Testosterone's Effects and Importance of Maximizing It

Today I’m talking about testosterone - and why you should work to maximize it.

This will not be a Bible-heavy post, as it is mainly in regard to maximizing the amount of power you have in the flesh and control over the flesh.

Also heads up for any women reading this, THIS INFORMATION DOES NOT APPLY THE SAME TO WOMEN’S BODIES.

Testosterone is a hormone that will benefit you in numerous ways;

-Stronger bones

-Faster muscle building

-Faster recovery times between weight lifting sets

-Makes effort feel good

-Makes negative emotions less bad, and positive emotions better (great for maintaining frame)

-Better self control

-Higher sex drive

-More aggression

Because of these traits - when testosterone is going up it can create a positive feedback loop. And when it’s going down it can create a negative feedback loop. Especially how it impacts effort feeling good. Many of the things that increase testosterone take effort to do, as testosterone is largely determined by where your brain positions you in the dominance hierarchy.

It should also be noted that depression in men is mainly caused by extremely low testosterone, which in turn makes negative emotions extremely strong. This is why some of the most effective methods for curing depression are physical things. E.g. 10 minutes of sunlight daily and a minor amount of weight lifting. Anyone who has tried to “fix” a depressed person knows this is almost impossible without forcing them to as well, because effort feels horrible to them.

First I’m going to talk about how to test your testosterone, then increase it with physical habits, then in another section increase it with psychological habits.

I highly recommend you get bloodwork done to check your stats before beginning. This will help set a baseline to see your future growth, give you a small win, and help you identify any massive physical issues hurting your testosterone levels. The tests I recommend are testosterone total & free, CBC (Complete Blood Count), and CMP (Comprehensive Metabolic Panel), and if it’s your first time and you haven’t been screened for allergies in the past - I also recommend an allergy inhalants test.

I found out I was allergic to Dust Mites due to that, my sleep has been around 30% more effective all because of a little $130 test there. CBC, and CMP both give a ton of data points and they are very cheap, testosterone is our focus and it’s not as cheap ($90 at my place for total & free). Out the door for all these tests you’re talking about $250, and without the allergies test - ~$120 (NO INSURANCE - IN THE USA).

You do not need to go to a doctor to get these tests, look up “blood testing lab near me” on Google, and look through the options until you find one that allows private orders.

After you get your tests back - you need to know that the reference ranges are based on population averages, not healthy metrics.

Testosterone’s ranges are specifically bad. If you are a male 18-24 - you want your testosterone ideally to be in the 1,000+ ng/dl range (which it almost certainly won’t be upon first testing). And you really don’t want it anywhere above 1,300. Some lab’s reference ranges are as low as 100-800 ng/dl at this point for that age range.

If you come back with a total level below 300 (and this includes you older guys), I recommend you go see a male health specialist immediately, as it is extremely unhealthy for your testosterone to be that low, and you’re at risk of a whole host of horrible side effects.

On free testosterone - you’re looking for an amount under 10% of your total testosterone. Testosterone binds to other hormones and that decides what it is used to do. E.g. increase libido, increase muscle build rate. If this range is off - your testosterone may be using too little or too much for a certain function, so you may only partially have the symptoms of low testosterone, but not others. Free testosterone is testosterone that isn’t currently bound to anything, this means it can move freely and hit multiple functions - or other times (often times due to artificial interference) it does nothing.

Now that I’ve covered testing - physical habits that can increase testosterone.

-Not being a fat bowling ball. This point speaks for itself, calculate your BMI, if you are overweight or obese lose weight.

-Don’t smoke, drink, or do drugs (except steroids, those can increase your testosterone, but keep in mind if you decide to use steroids you can cause permanent health side effects, and shut down your natural testosterone production).

-Lifting weights.

-Don’t sit so much. I’d recommend a standing desk and walking treadmill if you are in an environment where you are able to (costs ~$1,000 for both, and can be loud).This is also good for losing weight. You can easily burn an extra 2-3,000 calories a day if you are walking all day.

-Hitting the right macronutrients. Macronutrients are carbs, proteins, and fat. Focus on getting at least 1g of protein per pound of body weight first, then research this more and learn about what macronutrients you specifically need. EVERYONE’S DIET NEEDS VARY, THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

-Hitting the right micronutrients. Micronutrients are things like vitamins and minerals - this point can be very difficult, track everything you eat in Cronometer (free app) and see what vitamins you are missing. Adding a high quality multivitamin can help a lot - although many are scams, because they do not include the other ingredients necessary to activate the vitamins. Generally I like the brand Thorne Research - but they are very expensive.

-Organ meat is another good option with extremely dense micronutrients. If you aren’t willing to do a multivitamin or organ meat, your only option remaining is orienting your entire diet around micronutrients if you want to improve testosterone using this point. Also - Cronometer gives a generalized number for micronutrients. The only way to truly know if you are getting enough micronutrients is with blood tests.

-DO NOT FALL FOR “TESTOSTERONE BOOSTERS”. THEY WILL HURT YOU. Testosterone boosters mess with blood tests, and increase free testosterone artificially. MEANING MORE TESTOSTERONE WILL NOT BE UTILIZED. They are a huge scam.

-RESEARCH YOUR CITY'S WATER SUPPLY. Most city's water supplies are severely contaminated with birth control, which comes from cattle piss, and is not properly filtered out. I recommend buying a three stage water filter and only drinking water that has been run through that (INCLUDING TO COOK WITH). For those of you that don't know, most birth control is an extremely tiny amount of steroids, but just the right amount to shut down natural testosterone production CASTRATING THE ANIMAL - AND CASTRATING YOU.

And there are also quite a few other ways to increase testosterone - but those are mostly stupid and not worth the effort. E.g. Having sex/masturbating once a week will cause your testosterone levels to increase to spur you to look for sex again (usually it levels off after 7 days, so you repeatedly cycle this to max out your testosterone). Many of those other methods have huge downsides, so I would not recommend them.

Now for a few psychological habits.

-Recognizing small wins, and putting yourself in situations to repeatedly achieve small wins. Your brain associates winning with going up the dominance hierarchy, leading to a higher testosterone level. (This is because historically if a stronger man is around, it is safer for you to be weak and effeminate, as he won’t see you as a threat and try to kill you.)

-Delete. Instagram. For women Instagram is crack. For men it’s just a great way to betaize yourself. By looking at men with fake lives - your subconscious sees an extremely strong man, and harshly lowers testosterone levels in response so he won’t kill you.

-Don’t play games you are guaranteed to lose. Every loss lowers your testosterone.

-Don't watch porn. Your subconscious can understand that you are the cuck in this equation.

Each of these lists could be hundreds of points long - these are my personal favorite, due to the amount of payoff compared to effort put in.If you have another suggestion for raising testosterone - feel free to add it in the comments.