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[Alex. @Alx_zoo_]

Today was day 10 of my 30 day Niacin infrared sauna detox

• 900mg flush niacin (titrates up daily)
• Oils
• Cardio
• Charcoal
•Infrared sauna (45 mins)
• 5 min break
• Infrared sauna (30 mins)
+ lots of remineralisation and hydration

Week 1 was hard

I was very irritable in the evenings

And for a few days I felt like I had a huge hangover

but last few days I've started to experience strong mental clarity

interesting & exciting

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@nikolajkloch_ You send me one bitcorn & I send you two

Lets help each other out

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@Josefine_Gusta so embrace your inner avoidant?

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@thehookdaddy Prompts are just hooks in disguise, daddy

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@healthynhappyau Its just a shame about all the plastic hey?

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@thedeshudson You forgot the most important basic

Avoiding endocrine disrupting toxins

toxins are everywhere

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@thetrungdao You're different

Just like everyone else here on Twitter who loves work

Loves the grind

Loves long days

Etc

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@velikopenev Most men have low testosterone because we live in an estrogenized world

low T = no desire to conquer (+ man boobs)

There's your answer

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@MagnusVigso Cotton > polyster

Nothing > cotton

You don't need another product

Just freeball and be done with it

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Read this if you’re a man trying to improve his life but don’t where to begin

This is a true story that happened to me recently…

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Its Monday morning and I stumble into the kitchen and open up pantry…

HORROR

I'm out of coffee.

My car broke down on the weekend and won't be ready until THURSDAY.

I need coffee ASAP but there's no Uber eats where I live.

Shit. I open Google maps

“Coffee shop near me”

There's one 2kms away. Too far to walk but I remember I have a bicycle in the shed.

Google maps tells me it will take 6 mins to cycle

HA!

I'm a 30 something year old male in peak physical shape. It won’t take me 6 minutes. Google's "suggested times" are for normies. I'll be there in under 4 minutes.

I set my stopwatch and start peddling.

When I get to the coffee shop and notice I'm sweating.

And to be honest that felt harder than expected.

I look at my stopwatch.

NINE MINUTES?

That can't be right.

I shrug it off and drink my coffee.

Tuesday morning.

Same deal. I get on the bike but this time I have my headphones in and I’m BLASTING Metallica. Lets go.

I go HARD and arrive at the coffee shop dripping in sweat.

8 minutes 21 seconds.

WTF! again?

I'm starting to get worried. Am I losing it?

Wednesday morning

I will not accept below average today.

I decide i’m going to do “all the things”

Grease up the bike chain. Pump up the tyres. Adjust the seat to the perfect height. Drink some pre-workout. Turn up the volume on my headphones to the MAX

I set my timer and start peddling like a maniac

I arrive and look at my stopwatch...

8 minutes 11 seconds

SHIT

I'm about to throw a tantrum when the barista points at my bike and says:

"dude...get some air in that back tyre…it looks kinda low"

What? But I pumped my tires up before I left!

It turns out there was a tiny puncture in my back tire causing air to leak as I rode.

THAT was why the ride felt so difficult:

I wasn’t fixing the actual problem.

I was fixing everything else.

Greasing the chain. Pumping up the tires. Adjusting the seat. Drinking pre-workout. Blasting music. Etc…

Those things might have helped me cycle faster…but only if that damn back tire wasn’t leaking air.

Thats when it hit me…

This same thing plays out for a man who’s trying to boost his Testosterone.

First he realizes he might have Low-T.

Maybe his bloodwork warns him. Or maybe he experiences the typical symptoms of low-T: no motivation or drive. Constant fatigue. Low libido. Difficulty losing weight or gaining muscle.

Or as one man once told me he “felt like a neutered dog…lazy, bloated, depressed”

After some research he starts to try and “fix the problem”

Which means he usually starts buying T-boosting supplements.

Shilajit. Ashwaganda. Boron. Pine Pollen. Creatine. (etc…there are SO many)

Or maybe he starts lifting weights (and he should)

But here’s the thing:

Supplements and weight training CAN boost your Testosterone….

But only when you solve the RIGHT problem first. The right problem:

Testosterone destroying toxins

More specifically you need to remove Testosterone-destroying toxins from your body (and your environment so they stop accumulating in your body)

These toxins are man-made chemicals that enter the body and act like the hormone Estrogen.

(And when your body has high levels of Estrogen it has a hard time producing Testosterone)

The bad news:

These toxins are EVERYWHERE.

In your food. in your clothes. In kitchen products. cleaning products. Cosmetics. Even in your goddamn drinking water!

(I suspect its the reason the average 22 year old today has lower testosterone than the average 70 year old had in the 80s.)

But if you try to boost your Testosterone BEFORE dealing with these toxins?

You’re like me trying to fix my bicycle by doing everything except fixing the punctured tire.

Wrong problem.

So my advice to you if you’re a man who wants to improve his life and cares about his Testosterone levels:

Fix the right problem first and start learning about + removing these toxins from your environment and body

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If you want to Testosterone maxx when should you lift weights?

Morning?
Afternoon?
Evening?

Bad news for you night owls:

Its definitely NOT night time

Here’s why:

Resistance training = cortisol release.

Cortisol makes it harder to fall into a deep sleep….and deep sleep is when your bodies Testosterone factory (i.e. your balls) are hard at work.

So the question is:

should you train in the morning or afternoon?

The answer can be found in a study called 'Morning based strength training improves afternoon physical performance in rugby union players'

Men either lifted weights in the morning (3 max reps bench & squat), did some cardio, or didn’t training until later in the day

Then they were tested on their physical performance + Testosterone levels (same day)

What happened?

The men who lifted weights in the morning performed best in all of the tests AND maintained higher Testosterone levels throughout the day when compared with the other groups.

The takeaway: lift weights in the morning

Go get it you chad

[Alex. @Alx_zoo_]

Stop eating credit cards

The average human ingests about 5g of microplastic per week (studies show)

A credit card = 5g of plastic

Time to find a nice quiet cave to move into

[Alex. @Alx_zoo_]

Home gym maxxing

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⚠️ 90% of T-boosting supplements won't work for you

Here's why

3 days ago I sat at a cafe and raised a mug of coffee to my lips

I took that first sweet sip of coffee...

And then instantly spat it all over myself

The coffee was great

That wasn't the problem

It was what I saw across the street that made me choke

A good friend of mine was walking his dog

I yelled out

“Brandon”

He walked over to me

I muttered under my breath as he got closer

“What the f**k”

Something wasn't right

Brandon looked sh*t

Weathered

Big bags under his eyes

And the worst part?

Not only did he have what looked to be the start of a beer gut

He had small boobs

F**KING MAN BOOBS

This made no sense

Brandon was 3 years younger than me

He used to be one of my healthiest friends.

An absolute BEAST in the gym

We used to call him "fountain"

(as in "fountain of youth")

Not any more

Brandon always had an inspiring supplement stack

Just 2 months earlier he told me he was taking a natural Testosterone boosting thing

As he came closer I it became obvious...

Whatever he was doing was NOT working

We got talking

“You still on that T-boosting stuff?” I asked.

“Yeah. 2 months now. But they say you don’t see results until you take it for 3 months consistently”

I probed...

“Right. What else are you doing to help boost your T?"

“Well….I’ve stopped eating junk food. I’m cooking all my own food now at home”

He proudly raised a bag full of groceries from the supermarket to prove his point

I looked at the bag

and I winced

He continued…

“And i’ve started going for long runs a few times per week”

I winced again

I saw the problem straight away

Can you see it?

It's not obvious at first

Brandon was taking a supplement that promised to boost his T.

But...

Those supplements won't do anything unless you fix the ROOT CAUSE of testosterone deficiency first

It's like filling a bucket with water that has hole's in it

Fix the holes first

Then fill the bucket

Did you notice the other two problems?

He was exercising the wrong way

And even though he was cooking his own food now...

...his bag of groceries told me he didn't understand something important:

Mass produced, non-organic produce is full of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Endocrine disrupting chemicals stop your bodies ability to product Testosterone.

I felt sorry for Brandon

He thought he was doing all the right things

But what he didn't realize was this:

WHAT you eat...

And HOW you exercise...

Will either boost or destroy your bodies ability to create Testosterone

Nutrition & training are 2 lifestyle pillars you need to optimize as a man if you want more Testosterone.

There are 6 of these pillars in total

What do you think are the others?

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Read this if you're a long distance runner

(or you train for endurance)

This is Eric Hinman

A wellness influencer on the gram (erichinman)

A lot of his posts highlight his shift in training styles

He was once an endurance athlete

But now he focuses on Strength training

He's in his 40s

Look at him

Peak masculine state

The lesson?

If you're a man who cares about his hormones...

Train the right way.

Stop running

Start lifting.

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The price of convenience = your hormones

[Alex. @Alx_zoo_]

Its 2024 and people are still using silicone baking mats

There is no hope

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Natural Gatorade

Aka "Chadorade"

[⚡️🌞 Sol Brah 🌞🐬 @SolBrah]

you know you can just put raw honey and salt into water and make the most elite rehydrating soft drink