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Testosterone, Part 2: benefits of testosterone and crushing some myths

By / / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding, Health and Fitness / 11 minutes of reading

Testosterone Part 2: benefits of testosterone and crushing some myths By Joachim Bartoll, June 2015, for Classic Muscle Newsletter, issue 11 In the first part we looked at our production of testosterone and the three forms of circulating testosterone within our bodies.When people speak of testosterone, most of us picture its masculine effects, such as larger muscles, more body hair and a deeper voice. However, that is only a small part of what testosterone […]

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Testosterone Part 1: What it is and how it is made

By / / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding, Health and Fitness / 7 minutes of reading

Testosterone Part 1: What it is and how it is made By Joachim Bartoll, May/June 2015, for Classic Muscle Newsletter, issue 10 Testosterone is a 19-carbon steroid hormone belonging to the androgen group. It’s made from cholesterol (like all sex hormones) and its immediate precursor is DHEA. On average, a healthy man’s body will produce about 7 mg of testosterone a day, but not all of that Testosterone can be used by our bodies.

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Red Meat, Salt, Eggs, and Other Goodness!

By / / Diet and Nutrition / 5 minutes of reading

RED MEAT, SALT, EGGS, AND OTHER GOODNESS Destroying the dogma from the clueless age of Big Pharma Written by Joachim Bartoll, November 2014 – previously published for online publicationRe-published in Classic Muscle Newsletter, January 2016 (issue #16) When I got into nutrition in the mid- and late 80’s, the low-fat craze had just begun and it skyrocketed during the 90’s. Fat intake should be kept low, preferable around 10 % of total calories or

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