Question: Are there any natural supplements that could raise my testosterone levels? What about lifestyle choices?
Answer: Firstly, as far as supplements go you have a few different options. Take note that, as with all supplements, not everyone will get the same results from the following products.
Maca is a cruciferous vegetable grown in Peru that contains plant sterols which have been shown to block and control the production of estrogen as well as boost testosterone production. In the past I would have told you that for maca to be effective you need to use 3-6 tablespoons per day of the whole maca root powder, not the extracts and not capsules. However, Dr. Wong, who I have great respect for, has recently come up with an awesome new maca product in capsule form which I have found to work quite well in everyone I’ve tried it with. And taking the capsules is a lot better than choking down six tablespoons per day. You will need to stick with this regimen for at least four weeks to see a positive increase in testosterone production. Click HERE for Dr. Wong’s new high strength maca supplement.
Zinc has also been… …continue reading.
Here’s part 3 of my recent interview for Craig Ballantyne.
Craig Ballantyne: Why don’t we just stick with nutrition a little bit and talk about your personal nutrition now? So, talk about your general nutrition approach for yourself and how that’s working for any of your clients that are using it as well.
Jason Ferruggia: I don’t think there was anyone that ate more meat and dairy than I did back in the day.
I would have a gallon of milk a day, a dozen eggs, and at least a pound of beef for years. I was a really skinny kid growing up, I graduated high school weighing 147 pounds at six feet tall, so I was just obsessed with getting bigger. I ate like that for years.
Obviously, it wasn’t the healthiest thing in the world, but it did help me gain over 80 pounds. Now, in retrospect I kind of wish I could go back and do it healthier, but I have made a change.
As some people might know, it will be three years this June since I’ve had any meat or dairy.
I’ve had tremendous success with that. I’ve never felt better, I recover… …continue reading.
Question: What is the best way to stay hydrated during training camp and two-a-days? Is there a certain hydration “procedure” during hot weather workouts, which may or may not be limited to a certain form of drink mix.. ( ie, fruit, vitamin supplements, change of food intake, etc.. )
Despite the best efforts of football staffs, we seem to hear of disasters in this area every year……I want to just try and give my son every advantage that I can…
Answer: The best thing I’ve found, that I I’ve used with great success over the last few years, is coconut water. It’s the perfect sports drink. Like nature’s Gatorade, only way better for you and more effective. I recommend it to all my athletes and they have never had a problem with dehydration since we started using it. A few years ago it was impossible to find but these days a lot of health food stores and organic markets carry it. If not, you can order cases of it online. Zico and One are the two brands I use most. Along with the gallon of water you should be drinking daily during two-a-days, you should chug a carton or two… …continue reading.
Aside from the constant barrage of date requests I get from a fully intoxicated Britney Spears (that chick won’t take no for answer), one of the most frequent emails that’s been coming my way lately is a request for muscle building smoothie recipes.
So today I’m going to show you how to make a few of my favorite drinks. The ones that don’t kill brain cells, that is.
First things first- like mom always said…
“Turn down that goddamn music!”
“I found another condom wrapper and empty six pack under your bed!”
“You history teacher called and said you missed class AGAIN!”
“You failed STUDY HALL, you nitwit!”
“You’re ruining your body with all those tattoos!”
Wait…actually that’s what MY mom said. What your mom probably said was, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” And she was right.
So make sure you don’t skip breakfast, whatever you do. You don’t want my mom on your ass; trust me.
I’ve never been able to eat solid food first thing in the morning so I have always opted for a shake. These days my shakes are far more complex than what I used to make.… …continue reading.
First of all, congratulations are due to the new Super Bowl Champs, the New Orleans Saints. It was definitely deserved and it’s obviously a great thing for that city.
Although I am incredibly happy for the city of New Orleans I am also a big Brett Favre fan. I thought it would have been a cool story to see Brett come back and lead his team to the Super Bowl after having the greatest season of his long career.
I particularly liked the post game press conference when Brett said that no matter what anyone else thinks he’s going out on top. To dominate like he did at forty years old is very impressive. Think about that for a second… The guy is forty…and a professional athlete… in one of the most brutal, physically demanding sports on the planet… and dominates. It’s amazing when you put it in perspective. Especially since most average guys in their forties are fat, lazy, weak and out of shape. Hell, most average guys in their thirties fit that description.
I often run into former high school or college athletes who are in their thirties now and have long since stopped doing any sort of… …continue reading.
There’s never a day that passes when I don’t get several emails about my diet. So today I’m going to share with you some of the stuff I eat on a normal football Sunday. That’s my big cheat day and we start it off early with the ESPN pre-game show going on at 10am while we fire up the kitchen. During the fall, this day often starts even earlier with a trip to the farmers market. Even though it’s a cheat day we still like to keep some healthy, fresh produce on the menu.
Since I eat pretty clean throughout the week my goal on this day is to jam down as many junk food calories as possible. But even at that, I try not to get into too much deep fried, saturated fat, heart attack food.
Breakfast will often be something like blueberry buckwheat quinoa pancakes. Yup, all that in one cake. We smother that in maple syrup and top it with some more fresh blueberries. This will be followed up by a bowl of fresh fruit topped with shredded coconut.
Since pizza and football go so well together we always make a few pizzas throughout the day with… …continue reading.
By Mac Danzig
Although there are other people at the controls, manning and updating my websites, I do read all of the mail, and the questions I get asked most often (hundreds upon hundreds of times now) are about my diet. All of the emails and letters are so hard to keep up with, so I finally sat down and decided to write a comprehensive look at my diet. I’m writing this on the fly, so even though it’s long, I will most certainly leave some important things out.. ‘Sorry’ about that in advance.
This is not going to be political or preachy. I am not here to push my beliefs on anybody. This is a chance for all of you who have asked for diet advice from me, to get some ideas and hopefully gain a better understanding of how easy it is for me to maintain athletic performance with the foods I consume. In the mean time, I will simply lead by example.
I noticed that a lot of fighters write down what they may generically eat on a given day and simply post that as their “diet”. I’m sure this leads to confusion with most readers and… …continue reading.
Guest Post By Brad Pilon
You may not have heard of intermittent fasting, and so you may not know why it can and should be a part of your workout and fat loss plan. Intermittent fasting is the practice of abstaining from all but water for a period of usually 24 hours to help with the goals associated with fat loss and weight loss in general. The way in which it helps in this arena is by cutting out a full days caloric intake, while still being able to maintain a full workout schedule. Let’s look at three main reasons I believe that intermittent fasting is a good idea for anyone serious about fat loss and muscle building!
The primary reason I’m fond of a workout plan that involves intermittent fasting is that it promotes maximum fat loss. Most people employ these types of fasts two days a week while working out, and this means they are effectively cutting out a full two days caloric intake from their weekly consumption. This combined with your workout can and does have a dramatic effect on the pace at which you lose excess fat. By working out while doing these fasts,… …continue reading.
I hate to say “I told you so.”
But… I told you so.
For years now I have been getting a lot of flak from other fitness industry insiders and so called experts because I exposed the great protein myth at every chance I got.
They all either thought I was insane or were upset that I was blowing the whistle on their scam and costing them tons of money every year.
But now, due to a recent study that everyone is talking about, people are starting to change their tune and realize what I have been telling you all along…
You DON’T need 2-3 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight to build muscle. It’s a lie promoted by the supplement and meat and dairy industry. That’s it.
Just another way to make money.
But hardly a scientific fact.
Recently Tarnopolsky performed a study in which weight trained individuals consumed a drink containing either: 5, 10, 20 or 40 grams of protein immediately after their workout. Each of the groups increased protein synthesis, but their results were dose dependant.
Up to 20 grams, that is. While the 20 gram group significantly increased protein synthesis over the 10 gram… …continue reading.
Before getting started I have to thank everyone for their support and for all the well wishes, flowers and thoughtful gifts and cards. The last few months have been some of the worst of my life. Watching my step dad suffer all summer in the hospital and dealing with his passing have been brutally hard to deal with.
I will never forget what people did for me during that time and will be forever indebted to them. Small gestures from true friends like multiple time cancer survivor Alwyn Cosgrove, who called or texted every day of the summer and did something incredibly thoughtful for my mom, Craig Ballantyne, John Alvino and many others sending flowers, Dave Tate taking the time to write an incredibly uplifting email, or Patrick Beith taking the time to go out and fill up a box of Pearl Jam and old school WWF DVD’s to send me were appreciated more than words could ever aptly describe. Like every industry we have our share of lowlifes, but these guys are the salt of the earth and I’m proud to call them friends.
In Ed’s memory I have decided that I not only want to help people… …continue reading.
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