New Studies Prove Exercise Scientists Wrong on Squats Increasing Testosterone (do this instead)

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The Key Exercise to Increase Testosterone is NOT Squats

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Best Exercise(s) for Increasing Testosterone
2:42 - Grass-Finished Meat Delivered to Your Doorstep
3:18 - Squats vs Leg Press
4:40 - Endurance Exercise & Testosterone
6:51 - Which is Best?

[palewine]

@5:59 he finally tells you it's cardio. You're welcome.

[MrBottlecapBill]

This all makes perfect sense. The movements that would equate to making you a warrior of sorts or at least a long term survivor. Strength is without endurance it's useless in a long term fight or battle for resources. Cardio is good but it won't help you match up against stronger opponents for very long in a competition for resources. A jack of all trades is going to have the best change of survival.

[Aviator]

Excellent. Just started sprinting this week. 6 30second sprints with a 2 1/2 minute break in between.

[Winterheart]

TLDR- Cardio that uses the body: Thrusters, burpee's etc. (As it will lower body fat which will increase testosterone)

[SteveSpears-Kuhlah]

Dumbell Squats - Full range (ass to grass) 50x, is like a hard sprint without impact.
Great for the knees

[robynbeach]

A BMI of 25 (borderline "overweight") is also common in people with high muscle mass. One of the many reasons BMI is a bad measurement.

[Procharmo]

Larry Wheels and the Russian giant. They were testing each others grip strength with a grip strength instrument. The giant noted his score squeezing as hard as possible. He then proceeded to do 10 air squats. Tested again and it significantly increased. Larry was perplexed. He tried it. Same thing. I now do them regularly up to 30 rep sets and nearly always before max bench attempts.

[stevenjacks]

IMO this directly correlates to Dr. Sean O’mara’s work on visceral fat and his recommendations for sprinting for best results to reduce visceral fat with the benefit of increased muscle mass. He also advocates protein and mainly carnivore and fasting. It seems to make sense that if sprinting causes epinephrine release, and destroys visceral fat while sparing and stimulating muscle, that the low resulting visceral fat could significantly boost T trust further stimulating lean Muscle mass gains.

[davidcasson]

Great 👍, , looking from my perspective., 58 years old, , ex tri athlete ( Olympic Distance) retired at 44, , also stopped, long, Tour de France 🇫🇷, stage cycling . Remarried, , to a professional food buyer and chef, , who controls our diet, , I cut exercise back to HIIT, , weights, , mostly heavy bands that simulate serious swimming, , & rowing machine, , all done 4 times per week and walking with my wife, everywhere, leaving the car at home . I call this my winter maintenance, , as I did this in the off season, , but have been doing this 15 years, all year round . Result, , I haven’t aged, , stuck at 44, , look younger, , physically just as I was at 28, , my wife looks even younger, , size 8 -10, , make up helps etc she looks 23 she’s actually 53 . It is a joint effort, , hobby and interest . We don’t drink or smoke or eat processed food . Testosterone, , no drop off . I still have a very deep voice etc and the wife sailed through M no problem.

[nostro]

*Inhalation of molecular hydrogen increases breath acetone excretion during submaximal exercise: a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled study*

_Abstract_

Aerobic exercise is widely accepted as a beneficial option for reducing fat in humans. Recently, it has been suggested that molecular hydrogen (H2) augments mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Therefore, the hypothesis that inhaling H2 could facilitate lipid metabolism during aerobic exercise was investigated in the current study by measuring the breath acetone levels, which could be used as non-invasive indicators of lipid metabolism. This study aimed to investigate the effect of inhaling H2 on breath acetone output during submaximal exercise using a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled, and cross-over experimental design. After taking a 20-minute baseline measurement, breath acetone levels were measured in ten male subjects who performed a 60% peak oxygen uptake-intensity cycling exercise for 20 minutes while inhaling either 1% H2 or a control gas. In another experiment, six male subjects remained in a sitting position for 45 minutes while inhaling either 1% H2 or a control gas. H2 significantly augmented breath acetone and enhanced oxygen uptake during exercise (P < 0.01). However, it did not significantly change oxidative stress or antioxidant activity responses to exercise, nor did it significantly alter the breath acetone or oxygen uptake during prolonged resting states. These results suggest that inhaling H2 gas promotes an exercise-induced increase in hepatic lipid metabolism. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of Chubu University, Japan (approved No. 260086-2)

[jpro]

I have always noticed that when I increase my GPP by doing medleys, Tabatas ect my bodyfat goes down and my volume tolerance goes thru the roof. What would have normally killed me and run me aground just becomes, ok that was work, let's do it again tomorrow. Also am boosting my daily egg count and seeing quite an improvement in waist circumference! Love your channel sir!

[CambriaCandiceMaria]

It takes this guy forever to get to the point. This vid could have been 2 minutes with time to spare.

[DaBurghSteelers]

Dusting off my Richard Simmons "Sweatin' To The Oldies" & "Party Off The Pounds" VCR tapes

[victorcs_]

Don't forget the importance of sleep.

[SixPieceSuits]

The exercise and lifestyle you're describing for cardio that builds strength coupled with low body fat...is farming.
Outside in the sun getting vitamin D, working long hours and regularly doing things that build strength, and eating the food from the farming that isn't likely to have tons of sugar.

[CephlonMayngrum]

Basic kettlebell swings. Clean to overhead press

[AlteredState]

If you mixed cardio and load bearing exercises you will lose weight faster than just through cardio, plus you will increase strength. Excessive endurance work has a catabolic effect.

[adamrieckel]

Thanks for this video Thomas, very helpful!

[felipearbustopotd]

Currently, I am testing this kind of routine...
Abs - as a warm up, followed by legs, then back and then chest, moving on to - shoulders and finally arms.
That way the biggest get recruited 1st.

[michaeltaylor]

would this put kettlebell work into that catagory?