Only when you do barbell squats with high loads and low repetitions are shown in research to trigger a significant rise in the secretion of anabolic hormones. Just bending up and down with a light weight won't do much to enhance circulating testosterone levels.
However, while it’s impractical (and counter productive) to squat heavy every day, you can receive your daily boost of biologically available testosterone by performing other compound exercises such as the deadlift, power clean and bench press first in your workouts. In fact, heavy, intense resistance training using maximal loads is a quality trigger for increasing circulating anabolic hormone levels.
Therefore, you can receive your natural testosterone boost when you follow a Max-OT training schedule. The underlying principle is that heavy weight must be used in all these exercises to cause a significant increase in testosterone production.
It's this key compound movement approach that appears to trigger the anabolic hormone release. This research puts to rest the misconceived training ideas such as pre-exhausting exercises and isolation movements.
