Thursday, October 16, 2008

Testosterone, Man Boobs...Turmeric?

So there I was - minding my own business, doing my pullup/deadlift/swissball rollout tri-set at the gym when I over heard a conversation between two guys that went something like this:

"Hey man - good to see you here again...whatcha doin' today?"
"bench. I gotta get rid of my man boobs"
"haha...yea you do"

I love brutal honesty.

According to Sylvester Stallone in Sly Moves, doing flat bench adds too much mass to your pectoral region without the shape needed and often desired, enouraging a sagging nature, especially as you get older.

That guy in the gym was on the right track. I would have recommended trimming some fat with proper nutrition, total body strength training and interval style cardio first...and then working on sculpting.

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Anyway, the reason I'm talking about man boobs today, is I came across an article published in The Journal of Applied Bio medicine (it was aimed at obesity related testicular disorders, lack of testosterone production being one of them), when summed up basically says this:

There are active compounds in the herb turmeric and green tea which prevent many forms of degenerative illness (green tea is no surprise...), BUT - they did this even in the presence of INTENTIONAL degradation (IE, massive over eating).

Even more interesting, it was noted that turmeric in particular, has possible testosterone promoting potential (see: many boobs go bye bye), when taken in significant doses for prolonged periods of time (the prescription for almost any herb to work effectively).

One more tool in the arsenal? Could be...I guess it doesn't hurt to add some curry to your broiled lamb chops, and wash it down with a cup of green tea after your multi-angle chest workout and interval session

Speaking of testosterone, if you wanna see Dave Whitley (IronTamer.com) do a Turkish get-up with a woman (albeit, small) in one hand, go to my friend Angela Ramos' site here:

http://inspirationfitnesscamp.blogspot.com/

Strength and Honor,

JG

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