Fitness influencer Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, joined the podcast “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” this week to discuss his controversial approach to physical enhancement and appearance.

During the interview, the online personality known for promoting “looksmaxxing” said he began taking testosterone when he was only 14 years old, describing natural weight training as “a complete waste of time.”

Peters explained that his interest in fitness started in his family’s basement gym in Hoboken, New Jersey. After spending hours on fitness forums and websites, he said he concluded that training naturally took too long to yield visible results.

“I started reading different articles and forum posts about how to properly train as one would being a beginner to the gym, and that’s sort of where I came to the conclusion that there’s no reason to train naturally,” Peters told Hannity.

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“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 added.

According to Peters, the decision prompted him to secretly order performance-enhancing drugs as a teenager. He claimed he would “camp out by the mailbox and pretend to be sick from school” so that he could intercept the testosterone shipments without his parents finding out.

Hannity, who is a father himself, noted that many parents would be outraged by such behavior. Peters admitted that his own parents disciplined him consistently for his choices.

“Throughout high school, if I would do a f--- up, I would get sent [to my grandmother’s],” he said. “Then, after I got expelled from university for peptides and ’roids, that’s where I got sent off to.”

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He described how his education came to an end after his public posts about steroid use drew attention from school administrators. “Throughout my entire life, I’ve kind of been documenting everything in a pretty public way,” Peters said. “I was talking about different cycles I was running, and then someone just sent the forum posts to my university, and it was done.”

While Peters’ remarks sparked debate among listeners, the podcast also highlighted the broader issue of testosterone use among young men. Public dialogue about low testosterone levels has grown in recent years, focusing on symptoms such as fatigue, reduced libido, and loss of muscle mass.

Medical experts, however, continue to warn against nonmedical use of androgens, particularly among teenagers. Physicians and endocrinologists emphasize that testosterone therapy is appropriate only for those who have been clinically diagnosed with low hormone levels under medical supervision.

According to the Endocrine Society, adolescents and young adults who use anabolic steroids or peptides without medical necessity are at risk for serious health effects. These may include cardiovascular strain, impaired liver function, stunted growth, mood disorders, and lasting fertility issues.

Experts further caution that medical hormone therapy is designed to restore normal physiological levels, not to accelerate muscle growth. Using testosterone outside supervised treatment, they warn, circumvents the body’s natural metabolic safeguards and exposes users to unpredictable outcomes.

As discussions around hormone use continue to attract attention online, medical professionals urge that decisions about testosterone treatment always involve clinical evaluation rather than self-directed experimentation.