[Testosterone] How to Naturally Optimize Testosterone Without Drugs, Doctors, and Destructive Diets w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Coach Travis Mash and Dan Garner Barbell Shrugged #643
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:
- The role of testosterone in health and performance
- How micronutrient deficiencies can lead to sub-optimal testosterone levels
- How excess body fat turns testosterone into estrogen
- The relationship between cortisol and testosterone
- Practical advice on how to optimize your testosterone levels
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Shrug family this week on barbell shrug. We're back talking about testosterone |
| 0:04.0 | Which is super exciting and what we are doing in our talk about testosterone today is not just talking about how you can get more of it |
| 0:10.4 | I feel like everywhere you look people are talking about getting more testosterone |
| 0:14.0 | But what we want to dig dig into in the show is is understanding what the hormone does how your decisions whether it's nutrition supplementation training |
| 0:23.4 | Sleep stress how all of those factors actually play into |
| 0:27.3 | Your testosterone levels and what you can do to optimize testosterone in your life |
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| 0:51.2 | It's to actually just go to sleep quickly the last thing |
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