Testosterone is the key to everything masculine…
From the weight room to the bedroom, the office to the playground (with your kids that is), and from your confidence to your brain health, testosterone touches on every territory of your life.
And because testosterone’s influence is so pervasive, it goes without saying that your testosterone health is important…
Vitally important.
For the best quality of life (at least what you can control), you want to get your T-levels up and keep them up…
But there’s a common problem that I find when I talk with other men about their testosterone…
They don’t know how to boost testosterone naturally…
Maybe you’re in the same boat.
You’ve heard of steroids, over the counter “magic pills”, and have seen a Cialis commercial or two…
But none of those are viable options for you…
Because, well, you see right through them.
They’re cheap substitutes that’ll leave you feeling cheated…
The natural way of boosting testosterone, however…
That’s the real way to do it…
It’s sustainable, it’s sufficient, and it’s a sure thing…
Which is why I’m writing this article today.
I want to help you boost testosterone naturally…
So let’s get to work.
Here are 5 ways to take your testosterone to the next level:
You snooze; you win
If you’re cutting out sleep, you need to cut it out…
Sleep is essential for testosterone production.
If you didn’t know already, most of your testosterone is produced while you sleep…
Throughout the night, your brain is sending signals to your gonads, telling them to make more testosterone so that you’ll be prepared to take on the day at full force when you wake up.
So naturally, the longer you sleep, the more opportunity your body will have to produce testosterone for you.
One 2007 study compared the testosterone levels of healthy men upon waking up in the morning…
One group was required to sleep 4 hours a night and the other, 8 hours a night…
The results showed that the men who slept twice as long had more than twice the testosterone when they woke up as their counterparts (who apparently drew the short stick for the experiment) did…
But higher quantity of sleep isn’t all you need to sleep better…
You need a higher quality of sleep as well…
At its most basic level, this means that you need to get uninterrupted sleep throughout the night.
A few tips to improve the quality of your sleep are to keep your room a little chilly so that you don’t wake up tossing and turning, avoid staring at your phone at least an hour before bed, and keep the television off while you’re trying to sleep.
If you find that you need some extra help getting the sleep you need for an anabolic advantage, try Pitch Black: Deep Sleep Formula…
I designed it exactly for the purpose of this article: To boost your testosterone.
Get fat
And by “get fat” I mean, get fat into your diet…
A testosterone-boosting diet is going to be filled with the right kinds of fats, those being saturated and monounsaturated fats.
You find these fats in beef, eggs, olive oil, avocado, and butter…
The good stuff, really.
But keep in mind that not all fat is good for your testosterone...
While saturated and monounsaturated fats have been shown to boost testosterone, polyunsaturated fats (soybean oil, margarine, canola oil) have been shown to decrease testosterone levels.
One convincing study revealed that a combination of SFAs and MUFAs directly correlated to increased testosterone, while a combination of SFAs and PUFAs had the opposite effect.
So if you want your diet to contribute to your testosterone-boosting efforts, eat a good amount of fats (SFAs and MUFAs)…
And hey, this isn’t an Atkins diet or some other carb-hating trend either…
Treat yourself to some carbs, too.
Your macronutrient split should come in at 40% fats, 40% carbs and 20% protein.
Put some weight on the bar
If you want to boost testosterone naturally, you need to step away from the mirror and put down the dumbbells…
Curls for the girls just won’t do.
When it comes to boosting testosterone naturally, you need to perform compound movements with a challenging amount of weight…
Compound movements are exercises that involve multiple large muscle groups…
The best of them being the squat, deadlift, bent-over rows, and even box jumps…
And keep the rep range to a minimum.
3 sets of 10-12 reps will do you some good, but if you want to boost testosterone naturally, up the weight and lower the reps…
Squat at about 70% of your max, and shoot for 5 sets of 5 reps.
The formula to a successful testosterone-boosting workout is simple: More weight, more sets, less reps, less time.
Chill out
I promise I’m not getting all “hippie-dippy” on you.
But you need to relax if you want to boost your testosterone levels…
See, chronic stress is a testosterone killer…
And we live in a society that’s more stressed than ever before…
Which puts you at a severe risk of over-stressing yourself.
The danger of high stress is simply this: when you stress out, your cortisol levels rise…
And when your cortisol levels increase, your testosterone levels decrease.
So how do you fight against the stress that’s sucking the life out of your testosterone?
I recommend taking 10 minutes out of your day, each day, to focus on good things…
Also, make time for your family…
I mean quality time with them where you laugh and play and enjoy each others company…
Spend time journaling.
Spend time in prayer.
Even try a calming herbal tea…
And speaking of herbs…
Try pine pollen
Pine pollen is the best herb you can take to boost testosterone naturally…
Why?
Because it actually contains testosterone in it…
And not some half-bred testosterone either…
Pine pollen contains the actual anabolic hormone that flows through your bloodstream.
See, pine pollen is the male spore, the literal male reproductive unit that these plants use to pollinate…
So it’s no wonder that pine pollen has developed a reputation as “nature’s anabolic steroid.”
According to a pine pollen study conducted by The U.S. National Library of Medicine, one variety of pine pollen known as Pinus Sylverstis contains 80ng/g of testosterone, 110ng/g of epitestosterone, and 590 ng/g of androstenedione…
Which isn’t overwhelmingly potent…
But it’s potent enough to make an immediate impact on your testosterone levels…
And by immediate I mean, if you take it before bed you’re just about guaranteed to wake up with some wood…
And it goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyways) that this increase in free testosterone will increase your sex drive, help build muscle mass, burn body fat, jump start your metabolism, and improve your mood…
Among many of its other benefits.
I want to emphasize again, that pine pollen supplementation is an all-natural way to boost your testosterone…
I encourage you to at least give it a try for yourself.
You can grab some pine pollen powder here.
Or pine pollen tincture here.
Conclusion
Men, testosterone is the key to everything masculine…
It affects every area of you life on a daily basis…
So it’s important that you keep your testosterone levels healthy.
Implement these 5 ways to boost testosterone naturally and you’ll experience life-changing results.
Until next time, keep up the hard work!
