High T. Everyman wants it. It means power, energy, virility
culminating in the ultimate swagger man. After the age of 30 your testosterone
levels begin to drop and continue to drop. Nice thought. If you are under 30
then you don't need the seven steps, just follow the first two.
The normal range is 300-1,200
ng/dL. Typically low testosterone is considered below 280 ng/dL, but
most will say that if you drop below 400 you need help.
How do you achieve it? Diet and
exercise of course are the platform for your launch. Decreasing fat stores and
keeping stress hormones at bay also will help.
There are seven steps you
need to complete in order to maximize your testosterone production and use.
Yup, “Ancient
Sea Salt” would be a scientifically accurate branding for ordinary table salt.
I'm not the most verbose dude
so let's jump right in.
1) Eat for Higher T.
Eat like a
freakin man. Whole eggs, beef, nuts. Almonds, brazil nuts and
cod liver
oil. Avocados and olives. Oysters if you can handle it. The
saturated
fat is required. The body uses cholesterol
to produce testosterone.
Sprinkle in
a few servings of cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, kale
and
collards) keeps your testosterone from becoming estrogen. Grass fed
beef
contains higher levels of CLA which has some value for fat burning
and
anti-aromataze. Drink black tea or real cocoa they lowers cortisol.
Add wheat
germ to your shakes to get teste supporting zinc. Raw honey
containing
atleast 25mg of royal jelly.
2) Lift Heavy and Lift Late
Heavy
compound movements (either heavy 6-8 reps or high reps with
short rest).
Squats and deadlifts should lead the way. Pull-ups, shoulder
press,
bench press, bent-over rows. Why late? Because the stress
hormone
cortisol is higher in the morning and the higher your cortisol
the
lower your testosterone.
3) Increase Luteinizing
Hormone (LH).
Take one of the following. Go five days on/two days off for
eight weeks, then take two weeks off.
Tribulus
terrestris - Take 500-2,000 mg per day in 2-3 divided doses. One dose
30-60 minutes pre-workout.
D-Aspartic
Acid - 3 grams first thing in the morning
Fenugreek
Extract - Take 500-2,000 mg per day.
Avena
sativa -100-250 mg 1-2 times per day, with one dose about 30-60
minutes before your workout.
4) Stimulate the Testicles
Leydig Cells.
Go five days on/two days off for eight weeks, then take two weeks
off.
Eurycoma
longifolia Jack (Longjax aka Tongkat ali) - 200-300 mg 2 -3 times per
day.
Forskolin (Coleus
forskohlii) - Take 20-50 mg 2-3 times daily.
5) Prevent Aromatase (what
good is testosterone if it converts into estrogen)
Chrysin (also
known as 5,7-di-hydroxyflavone) - 1g with breakfast, lunch, and the last meal of the day
Damiana extract - 50-500mg of three times per day in between meals
Diindole or Diindolylmethane (DIM) - 200-300mg in two or three divided
doses
6) Free the Testosterone - testosterone can't enter muscle
unless it's free from sex-hormone-binding globulin (SHBG)
Stinging
nettle root (urtica dioica) - 100-500 mg of stinging nettle root
extract 2-3 times per day on an empty stomach.
Boron -
10 mg per day was shown to increase free testosterone by almost 30% while also
lowering estradiol goes down by forty percent.
Avena
Sativa - see step 3
Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Longjax
aka Tongkat ali) - see step 4
7) Increase Your Androgen Receptors -
that free testosterone now has to enter muscle tissue.
Carnitine - 1-3 grams of in the
form of L-carnitine, acetyl-L-carnitine or L-carnitine-L-tartrate with
breakfast and pre and post workout.
Oh yeah, use alcohol in
moderation and have sex frequently. It may be tough to do both since they often
go together but do your best.
Remember, this is just advice
(like the TMW says), "Do whatever you want to do?"
Bonus information:
Take ZMA - the
trio of zinc, magnesium aspartate and vitamin B6 increased testosterone
by more than 30% and IGF-1 by 4%.
Blunt cortisol - Higher cortisol means lower
testosterone.
Take 5-10 grams of BCAAs
in the morning or 800 mg Phosphatidylserine (PS).
Additional information:
How is testosterone made?
From Muscle and Fitness
Stoppani, Jim. "The testosterone diet: finally, a meal plan with one utterly important muscle-building goal: to ramp up your body's levels of testosterone.(NUTRITION). ." Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness. 67.7 (July 2006): 150(6).
"To understand how diet affects testosterone levels, you first must understand testosterone production and its actions. It all begins in the brain. A hormone called gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is released from the hypothalamus (a small section deep within the brain) and travels to the pituitary gland. From here, GnRH stimulates the release of luteinizing hormone, which travels via the blood all the way to the testes, where it activates enzymes that convert cholesterol into testosterone. What you eat can positively or negatively affect any one of these steps.
Your nutritional regimen can also influence testosterone after it's produced. Testosterone travels in the blood to muscle cells and other tissues either as free (or active) testosterone or bound to a carrier protein. Only the free kind can work to increase muscle size by entering the muscle cells. At some tissues, such as fat cells and the brain, fat can be converted into estrogens--yes, the female hormone you don't want in excess in your body, since it can lead to fat gain and inhibit further testosterone production by decreasing brain hormones. Diet can influence the amounts of both active testosterone and estrogens in the blood."
End of Muscle and Fitness excerpt.
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