@lurkerhasarisen In my lifetime, opening borders to goose labor supply along with various incentives to shift production overseas have probably had the most impact on this. In addition to the obvious result of boosting labor supply, the former also negatively affects productivity in the long term, which then has the same impact on wages.

@Kloi Get it looked at. I've lifted for decades. I've had many of the common injuries people get from lifting. I've never had any wrist pain other than a time I was trying a second generation bench shirt on 4-board presses. I had much, much more weight in my hands than I'd ever had before and could feel it. I learned that modern equipped powerlifting wasn't my thing. But that was a one off event. Regular training, even heavy, shouldn't cause wrist issues. Something else is going on.

@Vermillion-Rx I saw this one a while back. It is unreal how arrogant leftist white women are now.

@Typo-MAGAshiv Meant to reply to the post about South Africa.

@Typo-MAGAshiv It's a failed state. I would never want to go there.

@MentORPHEUS These all pop up in my youtube feed since you've been posting them, and I can't help but watch. I just continue to be shocked at what I see on these.

@First-light It's pretty shocking. Some pro bodybuilder from the U.S. got hauled in and tested. I can't believe the men there havd let it get to this point. Perhaps they'll wake up. I would never go there. I have trained for 40+ years and have had prominent veins since my teens. They'd haul me in if I wore short sleeves.

@Bozza You can have the tren, my friend. I have never had a desire to try it, and at my age, overall health is more important. My background is in powerlifting, and even enhanced lifters I knew kept things pretty basic. Tren wasn't common. I've heard it is quite effective, though.

@First-light It is bizarre at first glance how the medical establishment has no interest in treating low testosterone, but isn't surprising on reflection. I've heard that in Sweden, which is openly anti-male, medical providers simply won't treat it without men going through all sorts of hoops. Presumably, women who want to be boss chicks can get all they want.

The clinics here can be good but are pricey. Good ones look at everything, not just testosterone (e.g., thyroid, growth hormone, lipids). But it is fairly cheap and easy here for someone to do it himself. Good move on your part to stock up. I've heard it's easy to make your own.

@MentORPHEUS Low testosterone is the one condition the medical establishment does not want to treat. Its response to significant drops in average levels over the years has been to lower the scale for what is "normal" (not optimal). When discovered, it was thought of as "sinful" because of its association with sex drive. Now, its "sin" is being associated with masculine traits.

I am suspicious of how this had been reported. I bet it was merely added to the list of things routinely screened for in medical exams of older soldiers. Physicians typically don't test for it and don't want to treat low levels. I'd rather the military do this than fund a bogus study like the VA did to avoid the high cost of gels used to treat it.