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I’ll often ask the question to new referrals, “What do you think we do?” and they will say, “I have absolutely no idea, but so and so said you were great!”
And guess whose fault that is?

Mine.

Testosterone is somewhat thought of as the holy grail of exercise, especially in the dude circles, but is it really? In this article I go full tilt science and while I wanted it to be entertaining, it must convey important information and to do that we must go down the rabbit hole. To start this conversation you must have an understanding of the male hypothalamic pituitary gonadal (HPG) axis aka how the male body signals the testicles to produce testosterone.

Eventually this idea of balance and moderation will come into play. AKA is your life worth living without bagels or wine. This is a very real question and it strikes at the heart of personalization. When you start the process of looking into your health it can get really daunting. I need to filter all my water, buy a new mattress and start doing this thing called being quiet. Ewww. Then months go by and you feel better but isolated.

We have this affliction with Spartans. Gladiators. Warriors. The brutality of how they train. Their relentless toughness and ferocity. I am part of that we, but we have to understand that we do not live in Sparta and we do not live Spartan lives. Sparta was a militarist state and this is reflected in both life and death. If a baby was small or not normal it was thrown off a mountain and soldiers were the only Spartans given marked grave stones.