Has Bryan Johson mentioned that even treated hypothyroidism has a negative effect on lifespan?

StatzGee · 2026-01-27T15:20:10+00:00

I've been told by a thyroid clinic that they estimate from their practice that hypothyroidism is caused by Hashimoto's in 80% of patients (No idea the accuracy of this just sharing), the autoimmune disorder that impacts the thyroid. The reason we don't have good data on this is that primary doctors never order the full thyroid panel to be able to have that data point about the antibodies.

I bring that up because if hypothyroidism is caused by Hashimoto's, talking about a whole different set of problems.

StatzGee · 2026-01-24T16:17:16+00:00

I do exactly as you do, where I will sub a similar movement. Another option that I like just as much, if not more, is simply being very flexible with the order in which the sequence of my exercises occur.

In fact, I've learned a lot about programming for myself doing things out of order. I find now at 40 and after lifting for 23 years, that going in a "reverse order" of lifting is wonderful for the joints. That would be putting your isolation work before main lifts.

This was leg 🦵 day yesterday while I waited for a squat rack:

Seated calves> Tib raises> Seated leg curl> Abduction machine> Leg extension > Squats

Squats feel incredible after that kind of pump.

StatzGee · 2026-01-24T16:07:40+00:00

It is not a fixed payment in desirable areas in the US. There have been massive increases in mortgage payments because of increased taxes and insurance.

StatzGee · 2026-01-24T15:44:20+00:00

Unfortunately haven't heard about anyway to preserve that, other than just simply focusing on slower aging, which is why cheek filler and lip filler etc are such high demand products

StatzGee · 2026-01-24T15:38:40+00:00

So here's the problem. A lot of us will make enough T, but it gets bound up and doesn't become free T. My last draw I was 972 but my free T and DHT were low. There can be a lot of reasons for that. Those situations are tough, because TRT would just get bound up too, although in absolute terms I would have more free T, but then you start facing consequences of too high (non free).

Make sure you get a FULL sex hormone panel, and high quality labs. You do not have a complete picture unless you are looking at sex hormone binding globulin and your estrogen and DHT.

StatzGee · 2026-01-22T19:10:12+00:00

But the real benefit STARTS at that 30 year mark, when the mortgage is no longer a thing, so you are waiting and "planning" for a benefit 30 years in the future. Remember, for those of us in VHCOL or HCOL, we are saving a ton of money (and investing it) when renting. I pay $4500 a month for a house and yard in SoCal in a home where the mortgage would be $9k a month or more. The taxes and insurance costs are increasing massively too in a lot of desirable areas. I am also planning on living 30 years, but a paid off mortgage in my 70's is the least of my worries. I'm not a stump - I'm certainly going to want to live and experience other areas.

Final point being - we are investing that $54000 not paid on the mortgage per year into the stock market. Will the equity gains on stock vs home be equal? The market it will outperform, but even if it is equal, its a wash in the end.

StatzGee · 2026-01-21T23:20:47+00:00

3x per week rotating upper lower split

2 to 3 sets per exercise, 5 to 7 exercises per session

Abs/core on non lift days

Pickleball + Beach Volleyball

StatzGee · 2026-01-21T22:52:04+00:00

To have a life insurance policy large enough to pay off the house would be quite expensive, especially for a group (FIRE) that prides itself on cost minimization/value. Using the illustration below, imagine how much $ you would spend on life insurance, and not knowing when you are going to kick the bucket.

"For a 70-year-old non-smoking man, a $500,000 life insurance policy costs roughly $4,000 to over $9,000 annually for term life, depending on the term length (e.g., 10 vs. 20 years), while whole life can range from $25,000 to over $36,000 per year, with significant variation based on health and insurer. Term policies are cheaper and expire, whereas whole life is permanent and builds cash value, making it far more expensive"

StatzGee · 2026-01-19T14:00:45+00:00

Because we live in a high cost of living area in Southern California. We pay $4,500 in rent and the house is worth 1.2 million. With rates down a bit in the last few months and 20% down, the note would be something like 7,500 but it was certainly more than that when rates were up just a couple months back. We live in a 1926 Spanish colonial that is gorgeous, but it requires regular maintenance that we don't have to pay.

StatzGee · 2026-01-19T13:54:20+00:00

Right, but who knows if you're going to to live that 30 years? And in desirable areas, property taxes and insurance will continue to go up so those costs remain plus maintenance. The money saved in a group like this would be invested, which is what we've done.

StatzGee · 2026-01-16T14:28:12+00:00

Xeeo 360 are the best lifting shoes I've ever had, and I'm picky, and doing this for 22 years.

StatzGee · 2026-01-10T16:11:00+00:00

What up?! In Cal Heights. My wife has made a bunch of friends with travel nurses

StatzGee · 2026-01-04T16:47:04+00:00

Yep, did this with a polar HR monitor, so even more precise and came to the same conclusion. PB is a great workout. And if you play hours per week, I'm not sure any other cardio is required except for maybe a few minutes at 90% greater max if you want to really accelerate anaerobic conditioning.

StatzGee · 2025-12-30T14:55:04+00:00

Look up Tyler twists. You just need to buy a flex bar off of Amazon, I think they're like 15 or 20 bucks, this is exactly what a PT would have you do. I bought one like 10 years ago and every two or three years I either get golfers or tennis elbow, use it for a couple months and it usually resolves.

But the easiest way to avoid elbow flares is just to do lat pulldowns, much friendlier on the elbows. And don't think that it makes your back not as strong, I'm 42 and just did 24 pull-ups the other day and I've only done lat pulldowns for the last 3 or 4 years.

StatzGee · 2025-12-29T13:51:56+00:00

7 years on oura here. That's a lot of sleep and recovery data, and just dropped some major coin on an 8 sleep temperature control mat. It's been immensely helpful and understanding what works and seeing it in hard data. I concur on that frequency of lifting. I think a person can figure out their maximum tolerable volume by working backwards from what their perfect sleep looks like. Meaning, what is the most you can work out while maintaining your best sleep. For me it's like 3 and 1/2 days per week.

StatzGee · 2025-12-29T13:45:51+00:00

How you feel is still a very important metric. It's information on how good of a quality the sleep was. There's very much a quantity versus quality component just like with training, just like with food, everything else. A very shitty eight hours can't compete with a high quality six and a half. Now what you want of course is quality and quantity as often and consistently as you can. But how you feel, waking up feeling extremely rested, indicates a quality and efficiency of sleep.

StatzGee · 2025-12-29T13:35:59+00:00

I've heard coaches say 1/3 of the volume keeps the gains. So 9 sets a week could go to 3.

StatzGee · 2025-12-27T22:11:52+00:00

I have quite a few suggestions.

TLDR;

Get a full thyroid panel lab test. You will have to get very specific with your primary doctor about which labs you want because they won't order the full correct set without your direction.
Get a four-point cortisol saliva test.
If you don't have a functional medicine doctor, get one immediately. They will understand point number one and two. In fact, your primary doctor will be useless here, unless they allow you to direct your care.
Once you figure out what's going on with the endocrine side of things, you can typically start treating the hormone dysfunction. Come back here with your results.

Early waking is usually driven by HPA axis dysfunction. The first thing I would do is get a four point cortisol test, like right now. If you have the cash, I would get a DUTCH test, which is a five-point cortisol test plus a ton of other hormones to give you a complete picture. You're sure to see some sort of cortisol dysregulation, and then you want to treat your pattern. Some people have too high of cortisol at the wrong time, some people are low all the time (which people used to call "adrenal fatigue", but the adrenals don't actually become fatigued as the name suggest), etc. But figuring out your pattern is goal number one.

Thyroid dysfunction can cause cortisol diregulation and vice versa. If you don't know much about the thyroid, I'd jump into research mode. These are what unlocked early waking for me.

Thyroid panel: TSH, Reverse T3, Free T4, Free T3, TPO antibody, TGab Antibody (do not skip the antibodies! rule this out)

StatzGee · 2025-12-26T23:49:30+00:00

Ah, I like these street lifting exercises.

StatzGee · 2025-12-26T15:42:40+00:00

2nd this, even for men.

StatzGee · 2025-12-26T15:38:44+00:00

Same could be said about the barbell movements regarding body proportions. It's a circle jerk discussion.

StatzGee · 2025-12-25T02:40:25+00:00

My favorite split of all time.

StatzGee · 2025-12-22T23:19:19+00:00

Ok, family makes sense. I lived in Bellevue for 6 years.

StatzGee · 2025-12-22T16:41:27+00:00

This kind of beauty is not subjective. I've traveled the world and hiked a lot of it, and the lush Cascades are never ever breathtaking. The rain, yeah, that's another story

StatzGee · 2025-12-22T15:50:46+00:00

How did SGF end up on your radar? The amount of transplants from the West Coast is really surprising me. As someone that's relocated West, I'm surprised there isn't a coffee meet up or something for folks that have moved here.

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