Fitness and looksmaxxing personality Braden Eric Peters, known online as Clavicular, stated on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast that he began taking testosterone at age 14 and views traditional, natural weight training as a "complete waste of time."
Clavicular explained that his interest in fitness began in his family's home gym, but after researching workout routines, he concluded that natural progress was too slow. "There's no reason to train naturally. It's a complete waste of my time when I have this mechanism I could utilize, which was testosterone, to make the results in a much more efficient timeline. So why wouldn't I?" he told podcast host Sean Hannity.
He admitted to secretly acquiring performance-enhancing drugs as a teenager, intercepting testosterone shipments at age 14 to hide them from his parents. Clavicular recalled having to pretend to be sick from school to intercept the mail.
Hannity, a father, questioned how parents might react to such a regimen, to which Clavicular responded that his parents disciplined him frequently. He also mentioned being sent away after being expelled from university for using peptides and steroids.
Clavicular's academic career ended after his public social media posts detailing his substance use were forwarded to his university. "Throughout my entire life, I've kind of been documenting everything in a pretty public way. I was talking about different cycles I was running, and then someone just sent the forum posts to my university, and it was done," he said.
While discussions about low testosterone and hormone health have increased, medical experts caution against non-prescribed androgen use. The Endocrine Society warns that unsupervised anabolic steroid and peptide use in adolescents and young adults can lead to severe health risks, including stunted skeletal growth, premature cardiovascular strain, liver damage, mood alterations, and irreversible fertility suppression. Medical professionals emphasize that hormone therapy is beneficial for diagnosed deficiencies, but using testosterone as a shortcut for muscle growth bypasses essential biological safeguards.