Benefits of High Testosterone: More Money, More Sex, More Muscle

In today's society, the word testosterone is viewed with a sense of contempt by many people. The mere mention of testosterone can invoke visions of some drooling, 250-pound linebacker with a screaming girl on one arm and a turkey drumstick on the other. Yes, many feminists and poetry-reading males would like us to believe that high test levels are a very bad thing, which I'll discuss more later.

Whipped DudeBut the truth is that many of you could probably care less about what some raging feminist or Buddhist hipster thinks of you. However, here's something that you might actually care about when it comes to high testosterone: a good portion of women like to pretend to have an interest in nice metrosexual guys, who care more about their eyebrow shape than biceps size.

So is this it? Do we as bodybuilders store the weights away, apply a tinted moisturizer, grab some estrogen pills, and start pouring our feelings out to any girl within a mile radius? Absolutely not! This modern-day notion of women always gravitating towards pretty guys with a soft side is as big a myth as your stomach exploding after eating pop rocks and drinking soda. As I'll talk about later, men with higher testosterone levels always get the girl in the end while estrogen-filled guys go home alone and cry into their pillows.

Moving beyond simply picking up women, testosterone is also extremely important for a variety of other reasons. Your good health, longevity, fat burning, survival skills, sexual performance and even financial success all receive a big boost from having higher test levels. I'll cover the testosterone benefits subject more below and also discuss the social/media stigma against test. I'll also cover why the environment is causing rapid estrogen increases in men and what you can do to combat estrogen while increasing testosterone levels.

The Many Benefits of Testosterone

As many of you may already know, testosterone is a steroid hormone that plays a huge role in developing male sexual characteristics. It has anabolic effects such as increasing muscle mass, strength and bone density along with androgenic effects like helping sex organs mature, deepening the voice and promoting body hair growth.

Moving past the Merriam-Webster definition crap, the exciting thing about testosterone is all of the benefits that elevating it can offer you. Some of the perks that you can expect from high test levels include confidence, more happiness, increased energy, improved sexual performance, fewer diseases, a better physique, a strong heart and a sharper mind. Hmm... a lot of these sound like traits that women really like in guys.

About the only thing missing here is money, which, coincidentally, also happens to increase with rising testosterone. Now you might be wondering how in the world can your having more testosterone lead to a bigger bank account? Well, luckily, a 2009 study by the National Academy of Sciences made this connection clearer. Researchers found that men with enhanced testosterone levels were less foolish with their money and more likely to take risks that could lead to big financial rewards. Sure some might see less financial generosity as a bad thing; but people don't become and stay wealthy by buying drinks for everybody in the bar and handing out money to second cousins in order to feel good about themselves.

Another positive by-product of high testosterone is increased survival skills. Having increased muscle mass, more strength and a sharper mind will certainly give you a boost in any life-threatening situation.