The Testosterone Advantage Plan

by Schuler, Lou; Volek, Jeff; Mejia, Michael; Campbell, Adam, MS, CSCS

• ISBN13: 9781579545079
• ISBN10: 1579545076
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-12
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

EAT LIKE A MAN. LOOK LIKE A MAN. For years now, people have insisted that you should avoid the foods you love. For years, they've maintained that if you want total health, you won't find it in the weight room....that you're supposed to jog your way to maximum fitness. And for years, the supposed know-it-alls have been sending the message that testosterone-- the most basic of hormones that makes you a man-- is bad, bad, bad. In the meantime, American men have kept getting fatter and more frustrated. Which is why we've looked into all this. And on the basis of what we've learned, we believe the know-it-alls are wrong, wrong, wrong. The Testosterone Advantage Plan (TM) is about realizing your full potential-- as a man. We'll show you how nature intended for you to eat. We'll give you a cutting-edge workout regimen that will help you attain the shape you've always admired-- the shape women lust after. We'll explain how you can boost your testosterone levels naturally, without supplements of any kind. Finally, we'll tick off the long list of benefits you'll likely reap in terms of energy and enthusiasm, power and potency, confidence and charisma. THIS MUCH YOU KNOW: What you've done in the past hasn't worked. Why not try it our way? You have everything to gain-- and nothing to lose except your gut.

Author Biography

Lou Schuler and Adam Campbell are, respectively, fitness editor and health and nutrition editor at Men's Health magazine, the world's leading men's fitness magazine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
PART ONE
Our Burgers, Ourselves	3	(18)
Why Almost Everything You Know about Fitness Is Probably Dead Wrong	21	(10)
The Cardio Conundrum	31	(14)
Testosterone: A Man's Key to Getting and Staying Fit	45	(12)
PART TWO
The Men's Health T	57	(4)
The Meat/Muscle Connection	61	(16)
The Manly Fats	77	(11)
Carbohydrate Revisited	88	(6)
Putting Together the Food Plan	94	(11)
When You Eat, and Why it Matters	105	(9)
The 1-Week Meal Planner	114	(41)
PART THREE
Introduction to the Testosterone Advantage Workout	155	(11)
Getting Ready to Lift	166	(32)
The Testosterone Advantage Workout: Phase 1	198	(28)
The Testosterone Advantage Workout: Phase 2	226	(30)
The Testosterone Advantage Workout: Phase 3	256	(29)
Life at the Top	285	(10)
About the Authors	295	(2)
Index	297