{"id":129843,"date":"2015-02-16T06:46:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T14:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=129843"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:49:17","slug":"frank-mir-trt-just-put-band-aid-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/frank-mir-trt-just-put-band-aid-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Mir: &#8216;TRT Just Put A Band-Aid On The Problem&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/frank-mir-trt-just-put-band-aid-problem\/mir-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129844\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MIR.png\" alt=\"MIR\" width=\"484\" height=\"252\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MIR.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MIR-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MIR-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MIR-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Frank Mir gears up to fight Bigfoot Silva on Sunday in Brazil, many fans have taken note that this will be Mir&#8217;s first Octagon appearance since the ban of TRT, almost a year ago to date.<\/p>\n<p>Mir was one of the fighters who was given a TUE (Testosterone Use Exemption) which allowed him to use Testosterone Replacement Therapy.<\/p>\n<p>In the 12 months since his last Octagon appearance, Mir hasn&#8217;t used TRT, and is even going as far as to say that TRT was simply a band-aid, masking the real problem.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/02\/frank-mir-trt-use-was-patchwork-revamped-training-regiment-the-real-solution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cTRT was patchwork \u2013 it was putting a Band-Aid on the problem. I went to a medical doctor, but I wasn\u2019t searching out TRT. I just purely went to the doctor and said, \u2018Hey, I don\u2019t feel good, I have no energy, I\u2019ve got no motivation, I\u2019m kind of depressed. I\u2019m constantly \u2013 guys are making jokes that I\u2019m the most injured they\u2019ve ever trained with. Every other day something breaks down on my body. What\u2019s going on?\u2019 Then they\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, well this is available.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did the blood work and found low testosterone. Now that they\u2019ve banned it, I look at it and realized that wasn\u2019t really the problem. Improper training and nutrition was the reason; training too hard and excessive, twice, three times a day, Monday through Friday. That was what was causing low testosterone. Looking back I realize that was just a symptom of the problem. I was just training improperly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mir spoke about his past use of TRT, saying that now he realizes it wasn&#8217;t a permanent fix.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, you train improperly, but we\u2019ll fix your hormone levels!&#8217; It kind of helped out, but it still wasn\u2019t the solution. The real solution was to train more intelligently, eat healthier, have longer off seasons where you train properly, not just sit on my butt and just wait for the next fight to be scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good thing would have been if TRT hadn\u2019t been an option.  I would have probably got the solution that I came to now sooner.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Frank Mir gears up to fight Bigfoot Silva on Sunday in Brazil, many fans have taken note that this will be Mir&#8217;s first Octagon appearance since the ban of TRT, almost a year ago to date. 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