The Muscle Nerd s Personal Testosterone Booster Recipe Goal: Naturally Increase Testosterone Levels For Increased Muscle Mass Supplement Recipe Ingredients: Zinc: 50mg (use only 25mg if also using my PM Hormone Booster Formula ) Tribulus Terrestris: 2g x 2 times a day Tongkat Ali: 400mg Acetyl-L-Carnitine: 1g x 3 times a day Pre-Workout: Approximately 30 60 minutes before a workout, take your first dose of Tribulus (2g) along with your Tongkat Ali (400mg), one dose of your Acetyl-L-Carnitine and your Zinc (50mg or 25mg). (If it s not a workout day, simply take this dose in the morning.) Supplement Recipe Directions: Post-Workout: Consume one dose of your Acetyl-L-Carnitine immediately after your workout (2 nd dose of the day) During The Day: Consume your second dose of Tribulus approximately 6-8 hours after your first dose. Consume your last dose of Acytyl-L-Carnitine in the evening before bed. Cycle Instructions: Use this formula for NO MORE THAN 4-8 WEEKS and then CYCLE OFF FOR 4 WEEKS before beginning it again during mass-gaining cycles. During Off Cycles, take 1g of Milk Thistle Extract to support healthy liver function. Approximate 30-Day Cost For Formula: Approximately $11.38 Per Month!* *Based upon 1 day s recipe for 30 days (30 total stacks)
Recipe Goal: If your goal is to build muscle mass, testosterone is one of your best buddies that can help you reach your goals. Just the name alone brings images of brute strength and muscularity! A natural hormone most abundant in men, testosterone acts directly on your ability to build and maintain muscle tissue while working with your central nervous system to improve muscle contractions and achieve gorilla-like strength! Yes...when it comes to mass gaining results, the more testosterone the better......and this formula is guaranteed to unleash a flood of it! But I have a word of warning for anyone bold enough to give this a try... Safety Warning: This formula is ONLY for SERIOUS lifters...period! Don t even attempt this recipe if you re not training intensely enough in the gym and stop reading right now if you re below the age of 20! Just as pro bodybuilders are only capable of using their insane lifting routines because of the massive amount of steroids they re using, increasing your testosterone through supplementation is not something to mess with while pampering your body in the gym. Get a physical including blood work BEFORE you attempt this stack and then every 6 weeks thereafter to monitor liver enzymes. If liver enzymes are elevated, ask your doctor about removing either the Trib or the Tongkat Ali to see how it affects your body. Use this formula for NO MORE THAN 4-8 WEEKS and then CYCLE OFF FOR 4 WEEKS before beginning it again during mass-gaining cycles. Why This Formula Works: Training hard in the gym provides your body with the stimuli to build muscle...but the actual CONSTRUCTION of that muscle requires other essential nutrients and hormones to see maximum effects. By now, you know the importance the male sex hormone Testosterone plays in that equation (and if you don t...then stop reading this recipe...you re not ready for this!)
The ingredients in this T-Stack have shown promising results for those experienced bodybuilders who are looking to go through a serious massbuilding cycle. My personal experimentation resulted in heightened sex drive, increase in lean muscle mass, a raging feeling of power in the gym (there are still teeth marks in a few of the 45lb plates). It also resulted in heightened irritability, a few more arguments with my wife, acne on my back, and slightly elevated liver enzymes (these are to be expected with increases in T and just knowing that it s coming from your supplements should help with the emotional aspect of it. Liver enzymes reduced during off cycles and were well supported with the addition of 1g of Milk Thistle Extract. Let me share with you the reasoning behind choosing the ingredients in this formula... Zinc is a crucial component of the cell growth process and the manufacturing of testosterone. Considering that the body has a very limited pool of this mineral on hand and you lose zinc through sweating, fat metabolization, and even ejaculation, additional supplementation is essential for about 99.9% of athletes. Zinc is used in this formula to help provide your body with the essential mineral requirements for natural testosterone production when the other supplements are doing their part in the production cycle...right before your workout. For optimal benefits, I suggest combining this formula with my PM Hormone Booster recipe which would split up your zinc supplementation as indicated. Tribulus Terrestris is one of those hotly debated supplements that s well known for its goal to increase testosterone...but has fallen flat on its face when actually put to the test. Even I have been a big opponent of using this supplement based upon repeated trials with off-the-shelf T-Booster supplements. So then why is it added to this formula? The problem with Trib-containing supplements is two-fold: Most supplements containing Tribulus don t recommend a dosage high enough to bypass the body s natural defense mechanisms which destroys much of it in the liver, never allowing enough to get through in order to elevate testosterone levels. Secondly, increasing free testosterone is one thing...using it for muscle growth is an entirely different situation. Testosterone needs a binder in order to be used by the cells for growth and most formulas don t work on increasing this factor (and in some cases, actually use ingredients that severely limit the amount of testosterone that can be used.
Don t worry...i have a solution to that coming up! Tongkat Ali (aka. Longjack ) is another experimental supplement with very promising results. I ve added it (and experimented with it) based upon informed feedback from experienced supplement buddies of mine who swear by it and its noted effects in clinical trials. Its ability to increase free testosterone production naturally by signaling the pituitary gland and hypothalamus to tell the testes to kick it up a notch. In addition, it looks like while typical artificial stimulation of testosterone levels cause an increase in anti-testosterone hormones like estrogen (called negative feedback), Tongkat Ali may actually intercept this feedback, allowing you to continue the production of testosterone at elevated levels without estrogenic effects. That makes it a worthwhile ally in this recipe! And finally...let s tackle the free testosterone usage obstacle... As stated, testosterone needs to not only be available to the body to result in muscle growth, it must actually be invited into the muscle cells in order to stimulate extra growth. Part of that equation means working your ass off in the gym! No whining and no soup can bicep curls! This formula is ONLY for guys who can attack the weights with a vengeance and are using a program such as my Optimum Anabolics program (www.optimumanabolics.com) Besides the training component, your muscles have binders known as Androgen Receptors. It s THEIR job to bind with your body s free testosterone to promote its growthstimulating potential. The addition of Acetyl-L-Carnitine increases the number of androgen receptors in your muscles which creates more taxi cabs available to pick up your newly elevated testosterone and transport it into the muscles for direct growth!
Primary Active Ingredients Breakdown And How They Fit Into The Formula: Zinc: Mineral that is essential for cell growth, hormone balance, and testosterone production. Absorption from foods (eggs, seafood, meat) is low as combining these foods with grains and vegetables reduces bioavailability. Zinc must be replaced in the body due to several avenues of loss (sweating, sexual activity, etc.) and normal intake and absorption rates are typically about half of the recommended daily allowance. Tribulus Terrestris: An herb commonly used for enhancing athletic performance, male impotence, mood enhancement and an aphrodisiac Preliminary research suggests that tribulus, when used alone, may increase levels of testosterone, luteinizing hormone (LH), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). However, clinical research suggests that when used in combination with other supplements such as androstenedione, DHEA, chrysin, indole-3- carbinol, and saw palmetto, trubulus terrestris does NOT effect levels of leutenizing lormone, estradiol, free testosterone, total testosterone, and other sex hormones. Clinical research also suggests that tribulus does not affect mood, body weight, body fat, muscle mass, or muscle strength in athletes despite the potential increase in testosterone. In fact, one well designed study that compared tribulus against a placebo (fake supplement), the placebo group increase athletic performance MORE than the tribulus group at the end of the 8-week study. o It should be noted that amounts of Tribulus found in most over-the-counter supplements don t contain enough of the herb to bypass the body s defense mechanisms to increase free testosterone levels, rendering them practically useless. o In addition, the inclusion of Acetyl-L-Carnitine increases receptors of free testosterone allowing better usage and results.
Tongkat Ali (Longjack) Commonly referred to as Eurycoma or just Longjack, it is used for erectile dysfunction, impotence, infertility, and increasing libido. Promising studies have shown that rats supplemented with tongkat ali experienced a significant increase in testosterone levels and stimulated muscle growth without aromatization into estrogen. Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC) Controls the transport of fats to the cells mitochondria to be burned for fuel. New studies show that the Acetyl form of L-Carnitine is the version that contains the true anti-oxidant power of the supplement and is best utilized by the cells. Research now shows that ALC increases the amount of androgen receptors in your muscle cells which binds with free testosterone, optimizing the ability for the hormone to be used for muscle growth. (In other words...without ALC, the increase in testosterone won t get used as much and will lead to LESS muscle growth.)