Funny. If a priest told you to do the same thing, he’d get in quite a bit of trouble.
According to Deadspin, former MLB outfielder/gym rat Gabe Kapler posted an article on his Kap Lifestyle blog this week in which he recommended that today’s players take time out of their busy schedules to “get a nice tan on their nuts” because vitamin D from the sun taken in by a man’s stones will lead to increased testosterone levels.
In his post titled “Au Naturel,” Kapler says that MLB players today aren’t getting enough vitamin D from the sun because they are usually “covered in long pants, a shirt, a hat and slathered in sunscreen. So even when players take the field on a beautiful sunny day, they are still getting less vitamin D than they think.
Kapler’s solution? You guessed it: Tan your nards because it will increase testosterone by 200 percent compared to just 120 percent when you tan your chest.
It is worth noting, however, that Kapler is relying on an observational study that was conducted in 1939, a time when many doctors also approved of smoking cigarettes:
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