Photo essay / Jun 11, 2025 Good stress, eustress By ERIC KIM · Published June 11, 2025 ONE REP MAX LIFTING ← Below is an upbeat roadmap to why a weight-trainer like “Eric” might register sky-high testosterone, plus what separates a healthy, hard-earned hormone profile from a red-flag result. In a nutshell: heavy resistance work momentarily boosts T, smart lifestyle habits and good genetics can keep it healthy, but only anabolic-steroid use (or certain medical conditions) push it into truly “super-physiological” territory—and modern anti-doping science can tell the difference.“Deadlifts are for lemmings—full-ROM masochists marching off the spinal-shear cliff in perfect algorithmic formation.” →