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According to research, both men and women show decreased testosterone levels as they age.

And in this podcast episode, we're going to look at some scientifically

proven workout strategies that can help you increase this rather important hormone.

According to the Harvard Medical School, more than a third of men over the age of 45

may have reduced levels of testosterone, and many women also

show symptoms of testosterone deficiency, especially as they approach menopause.

Aside from accepting your fate or popping a pill or rubbing a cream on or whatever, there

are some workout strategies that you can use to help increase

this important hormone. But before we get into those, what is testosterone exactly? Well, testosterone

is a major sex steroid hormone that plays many roles for both men and women. It helps us

increase lean muscle mass, maintain a healthy body composition,

and maintain adequate bone density, among other things. Testosterone is found in humans and

some animals, and in men, testosterone is produced in the testicles. Women make testosterone

in their ovaries, albeit in smaller amounts.

The brain and pituitary gland control the levels of testosterone that are produced by your body.

And once it's produced, it moves through the blood to carry out many important tasks. The production of testosterone increases during puberty and then begins to drop off later in

middle age. Now beyond helping you have a nice body, testosterone is crucial to good health. Low levels of

testosterone in both men and women can lead to a number of health conditions, including

increased risk of depression,

low sex drive, obesity, and osteoporosis. Men with low testosterone tend to have higher rates of

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