What Crashes Testosterone, Tight Posterior Chain After Flag Football, Fasting & Eating Windows, My Achy Body, Having A Hard Time Getting In My Last Sleep Cycle Make your health an act of rebellion. Join The Healthy Rebellion Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here News topic du jour: US immunologist who had emailed Fauci that Coronavirus ‘looks engineered’ deletes Twitter account after his lies were exposed 1. What Crashes Testosterone? [23:45] Charlie says: Recently got a blood test showing very low testosterone - about a third of what it's been in the past few years.  And I've been mopey and getting pudgier lately.  Before I freak out and go to the doctor for shots, I want to figure out what I might've done to crash my T.  Maybe you'll have some ideas from experience with athletes... In December I was on a vaguely paleo-like low calorie diet in solidarity with family.  Starving through Christmas - not recommended!  Didn't even lose any body fat.  Sucktastic. New Years:  Awesome late night party with lots of booze. T test about a week into January.  Previously I'd been tested at 8:30am, but this time it was 11:45.  Testosterone level changes throughout the day, right?  How much does it typically vary?  Same lab provider as last year. Are any of those plausible testosterone crashers?  What other newbie mistakes do people make to make themselves less manly in the hormone department? 2. Tight Posterior Chain After Flag Football [28:23] Max says: Hi Robb and Nicky, I play flag football once a week in the warmer months, and I've noticed that after I play, for 3-4 days afterward, my posterior chain, but especially my hamstrings, are very tight - so much so that I can't do my usual gymnastic bodies stretching routines very well. And it's a bit of a positive feedback loop where because I am not able to stretch out as effectively each week, I'm getting a bit tighter every week. During the game itself I feel great (side note, used to need some carbs on game day to feel explosive since I usually eat keto, but since you started talking about electrolytes, I just supplement with LMNT and don't need the carbs, which is great). Do you have any advice on things to try to get my body more flag football ready? I'm 5'10 150lbs, 29 years old, eaten paleo for 10+ years, keto for last year or so. 3. Fasting & Eating Windows [31:42] Klaus says: Hi Robb and Nicki, Wanted to start off by thanking you for all the amazing content you put out every week. I’ve been following you since you did JRE. A little backstory on me: I am 22y/o, 5’7, 172 lbs (16% body fat), been active since I was a little kid playing competitive sports (BJJ the past 2.5 yrs). I eat pretty low carb (very fat adapted) , but eat carbs around training time which is mainly at night (carbs at night has improved my sleep massively). Anyways, I’ve been trying to get to 10-12% BF but have been struggling with it, lately (past 6mo) I’ve introduced eating whiting a window but it hasn’t worked for me as I somedays get home late from BJJ and feel like I have to eat. This has led me to have different eating windows the days I train. Would you say there is an negative impact if I have different eating windows from day to day, or would I still benefit from a 16 hr fast everyday regardless of the time I start and end eating? Is there another approach I can use to lean down besides this one? Thanks for your time, Klaus. 4. My Achy Body [38:26] Keslie says: Hello Robb and Nicki, I just recently started listening to your podcast and I am loving it, thank you for doing what you do. Your generally.. somewhat.. neutral stance on things is a great middle ground to the extremes we hear all of the time. About my achy body... I am a 33 year old CrossFit hasbeen, I competed on a team in 2013 and 2015 and have since opened my own affiliate. As an ex-athlete I know how demanding a full on CrossFit routine can be on the body so at our gym we tend to lay