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Episode 234: The Effects of Exercise and Diet on Testosterone

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How Exercise Can Affect Testosterone Levels

In individuals with higher testosterone levels, they have an increase androgen receptor content in muscle cells. They also get more androgen receptors in their myonuclei. Those are effectively where the protein generation occurs within muscle cells. But that is not the same thing we see when we're talking about small excursions within normal limits for people who are not taking testosterone. So let's talk about mechanisms here about how exercise can affect testosterone and how that might affect outcomes.

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