During an episode of the Huberman Lab podcast featuring legendary six-time Mr. Olympia winner Dorian Yates, host Andrew Huberman offered significant disclosure about his personal use of TRT.
The revelation came naturally during a discussion about PEDs in bodybuilding. When addressing the topic of young people rushing into hormone supplementation, Huberman stated: “I’m on low-dose TRT. I started when I was 45, about 125 milligrams a week.”
This candid admission provides concrete details about Huberman’s personal protocol. Huberman is currently 50 years old during the recording, which means he has been on testosterone replacement therapy for approximately five years.
His dosage of 125 milligrams per week falls within what many practitioners consider a therapeutic range designed to bring levels into the upper normal range.
During the conversation Huberman stated that he was not advocating for TRT use but rather emphasizing caution. He told Yates: “I always tell people they really really really should wait if do it at all.”
The discussion came during a conversation about the pressure young men feel to enhance their testosterone levels. Yates shared his perspective on when st**oid use became justified in his career: “I’m going to do this as a sport, right? So, I justified it because everyone else is doing it and I did it as a professional.”
However, both men emphasized the importance of maximizing natural potential first. Yates explained his early career: “I started in 1983, earlier in the year I was 180-185 but very lean… So, I went from 180 to 210. So that’s 30 lbs I put on in a year and a half training or something” before ever using any PEDs.
Rather than making sweeping recommendations, Huberman positioned his personal choice within a framework of individual health decisions made in consultation with medical professionals. The 125-milligram weekly dose he mentioned is notably conservative compared to what some practitioners prescribe, and significantly lower than the doses used in competitive bodybuilding.
