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10 Simple Steps To Skyrocket
Your
Natural Testosterone Production
If there is one substance that could be considered the
"holy grail" of muscle growth, testosterone would be it.
Quite simply, testosterone is the most important muscle-building
hormone in your body and is one of the limiting factors that determines how much
muscle you can ultimately build. Here is just a small handful of the many
amazing benefits that increased testosterone levels will provide you with...
- Increased muscle size and strength.
- Decreased body fat
levels.
- Increased sex drive and sexual endurance.
- Improved mood.
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Decreased levels of "bad" cholesterol.
Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Well it is, and in this article I'm
going to outline 10 simple steps to naturally raise your testosterone levels and
achieve all of these incredible benefits. While these steps will not result in
"steroid-like" muscle gains, they will definitely contribute to your overall
bottomline results.
1) Use compound exercises as the cornerstone of your
workouts. I’m talking about the basic, bread-and-butter lifts such as
squats, deadlifts, bench presses, rows, chin-ups, dips, lunges and military
presses. These exercises will place your muscles under the greatest amount of
stress in the gym and will force your body to increase testosterone
production.
2) Always train with 100% effort and intensity. If
you want to see real muscle gains, you must be willing to push yourself to the
limit in the gym. Again, greater muscular stress in the gym translates to higher
testosterone output.
3) Train your legs equally as hard as your upper
body. As you may already be aware, intense leg training can actually
stimulate growth in your chest, back and arms. This is due in part to the
increase in testosterone that leg training induces.
4) Increase your EFA consumption. Essential Fatty
Acids from sources such as peanuts, avocadoes, fish and healthy oils like flax
seed, olive and canola are a great way to naturally boost testosterone
levels.
5) Reduce your intake of soy. Soy protein raises
the body’s levels of estrogen (the main female hormone) and this has a direct
negative effect on testosterone levels.
6) Limit your consumption of alcohol. Alcohol has
been shown to have quite a dramatic effect on testosterone levels, so try to
limit your "binge drinking" nights and keep your alcohol consumption in
moderation.
7) Increase your dietary intake of cruciferous
vegetables. Broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, turnips, cabbage and
brussel sprouts have all been shown to dramatically reduce estrogen levels,
thereby raising testosterone.
8) Lower your daily stress levels. Being overly
stressed stimulates the release of “cortisol”, a highly catabolic hormone that
will cause your testosterone levels to plummet.
9) Increase your sexual activity. Sexual
stimulation causes the body to increase the production of oxytocin which
increases endorphin production (the "feel-good" chemical), and this also raises
testosterone.
10) Make sure to get adequate sleep every night. A
lack of sleep contributes to cortisol production, and this will lower your
testosterone levels.
Start implementing these techniques on a consistent basis and you
should experience a noticeable increase in your muscle size and strength gains.
To learn more insider techniques for building a powerful, muscular
body, I strongly suggest paying a visit to my website by clicking the link
below. You can sign up for my free muscle-building email course to learn even
more great tips...
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