{"id":342,"date":"2015-03-27T15:06:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthchicchatter.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2015-03-27T15:06:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:06:37","slug":"5-ways-to-get-lean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Get Lean"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many ways to get lean\u2026however today\u2019s blog focus is on testosterone boosting activities. Ladies, KEEP reading. This won\u2019t put whiskers on you, trust me. The hormone testosterone is in everyone\u2014just to a lesser extent in women. \u00a0Follow the steps below to help you lean up, get healthy, and look good!<\/p>\n

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  1. Focus on multi-joint movements. Example<\/a>s of multi-joint movements include pushups, pull-ups, shoulder presses, squats, deadlifts. You engage more muscles, more joints, and aid stability…AND it boosts testosterone.<\/li>\n
  2. Eat fat. Yes, she said that. We\u2019ve come a long way baby since distorted studies of yesteryear stated that fat was so dangerous. Not so, my friend. Fat provides energy and takes a while to metabolize (preventing sugar swings). We now know that high protein, high fat diets are more beneficial in the production of testosterone. Adversely, diets high in carbohydrates lead to increased insulin and cortisol levels that result in muscle breakdown, higher levels of body fat and low testosterone production. Consider a palm of protein and a thumbnail of fat with your meals or snacks. The \u201cbad\u201d fat is the fake one: hydrogenated oil. Avoid it like the plague.<\/li>\n
  3. SLEEEEEEP. Yep, you need more of it. We live in an sleep deprived world with too many distractions and \u201cenergy\u201d products that disrupt our sleep even if we get to bed on time. Make sleep a priority.<\/li>\n
  4. Keep you workouts short and intense. Honestly, you don\u2019t have to spend hours at the gym\u2026in fact, it\u2019s really not a good thing. Blast it, quick and fast. No more slow go walks through the park. Don\u2019t be afraid to go heavy, push it, make it hard, and shake things up (high reps, low reps).<\/li>\n
  5. Last, consider foods or supplements containing testosterone boosting ingredients such as fenugreek<\/a>, zinc<\/a>, DAA, and Vitamin D<\/a> (dairy, greek yogurt).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Want to read more?<\/p>\n

    Squat to Boost Testosterone<\/a><\/p>\n

    Why Multi-Joint Exercises are Best<\/a><\/p>\n

    Why Sleep is Important<\/a><\/p>\n

    Benefits of Sleep by Huffington Post\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

    Until next time, choose fit, lift heavy, and\u00a0laugh often.\u00a0 What have you got to lose?<\/p>\n

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    There are many ways to get lean\u2026however today\u2019s blog focus is on testosterone boosting activities. Ladies, KEEP reading. This won\u2019t put whiskers on you, trust me. The hormone testosterone is in everyone\u2014just to a lesser extent in women. \u00a0Follow the steps below to help you lean up, get healthy, and look good! Focus on multi-joint …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wellness-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}