of high pitched noise and is potentially on the way out I install an inline fan to take its place.

So how did it all turn out? Let's just say I have some more work to do but I am nearly there with this project and it will eventually result in a nice warm and defrosted 1973 VW Super Beetle...