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+1 for exercising, especially squats. Apparently, squats and deadlifts release a burst of testosterone. I can vouch from personal experience that squats drive o
by _debug_ 16y ago
+1 for exercising, especially squats. Apparently, squats and deadlifts release a burst of testosterone. I can vouch from personal experience that squats drive out the blues like nothing else, and can certainly believe in the burst-of-testosterone theory; nothing like a rocket boost of manliness to drive away depression! :-)
- eru 16y agoYes, but does it work for women, too?
- _debug_ 16y agoYes : Int J Sports Med. 1991 Apr;12(2):228-35. "Endogenous anabolic hormonal and growth factor responses to heavy resistance exercise in males and females." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1860749 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1860749