RxVital

"You must go beyond the point of failure - To grow, you must demand more from your muscles than they have ever given before"

[RxVital @RxVitall]

Haaland is the sexiest man alive

Congrats to Norway for winning 🇳🇴

Taking home $500 on this one

[RxVital @RxVitall]

@thegarybrecka - Sleep 8-9h
- Lift
- Get lean
- Eat enough
- Manage stress

[RxVital @RxVitall]

The decline is real

If you want to optimize testosterone, start with the fundamentals:
- Sleep
- Lift
- Get lean
- Eat enough
- Manage stress

I've seen this firsthand

Guys who are 16-17, train consistently, and think they're doing everything right, yet come back with testosterone levels of 400-500 ng/dl after blood tests

That should be a wake-up call

[Gary Brecka @thegarybrecka]

Average testosterone levels have dropped more than 20% since the 1980s.

This is not normal aging. It is an environmental and lifestyle crisis.

The primary drivers: chronic stress, poor sleep, seed oils, environmental xenoestrogens from plastics, and sedentary behavior.

Fix the inputs. Your lifestyle is either supporting testosterone or suppressing it. 🚨

[RxVital @RxVitall]

The 5 biggest drivers of healthy testosterone:
- Sleep
- Low body fat
- Energy availability
- Resistance training
- Micronutrient status

Yet most guys:
- Sleep 5-6h and call it fine
- Are still carrying fat they've never cut
- Chronically undereat (or "diet" year-round)
- Undertrain or overtrain with no progression
- Have never run bloodwork, so they're optimizing blind

You don't have a hormone problem

You have a lyfestylë problem

[RxVital @RxVitall]

The best diet isn't the one someone else swears by

It's the one you can realistically stick to for months, not days

Consistency wins every time

It's a marathon, not a sprint

[RxVital @RxVitall]

Agree with the 10–15k steps, caffeine, and walking after meals

But fasting 16–18 hours isn’t some fat-loss cheat code

You lose fat by consistently maintaining a calorie deficit. If fasting helps you eat less, great

If it makes you miserable, there are easier ways to lose fat:
- Eat in a small calorie deficit instead of skipping food all day
- Prioritize protein at each meal to stay full
- Increase daily steps and general activity
- Cut liquid calories and mindless snacking
- Sleep enough, because poor sleep increases hunger

The best fat-loss diet is the one you can actually stick to

[RxVital @RxVitall]

@dr_ericberg 'it's not skipping sit-ups or crunches'

are you saying that doing these reduces belly fat?

[RxVital @RxVitall]

@thegarybrecka Exactly, on of the reasons I don't really like fasting

It's a complete 180 for most people

It is indeed what you see yourself doing on the long term, not what other people are trying to convince you what the best is in their opinion

[RxVital @RxVitall]

@fastrlife Never said you can't burn more fat fasting, it is just hard to maintain such a diet for a lot of people, so that's why I would rater advise for other diets which are more "fun" for most people

[RxVital @RxVitall]

Agree with the 10–15k steps, caffeine, and walking after meals

But fasting 16–18 hours isn’t some fat-loss cheat code

You lose fat by consistently maintaining a calorie deficit. If fasting helps you eat less, great

If it makes you miserable, there are easier ways to lose fat:
- Eat in a small calorie deficit instead of skipping food all day
- Prioritize protein at each meal to stay full
- Increase daily steps and general activity
- Cut liquid calories and mindless snacking
- Sleep enough, because poor sleep increases hunger

The best fat-loss diet is the one you can actually stick to

[Axel (fastr) @fastrlife]

Get shredded:

Fast 16-18 hours a day
Animal based diet
10-15k steps
Caffeine
Walk after meals

Get jacked:

3-4 lifts per week
Creatine/glycine
Reverse pyramid training
Bodyweight training
0.82 g protein/lbs

Get happy:

Presence training
Gratitude
Awareness
Self love
Manifest

[RxVital @RxVitall]

@Punished_Z And what is it people don't understand about this topic?

[RxVital @RxVitall]

@fastrlife Fasting isn’t the point of disagreement

It’s just one method to create a calorie deficit, and often a harder one to maintain and do on the long term

[RxVital @RxVitall]

Saw some people talking about vitamin D and hair loss, but the reality is more nuanced

Yes, hair follicles have vitamin D receptors, and severe deficiency can be associated with increased shedding or certain types of hair loss

But it’s not a simple low vitamin D = balding

For most people:
- Vitamin D is a supporting factor, not the main driver
- Genetic sensitivity plays a much bigger role,
- If vitamin D is normal, extra supplementation usually doesn’t change hair growth much

If someone is deficient, correcting it can help bring the hair cycle back toward normal, But this typically looks like:
- Reduced shedding over 3 to 6 months
- Gradual stabilization rather than dramatic regrowth
- Subtle improvement in density if deficiency was contributing

So yes, it’s worth checking if there’s unexplained hair loss

But it’s only one piece of a much larger system, not the root cause for most cases

[RxVital @RxVitall]

@Devsthetix - Nutrition
- Training
- Lifestyle

If you don't have these locked in you're just wasting time

[RxVital @RxVitall]

@const_yt I'd say you would be well off fixing a deficiency like a vit D or magnesium

some basic stuff to start things off

[RxVital @RxVitall]

People with low vitamin C levels burned 25% less fat during exercising

After taking 500 mg/day, fat oxidation increased 4-fold

Some foods high in vitamin C:
> Oranges
> Kiwis
> Strawberries
> Pineapple
https://t.co/OY8YCxTItl

[RxVital @RxVitall]

@ThePepGuy You got it 👊