Enclomiphene Vs. TRT - It's not EVEN Close! — Transcript

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1. 0:00You're looking to raise your
2. 0:00testosterone in 2026? TRT is no longer
3. 0:03the only option. The closest thing that
4. 0:05we ever had to rival TRT was in
5. 0:07clomiphene. And I've had thousands of
6. 0:09men ask me if it's actually the smarter
7. 0:11move. After all, it's a pill. It's way
8. 0:13more [music] convenient. But it doesn't
9. 0:14shut your natural production down,
10. 0:16either. Maybe it keeps your fertility
11. 0:17fully intact. So it has to be better
12. 0:19than TRT, right? As someone who's been
13. 0:21on testosterone for the last 10 years
14. 0:24and helping thousands of clients
15. 0:25optimize their hormones, I can tell you
16. 0:27this [music] debate isn't nearly as
17. 0:28close as it looks. So in this video, I'm
18. 0:31going to break down exactly what
19. 0:32enclomiphene is, how it's actually used
20. 0:34in the real-world protocols, and how it
21. 0:36truly stacks up against the king of the
22. 0:37hill, testosterone. Now before we dive
23. 0:39in, everything on this channel is for
24. 0:41education and entertainment purposes
25. 0:42only. I'm not a medical doctor. So if
26. 0:44you're going to start any of these
27. 0:45treatments, do it under medical
28. 0:47supervision, a licensed medical
29. 0:49professional. Now we got that out of the
30. 0:50way, let's dive in. To know exactly how
31. 0:53enclomiphene helps increase your
32. 0:54testosterone, you must understand how
33. 0:56your body produces testosterone
34. 0:57naturally in the first place. Because
35. 0:59your testicles, I know, are actually the
36. 1:01last stop in this whole chain of
37. 1:02command. And that chain actually starts
38. 1:04all the way up in your brain at the HPTA
39. 1:07axis. The hypothalamus, this is sitting
40. 1:09all the way up top, right here. It's
41. 1:11constantly monitoring your hormone
42. 1:12levels like a thermostat. When it senses
43. 1:14your testosterone and estrogen are
44. 1:16running low, it releases GnRH. GnRH is a
45. 1:19signal which goes straight to your
46. 1:21pituitary gland. Your pituitary gets
47. 1:23that signal and responds by releasing
48. 1:25two hormones you probably have ever
49. 1:26gotten blood work done over. LH, FSH,
50. 1:28ever hear of it? LH travels down to your
51. 1:31testes and tells your Leydig cells to
52. 1:33produce testosterone. FSH works
53. 1:35alongside testosterone inside the
54. 1:37testicles to keep the sperm production
55. 1:39going and going. So the real chain looks
56. 1:42just like this. Your brain senses low
57. 1:44low hormones. Your hypothalamus fires
58. 1:46the GnRH. Boom! Pituitary fires LH, FSH.
59. 1:49Boom! Boom! Your testes now respond to
60. 1:52them by producing testosterone and
61. 1:54maintaining in sperm production. The
62. 1:56whole system runs on this whole feedback
63. 1:58loop. And the second your brain sees
64. 2:00enough testosterone and estrogen
65. 2:01circulating, pumps the brakes. It's the
66. 2:03same logic as a thermostat shutting off
67. 2:05when the heat in the room hits the right
68. 2:07temperature. This feedback loop is
69. 2:09exactly why TRT and clomiphene create
70. 2:11two completely different outcomes in
71. 2:13your body. Even though both of them
72. 2:14raise your testosterone on paper, one of
73. 2:16them works with the natural feedback,
74. 2:18the natural loop. And the other one
75. 2:20turns it off completely. The first one
76. 2:22basically works with your body's natural
77. 2:24feedback loop, which is enclomiphene,
78. 2:26which is actually a piece of a much
79. 2:28older drug called clomiphene citrate.
80. 2:31And I probably know it by its brand name
81. 2:33or when you hear it clomid. Now, clomid
82. 2:35was synthesized all the way back in 19
83. 2:3756, 55, somewhere around there. It
84. 2:39wasn't even made for men. It was
85. 2:41developed as a fertility drug for women.
86. 2:43So I always hear like, I'm put on a
87. 2:44hormone women's drug? No. The FDA
88. 2:46approved this in 1967 to help induce
89. 2:49ovulation. To this day, that's still the
90. 2:51only thing clomid was actually FDA
91. 2:52approved for. Clomid is actually a mix
92. 2:54of two different isomers. Uh,
93. 2:56zuclomiphene, which is the estrogenic
94. 2:58half, and the other half is called uh,
95. 3:00enclomiphene. Yeah, enclomiphene. Which
96. 3:02is the anti-estrogen half-life or a half
97. 3:05of the drug. It's the one blocking those
98. 3:06receptors and driving the LH and FSH to
99. 3:10increase. Eventually, a company isolated
100. 3:12pure enclomiphene on its own. And they
101. 3:14tried to bring it to the market under
102. 3:16the name Androxal. The trials looked
103. 3:18good on paper. It raised testosterone.
104. 3:20It kept LH FSH in check, sperm
105. 3:22production in check. But in 2015, the
106. 3:24FDA they rejected it.
107. 3:27Because nobody could prove that raising
108. 3:28the number actually made guys feel
109. 3:30better. Now, enclomiphene has never been
110. 3:31approved as its own isolated drug. So
111. 3:34how is a drug that actually failed
112. 3:36suddenly everywhere? [music] Two words,
113. 3:38supply economics. When clomid ran into
114. 3:41supply shortages, prescribers pivoted
115. 3:43right away and started compounding pure
116. 3:45enclomiphene immediately. And that's
117. 3:47when the telehealth companies noticed
118. 3:48that enclomiphene isn't a controlled
119. 3:50substance. Testosterone [music] is.
120. 3:52Which means a telehealth company can
121. 3:54mail to a man in all 50 states with
122. 3:57almost none of the friction that comes
123. 3:59with prescribing TRT. So, of course, it
124. 4:01exploded. Not because it's the better
125. 4:03tool for the job, [music] it's the
126. 4:05easier one to prescribe. So, how does
127. 4:06clomiphene actually raise your T levels?
128. 4:08It goes straight to the top of the
129. 4:10chain, hypothalamus and pituitary.
130. 4:12Remember that thermostat we talked about
131. 4:13earlier with the
132. 4:14That one constantly scanning your
133. 4:16bloodstream
134. 4:18for estrogen, so it knows whether or not
135. 4:20to keep producing or pump the brakes.
136. 4:21And clomiphene goes in and blocks the
137. 4:23estrogen receptors sitting [music] at
138. 4:25the thermostat. So, even though your
139. 4:27estrogen is still circulating completely
140. 4:28normal in your body, your brain can no
141. 4:31longer see it. As far as your
142. 4:32hypothalamus goes, the room just went
143. 4:35ice cold. Uh-oh, you know what that
144. 4:37means, right? And a cold room means one
145. 4:39thing, turn up the heat, baby. So, your
146. 4:40hypothalamus panics a little bit and it
147. 4:42fires off more GnRH.
148. 4:46A lot more than normally would. And more
149. 4:48GnRH means your pituitary responds by
150. 4:51pumping out more LH and FSH. LH tells
151. 4:54your Leydig cells to produce more
152. 4:55testosterone. The FSH is going to keep
153. 4:57your sperm production going all night
154. 4:59long. And the entire system is going to
155. 5:01speed up now. So, your body is still
156. 5:03doing all the work. And clomiphene is
157. 5:06just convincing your brain that it
158. 5:07[music] needs to work more and harder.
159. 5:10That's exactly why guys chasing
160. 5:12fertility, where guys aren't ready to
161. 5:13use like TRT, fully commit to that
162. 5:15lifelong therapy, you know, they get
163. 5:17pulled like a magnet towards this
164. 5:18option. So, if you're looking to test
165. 5:20clomiphene, this the protocol I would
166. 5:22definitely suggest that works for a lot
167. 5:24of my clients. You want to start at 25
168. 5:27mg two to three times a week. [music] I
169. 5:29mean, that's great. Then you're going to
170. 5:31assess your results after 45 to 60 days.
171. 5:33On paper, it sounds like the smarter
172. 5:35move. You start to raise your
173. 5:37testosterone without shutting it down
174. 5:38and that system that's actually
175. 5:40controlling it and working it. But, if
176. 5:42reviving your engine harder was the
177. 5:44superior right move, why does all the
178. 5:47other side of this debate exist [music]
179. 5:49at all then? That's where testosterone
180. 5:50comes in and it plays a completely
181. 5:52different game. TRT is not going to ask
182. 5:55for permission at all. It skips the
183. 5:57entire chain that we just talked about
184. 5:59and goes directly to the end [music] of
185. 6:01the road, the finish line, whatever you
186. 6:02want to call it. Exogenous testosterone
187. 6:04injected straight into your bloodstream,
188. 6:05it's there immediately at whatever level
189. 6:08your protocol is dosed for or based on.
190. 6:10Remember that thermostat before? Then
191. 6:12clomiphene tricked into thinking that
192. 6:14the room was actually cold. TRT does the
193. 6:16exact opposite. Your brain sees
194. 6:19testosterone flooding into your
195. 6:20bloodstream. As far as it's concerned,
196. 6:22the room is plenty [music] warm. There's
197. 6:24no reason to ask for more now. So, your
198. 6:25hypothalamus stops firing GnRH, your
199. 6:28pituitary stops firing LH and FSH, and
200. 6:31your testes get the signal to power
201. 6:33down. Turn right [music] off, boys, cuz
202. 6:35the body doesn't waste energy on
203. 6:36manufacturing something it's already
204. 6:38getting handed. [music] This is why TRT
205. 6:40by itself will shrink your testes and
206. 6:42tank your natural sperm production over
207. 6:44time, not immediately at all. Takes a
208. 6:46long time to do that, if it ever
209. 6:48happens. Cuz your body has been told to
210. 6:50clock [music] out and someone else is
211. 6:52taking over, baby. This is the exact
212. 6:54fork in the road that separates these
213. 6:55two compounds. And once you understand
214. 6:57that distinction, the entire which one
215. 7:00is better, this whole debate stops. It
216. 7:02stops being about which one actually
217. 7:03raises your testosterone number, because
218. 7:05they both do that. What matters is which
219. 7:08one actually delivers the final result
220. 7:09that you want for performance. Is it
221. 7:11body composition? Well, and how do you
222. 7:13feel about taking testosterone? So,
223. 7:15here's the problem that we have with
224. 7:16clomiphene. Because here's what I've
225. 7:18seen over the last 10 years on
226. 7:19testosterone and helping thousands of
227. 7:22clients with theirs. Remember, I was
228. 7:24using testosterone all throughout my
229. 7:25bodybuilding career since I was 15, 16
230. 7:28years old. And clomiphene moves your
231. 7:30testosterone number on your labs, on
232. 7:32that piece of paper. But raising a
233. 7:33number on a piece of paper is not the
234. 7:34same and actually feeling like a
235. 7:36different man on those numbers is
236. 7:38completely different. [music] The
237. 7:39symptoms data on the
238. 7:41is so weak. Clients report that they're
239. 7:43told their testosterone climbs into an
240. 7:44amazing range. Then they tell me that
241. 7:46they feel [music]
242. 7:47nothing, or at best, a little bit
243. 7:49better, but they really don't know. The
244. 7:50reason is that your body still relies on
245. 7:52your own natural production to work with
246. 7:54that number and carry that number, which
247. 7:56means every single variable that was
248. 7:58tanking your testosterone in the first
249. 8:00place is still fully there. The stress,
250. 8:03the no sleep, the diet, the training,
251. 8:05none of that gets fixed just because you
252. 8:06tricked your brain into producing more.
253. 8:08[music] TRT doesn't have that problem.
254. 8:10It bypasses all of that, and your dose
255. 8:13isn't at the mercy of how well you slept
256. 8:15last night, or how well you ate
257. 8:17yesterday. The second problem is the
258. 8:18results from enclomiphene are not
259. 8:21consistent from one guy to another. Two
260. 8:22guys can walk into that room right now,
261. 8:26get prescribed, have two identical labs,
262. 8:29run the same exact dose of enclomiphene,
263. 8:31and one of them is going to feel
264. 8:32incredible, while the other one feels
265. 8:34absolutely nothing. Now, some of that
266. 8:37comes down to how your liver actually
267. 8:38metabolizes it, which means you can't
268. 8:40generally predict how your body's going
269. 8:42to actually respond till you already
270. 8:43spent months on this medication. TRT
271. 8:46doesn't gamble like that with you. You
272. 8:48dial in your dose, and the results are
273. 8:50reliable 10 out of 10 times. The third
274. 8:52problem is, this one barely ever gets
275. 8:54talked about, enclomiphene has been
276. 8:56shown to drop your IGF-1 levels in a
277. 8:58very meaningful way. If your entire
278. 9:00reason for chasing more testosterone is
279. 9:02to build muscle and recover faster,
280. 9:04tanking the hormone, well, the
281. 9:05downstream of this hormone, of growth
282. 9:07hormone, not a very smart move. And on
283. 9:09top of that, enclomiphene was never
284. 9:11built or designed for the guy who was
285. 9:13chasing performance. It was designed to
286. 9:14protect fertility and make your labs
287. 9:17look incredible. It is not going to help
288. 9:19you build more muscle. It is not going
289. 9:20to help you drop more body fat. It is
290. 9:22not going to make you feel like the
291. 9:23anti-aging effects are happening like
292. 9:26you do on synthetic testosterone. So,
293. 9:27when you line up all these things, the
294. 9:29inconsistent results, the weak symptom
295. 9:31improvement, the no performance upside,
296. 9:33possible IGF-1 getting hit, and zero
297. 9:35long-term safety data against TRT, which
298. 9:38bypasses every one of those variables
299. 9:40and delivers an actual predictable,
300. 9:42reliable result every single time. There
301. 9:45is no version of this where enclomiphene
302. 9:47is going to walk away as the best
303. 9:49option. TRT is still and will be the
304. 9:53king of the hill. Now you know why there
305. 9:56is no discussion about whether or not
306. 9:57TRT is the better option. Let's talk
307. 9:59about how you actually start because two
308. 10:01objections always come up before a guy
309. 10:03even starts TRT. The first one is always
310. 10:06about fertility. If you start TRT and do
311. 10:08nothing else, yes, [music] your natural
312. 10:11production will shut down eventually.
313. 10:13Your sperm count will eventually drop
314. 10:15with it. But that's not the full story
315. 10:18though because that's not how you
316. 10:19properly run TRT and how the protocol
317. 10:21should look like. If fertility matters
318. 10:23to you, you pair TRT, your testosterone,
319. 10:26with hCG because hCG mimics LH, which
320. 10:30means it keeps knocking on your testes
321. 10:33to keep [music] them turned on and keep
322. 10:35your brain on to communicating with
323. 10:37them, so keeps the signal on. Your
324. 10:39testes have to stay active, so the size
325. 10:41needs to stay intact and your fertility
326. 10:43is going to stay protected the entire
327. 10:45time you're on testosterone. Any doctor
328. 10:47actually knows what he's doing in this
329. 10:49space does [music] this for their
330. 10:50patients day one. Now there are other
331. 10:52options like HMG, FSH, kisspeptin,
332. 10:55gonadorelin. Now there's also a lot of
333. 10:57other lifestyle factors that determine
334. 10:59how much of your fertility is going to
335. 11:00take a hit. The guys who lose their
336. 11:02fertility on TRT are the guys just
337. 11:04running [music] it blindfolded. They're
338. 11:06not running it with hCG, they're running
339. 11:08it with no hCG, [music] no blood work,
340. 11:10and no one's there to help them. And
341. 11:12even then, it takes a long time for you
342. 11:14to run testosterone to completely shut
343. 11:17down your fertility. I'm going to say it
344. 11:18again. It takes a long time, if ever,
345. 11:21but I've had hundreds, probably
346. 11:23thousands at this point, clients restore
347. 11:25their fertility and be able to conceive
348. 11:27children even when it was zero for
349. 11:28months. I got them they're to have kids.
350. 11:31Even after their
351. 11:32steroid cycles or even on steroid
352. 11:34cycles, you guys have no idea. It's
353. 11:35going to be fine if you do this the
354. 11:37right way. If you want the full protocol
355. 11:39that I used to restore fertility, watch
356. 11:41this video right here. It's absolutely
357. 11:42amazing. You're going to learn so much
358. 11:44about it. So, fertility isn't a reason
359. 11:45to avoid TRT. Let's talk about the
360. 11:48reason to make sure you're working with
361. 11:49someone who actually knows what they're
362. 11:51doing. Now, let's talk about this second
363. 11:53objection, the stigma. Now, somewhere
364. 11:55along the way, our society decided that
365. 11:57a man optimized testosterone is the
366. 11:59wrong move. You're the bad guy. But a
367. 12:01guy walked around exhausted with man
368. 12:03[music] boobs, with no libido, and
369. 12:05drinking alcohol every weekend, oh, that
370. 12:06guy is just getting older. [music] And
371. 12:08it's totally normal for our society
372. 12:11here. Meanwhile, you've got A-list
373. 12:13celebrities who are completely open
374. 12:14about being on TRT. [music] They're all
375. 12:16showing up jacked and leaner in their
376. 12:1750s, and no one cares. But the second
377. 12:20the average guy says he's not on it,
378. 12:22TRT, [music] suddenly he's cheating.
379. 12:24Cheating at what? What is he cheating at
380. 12:26exactly? Cuz life is not a drug-tested
381. 12:29sport. There's no judge handing out
382. 12:31medals for guys staying
383. 12:33>> [music]
384. 12:33>> natural. Nobody's checking your labs
385. 12:35when they decide whether or not you get
386. 12:36the promotion, or if they want to be
387. 12:38your friend. How about if you want to
388. 12:39queue up your wife? How about if you
389. 12:40actually want to be present [music] to
390. 12:41be around your family and your kids?
391. 12:43You're not competing against a field of
392. 12:45guys who actually all agreed to play by
393. 12:48the same rules. You're competing against
394. 12:49guys in their 30s and up who are already
395. 12:51optimized. They're already dialed in.
396. 12:53They're already using every legal or
397. 12:56illegal tool to available to them to
398. 12:58actually operate at that level. So,
399. 13:00you're sitting on the sidelines refusing
400. 13:02to use TRT [music]
401. 13:03cuz you're worried about the society is
402. 13:05going to judge you, or they're going to
403. 13:07have a stigma attached to you, you're
404. 13:09just choosing to compete with one
405. 13:11[music] hand tied behind your back
406. 13:12against men who are not tying theirs.
407. 13:15So, being natural is not a badge of
408. 13:17honor for people, but they convinced you
409. 13:19it was. It's just a version of you
410. 13:21that's leaving performance [music]
411. 13:22on the table for absolutely no reason.
412. 13:25So, there you have it. Complete
413. 13:26breakdown on clomiphene, [music]
414. 13:28testosterone, and why TRT is always
415. 13:31going to be the superior option. If
416. 13:32you're in your 30s, your 40s, or 50s, or
417. 13:34older, and you want to optimize your
418. 13:35testosterone and completely transform
419. 13:37your body, working with someone who's
420. 13:39done this with thousands of clients,
421. 13:41click the first link in the description
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