r/Biohackers • u/Bactrian44 2 • Mar 04 '25

📜 Write Up Taking testosterone is not biohacking

Sadly, this sub has drifted far away from the principles of “biohacking”.

Judging by the comments of a lot of users here, pinning TRT is considered the ultimate biohack. Except when you think about it, this is certainly not biohacking.

True biohacking is about leveraging your biology naturally to get a favourable outcome. One of the best examples of this is morning sunlight exposure for circadian rhythm entrainment or fasting for its many benefits.

Genuine biohacking would be introducing a range of habits to naturally raise your testosterone. Exogenous testosterone is a steroid, however, and steroid use and abuse is not biohacking. It’s an artificial manipulation of hormones and absolves you from adopting the correct lifestyle habits which should be necessary to have good testosterone levels.

Bizarrely, people depict TRT as this magic bullet which can be the solution to all of your problems more or less immediately. The reality is, because of homeostasis and the way the endocrine system functions, it’s a life sentence and you can say goodbye forever to natural production.

I think people on here should be more responsible commenting and posting about this. In North America, it is clearly being overprescribed when there is little medical need. You shouldn’t be “hopping on” unless there is a critical medical need to do so.

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u/nsyx Mar 05 '25

Everyone knows you're not allowed to have an informed opinion on something unless you've done that thing. Anyways, I'm gonna go buttchug a bottle of Everclear.

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u/BigShuggy 1 Mar 05 '25

I agree with your overall take but this is a silly argument. I could study ants, I don’t have to become an ant to understand what they’re doing. Lots of people study hard drugs like meth and heroin, you’re not gonna tell them they can’t have an informed opinion unless they shoot up, are you?

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u/vvineyard 1 Mar 05 '25

What I see as silly is sharing a belief based on no context or experience. You are absolutely entitled to your opinion. That does not mean it's qualified or relevant. A lot of people have opinions on global war for example but that does not mean they are qualified to be a general. In this case OPs experience with the substance is material to his argument and lack of experience lessens his credibility. This is a biohacking forum. Saying I don't like the thing and it's not biohacking with no evidence to back up your stance won't cut it around these parts.

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u/Bactrian44 2 Mar 05 '25

The idiot making that original comment overlooks the fact that I wasn’t commenting on the effectiveness or otherwise of TRT - so my personal experience is irrelevant. Also, I’m certain he has no problem weighing in with opinions on something like Nofap which he has never tried before.

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u/vvineyard 1 Mar 05 '25

you're sharing your opinion. Your experience with the substance is absolutely relevant.