The SEVEN day Testosterone "Sweet Spot"
Posted Oct 18, 2014, 7:29 PM UTC · edited
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And on the seventh day, he rested from his labors, and relaxed.
Preacher's wives know the routine...
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The study used a very small sample size, only 28 men. I'm not saying that completely discredits their findings, but it's definitely something to keep in mind.
The study also only measured serum T levels, not free T. Total T is not nearly as important as free T. Total T is already bound to SHBG and albumin. Free T is unbound and thus available to "work" for you.
Also, having a 146 percent increase in T levels sounds great, but if it only stays high for a day or so there really aren't too many benefits to be had. That's pretty insignificant for overall health.
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The benefit is having a little extra once a week.
It can't hurt... generally we know that excessive fapping lowers a man's inclination to do much of anything, so the idea of at least getting down to a one week spacing seems healthy.
More research is needed, I agree.
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I wouldn't be able to make it
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You would gain superhuman powers.
Much of the "beta problem" is excessive porn fapping.
Try it for a week.
Try it for a month and you go nuts. (that's really difficult)
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I KNOW that this is all well and good and the benefits of nofap though outrageous do have some real actual benefits. I just can't read to much about not masturbating because then I will.
blah blah blah don't masturbate blah blah blah don't masturbate blah blah blah don't masturbate blah blah blah don't masturbate
oh man now I need to masturbate.
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The science suggests TIMING your fapping in seven day intervals.
Geez... you can make it a week right?
Lift, use up your energy, let the testosterone build.
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I'll concurr - years ago I told myself I'd only tap once a week so I wouldn't fuck up my sleep before school and the quality of orgasm/ erection was far superior and I just felt healthier throughout the week rather than being a pathetic chronic masturbator
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Well I started fapping only once a week (only on Saturday) and by thursday I feel like I have a fucking bomb in my pants. I feel way stronger and my gym workouts are better as I am angrier. In the past I used to masturbate a lot (2-3x a day) and I was way weaker, way more beta
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Or you could fuck all that and go on test boosters and AIs
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That's how I feel. Not ejaculating for 6 days, then having one quick orgasm, isn't worth it just for a test boost. If people want a test boost, just fucking take test. People are willing to do some crazy and unnecessary shit just to avoid using a painless insulin needle.
Plus, having a test boost for only 1 day out of the week has very little practical experience considering that 1 day isn't even remotely enough time for the body to adapt and normalize the increased testosterone levels. There isn't enough time to create more androgen receptors to take in the increased test. From a practical perspective, the only effect someone would have is a placebo effect.
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One feels horny when the testosterone is higher.
It probably doesn't help much for body builders... you will need steroids.
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I've done my research into this big time, trust me, just having higher test isn't going to make you hornier in the short term. Yes, taking test injections does make men have higher libidos and stronger erections, but that doesn't happen right away. Again, it takes a while for the body to respond to new levels.
Also, when men are very horny, yes their test is higher, but that's more of a causality of just being horny. Super horny > test levels spike for the short term. You can't do the opposite and inject test and then get horny.
I imagine you think it's the test driving you sex crazy on day 7, but maybe it's the fact that you haven't ejaculated in 7 days?
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Knowledge is power... just good to know these things.
I've always noticed that one week is the point where my desire peaks and what is interesting is that AFTER the peak your testosterone actually declines. (I've noticed this too)
So you want to "time" you ejaculations.
Hope you saw the graph:
http://salubriousu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/testosterone_chart.gif
...I find that kind of data very interesting.
For guys with a Fapping addiction it means getting past seven days is hard, but it gets easier after that seventh day.
However... it also suggest that a well timed Fap BEFORE an event gives you superpowers.
Fap or Sex on Saturday... go to the bar / club the following Friday.
Repeat.
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The graph is flawed because it doesn't continue many days past 7. What happens at 30? What happens at 90?
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Would be nice to know if the testosterone climbs upward.
My guess is that it does but at a slower rate.
The seven day peak appears to be a case where an internal biological trigger says "okay, that's enough testosterone now turn off" and that brings the level down.
If true (and I've suspected something like this) then it's a strategic thing to time your ejaculations so that you peak when you want to.
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I thought past studies said 3 days. Hmmm.
Warrants more research.
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I'm pretty sure it's recent research like in the last few years.
More research would be good and by independent nations.
Maybe this applies more so to asian males?
We don't know...
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It was a one day, transient spike that has not been replicated, and likely will remain that way becuase fluctuations in that range are normal.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1117056
That study used 20 males and did not control (or acknowledge) ejaculation.
So they got a random result. They tested every two days.
The Chinese study attempted to test the effects of ejaculation on testosterone.
Allegedly. Because it isn't validated by any other research, hasn't been replicated, and isn't something outside of normal expected variation. Sometimes you get anomalous results that look significant but really aren't. This is like looking at one rat out of dozens, noticing that it's albino, and claiming that rats are albinos. Hell, even the week-long period is suspicious since it suggests a regular cultural activity could be responsible.
I know for me that one week and I get horny.
So in my own life it seems to agree with experience.
Anecdote isn't data.