Michael Stephensen
Joined 3 years ago
4 marathons & 12 half marathons. Black belt -981. Ran Canadian Death Race (CDR) relay. Beat Cancer Twice. Will run CDR solo!
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"To your second point SatMan - either you are missing my point or your are not trying very hard. I really haven't spoken to Vitor's use. I am speaking more generally. You can comment on my believing or not believing Vitor's story but I myself have not commented on it. What I am saying is this: It is a simple matter. Everybody in the UFC on TRT must report or be kicked out - end of story. Everybody on TRT must be tested weekly and at any other time demanded by the NSAC or the UFC - end of story. In this scenario fair replacement in deficient fighters is not hard to manage. They do have it down to a science (it is a science after all). As you point out there is legit use and abuse. I'm for legit use and against abuse. Any patient that abused a prescription that I have given is cut off and kicked out of my practice. My patients and I live by those rules - there is no reason that the UFC and their fighters can't."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day agoMichael StephensenAdded a new comment
"SatMan - the Endocrine Society's guidelines suggest replacing to the middle of the range. The middle of the range doesn't vary widely. The middle of the range you reported, for example, is 550."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day agoMichael StephensenAdded a new comment
"Evan, that is a really interesting question. From one guy to another chatting about philosophy my personal opinion would be this: If I could know what was in his hear now I'd decide based on that. If John Doe abused steroids 10 years ago and suppressed his testicles into non-producing little mcnuggets but now truly regretted it and simply wanted to be middle of the range normal (if hypothetically we knew this to be true or we could test weekly to know) then I'd give it. I'm not a revenge / punishment kind of guy. Bring him up to normal (and no more). Interestingly I have some fat lazy guys who quite naturally are at the top of the range and some marathoners who are low. It is not the be all and end all."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day agoMichael StephensenAdded a new comment
"Falcon, there are a hundred websites offering various products that give you an advantage. Virtually none of them actually do though. The Endocrine Society's guidelines for testosterone replacement recommend replacement to the middle of the normal age. For a man of Vitor's age this is very reasonable. It is not an advantage at that level."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day agoMichael StephensenAdded a new comment
"Yikes! What I'm trying to say is the concept of Testosterone replacement to proper levels with proper testing is valid. The problem lies not in the use but in the abuse. It's like use and abuse here on LowKick. Proper use is fine. Abusive criticism is inappropriate and spoils it for everybody ;-) BTW, I can't speak to Vitor's use / abuse. I don't know enough about it. If the UFC allows use of T and doesn't test they are very foolish - I do understand they provide health care to their fighters. At any rate, I would be very curious to see any evidence that the UFC does or does not test their fighters on Testosterone."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day ago More...
"To your second point SatMan - either you are missing my point or your are not trying very hard. I really haven't spoken to Vitor's use. I am speaking more generally. You can comment on my believing or not believing Vitor's story but I myself have not commented on it. What I am saying is this: It is a simple matter. Everybody in the UFC on TRT must report or be kicked out - end of story. Everybody on TRT must be tested weekly and at any other time demanded by the NSAC or the UFC - end of story. In this scenario fair replacement in deficient fighters is not hard to manage. They do have it down to a science (it is a science after all). As you point out there is legit use and abuse. I'm for legit use and against abuse. Any patient that abused a prescription that I have given is cut off and kicked out of my practice. My patients and I live by those rules - there is no reason that the UFC and their fighters can't."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day agoMichael StephensenAdded a new comment
"SatMan - the Endocrine Society's guidelines suggest replacing to the middle of the range. The middle of the range doesn't vary widely. The middle of the range you reported, for example, is 550."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day agoMichael StephensenAdded a new comment
"Evan, that is a really interesting question. From one guy to another chatting about philosophy my personal opinion would be this: If I could know what was in his hear now I'd decide based on that. If John Doe abused steroids 10 years ago and suppressed his testicles into non-producing little mcnuggets but now truly regretted it and simply wanted to be middle of the range normal (if hypothetically we knew this to be true or we could test weekly to know) then I'd give it. I'm not a revenge / punishment kind of guy. Bring him up to normal (and no more). Interestingly I have some fat lazy guys who quite naturally are at the top of the range and some marathoners who are low. It is not the be all and end all."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day agoMichael StephensenAdded a new comment
"Falcon, there are a hundred websites offering various products that give you an advantage. Virtually none of them actually do though. The Endocrine Society's guidelines for testosterone replacement recommend replacement to the middle of the normal age. For a man of Vitor's age this is very reasonable. It is not an advantage at that level."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day agoMichael StephensenAdded a new comment
"Yikes! What I'm trying to say is the concept of Testosterone replacement to proper levels with proper testing is valid. The problem lies not in the use but in the abuse. It's like use and abuse here on LowKick. Proper use is fine. Abusive criticism is inappropriate and spoils it for everybody ;-) BTW, I can't speak to Vitor's use / abuse. I don't know enough about it. If the UFC allows use of T and doesn't test they are very foolish - I do understand they provide health care to their fighters. At any rate, I would be very curious to see any evidence that the UFC does or does not test their fighters on Testosterone."
on the following blog post:Luke Rockhold Won't Blame TRT For His Loss to Vitor Belfort
1 day ago More...
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- eissaawwad : "i wish you all the best too"
- pound4pound : "Hey no worries, I would like to place a donation also just let me know if I need to send you these money or just do it online"
- IRISH : "wow michael the world needs more people like you! Best of luck on your run i wish you all the best bud"
- Entity : "We are seeing a socialist takeover here in the USA slowly, they are trying to disarm the entire nation which will lead to an all out war since our constitution is being trampled by the world banks and military industrialization. I bet you didnt know that the USA, Mexico and Canada are already signed to become one world state. They are spraying the entire world right now from jet aircraft, manipulating the weather and causing natural disasters. China is also part of the New World Order. They have concentration camps secretly built all over the USA. Population control is their agenda. Go visit infowars.com if you want to see the truth. Our media is already being taken over with socialist propaganda. Hitler will look like a choir boy when this is over China's one child policy has already killed over 400MILLION children and aborted births from their population control department. Expect to see even more crazy stuff coming out of the USA. They just signed a bill allowing drones to patrol the USA and spy."
- DKMcGrath : "I dont eat fast food my keboard wasnt working I train alot at Valhalla gym in Seaside OR no keyboard warrior here.sorry for the inconvienence"
- HATEOCRACY : "RIGHT ON MIKE THANKS!!!!!!"
- odesahitman : "Yo Michael Congrats on your achievements. Respect. "
- Rock'em Sock'em : "Which comments were you referring to? Thanks "
- HunterB : "damn i just saw you messaged me about the stream last month, i failed as i dont check those messages ever really. you should hit me up on facebook and you can ask me through there, as i check it hourly usually. "
- Entity : "Awesome documentary. They think they found Atlantis with new technology. After the page opens just click play and all 4 sections will play back to back.....I've been immersed in this for a while now http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/finding-atlantis/"
