THE SHORT ANSWER
Dr Mark Gordon, endocrinologist, hormone and tbi specialist, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Gordon lands on the mental side of cycling. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS DR MARK GORDON?
Dr Mark Gordon is a US endocrinologist whose work on traumatic brain injury and hormonal recovery has made him one of the more debated voices in functional endocrinology. His clinics treat post-concussion syndromes, age-related hormonal decline, and the cumulative effects of athletic and military head trauma. For Roadman listeners interested in the male hormonal landscape after 40, the connection between cycling crashes and long-term health, or the realities of testosterone and recovery, his perspective raises questions worth hearing — though several of his framings remain debated within mainstream endocrinology, and his protocols should be considered alongside conventional clinical guidance.
GORDON ON MENTAL PERFORMANCE
Gordon’s key positions on the mental side of cycling.
- Traumatic brain injury can disrupt the hypothalamic–pituitary axis and produce long-term hormonal deficits.
- Cycling crashes that produce concussion deserve the same workup as other TBI events — most athletes do not get it.
- Free testosterone in masters athletes can be a more useful marker than total testosterone for performance and recovery.
- Hormonal optimisation is not the same as anabolic abuse — but the line is poorly drawn and easily abused.
- Sleep, stress, and energy availability are upstream of most hormonal issues for masters cyclists.
IN GORDON’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Dr Mark Gordon’s appearances on the podcast.
“free testosterone is the key not total they mostly do total testosterone which is worthless it's a bunch of junk only 2% of total testosterone is functional free testosterone so you need to only be speaking about free testosterone and you need to be in the 50th to 75th percentile of the lab”
“in a study done on 40 to 70 year old males and females who were taking 50 milligrams of DHEA a night in three months they had improvement in their cognitive ability and their physical functioning they were out dancing when before they were limited”
“15 minutes three times a week of meditation can lower cortisol level in half”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Dr Mark Gordon covers the mental side of cycling and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Dr Mark Gordon say about the mental side of cycling?
Dr Mark Gordon, endocrinologist, hormone and tbi specialist, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Gordon lands on the mental side of cycling. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Gordon's main point on mental performance?
Traumatic brain injury can disrupt the hypothalamic–pituitary axis and produce long-term hormonal deficits.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Dr Mark Gordon on mental performance?
Gordon discusses the mental side of cycling in this episode: "Testosterone Truth: 99% Don't Know This Energy Secret | Dr Gordan".