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Episode #232: Optimal Testosterone Levels For Health and Performance

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The Role of Hormones in Muscle Mass

In women, there was a recent meta-analysis to not show any correlation between total testosterone levels and lean body mass or fat mass. Most of the short term hormone changes are related to energy availability. And so if you didn't have that because you were under some like protocol to optimize testosterone levels right after a workout, that might actually blunt your response to the training.

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