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Testosterone and Productivity?

I just wrote 500 words, and I hadn’t even touched what I really wanted to talk about. Let me try again…

I recently realized that my productivity does not come from just my mind. Your mind is powerful, but at the end of the day, you are also limited by your physical form.

This realization came from me getting back to working out. I feel I have much more energy now, but most importantly it has translated into action.

So I have been thinking… why does working out help my productivity so much despite it taking my time up?

Here’s a health dose of Carl’s pseudoscience to answer that question. I think it has to do with testosterone. I had heard somewhere that women who had low testosterone were more susceptible to symptoms of fatigue. The solutions that were offered were to have more sexual interaction to absorb testosterone from the you know what (trying to be PG here).

Another solution was to intake animal foods such as squid which you could absorb testosterone from. In addition to this, it is a well known fact that working out and intaking a high amount of protein raises testosterone as well.

Those were all the things I haven’t been doing in the last few months. My thinking was that I was eating healthy anyway so I don’t need to excercise. It also didn’t help that I am a raw vegan, which means I have to eat a lot of produce, which isn’t really calorie and protein dense.

Due to this hippie way of living, I had only a few really good hours a day. However, this is a huge problem for a person who is completely broke, living with his parents who nags him to get a job, and has an unhealthy amount of ambition.

So I tried working out, and it seems to be working. It also means I have to eat like a mad man. Yesterday, I did enough pull ups and push ups that my arms were about to break off (sorry for the image). Today, my body is craving for food like nobody’s business.

However, I feel better and more focused. It’s not like this is rocket science or anything. I’ve heard people talk about the whole exercising gives you more energy thing for ages. I just could never relate until now.

This is why I am going to start excercising like a mad man. I’m talking about upper body, lower body, and cardio to the max. I like to be “natural”, so this means using my own weight instead of using equipment. I am also going to run, jump rope, and practice yoga.

This is going to take time out of my schedule, but I think it will translate into greater productivity during the times when I am working. It will more than make up for it.

We’ll see what happens. There really isn’t much negative to at least trying except for my grocery bill doubling *shakes fist*. I refuse to intake those body building supplements or give up my diet.

That’s because I want to live to 140, but that’s for another post.

Carl Zetterlund

P.S. I also realized that it’s hard to work out when you’re thinking like an peaceful and enlightened monk. You’re body just doesn’t want to do it. Now if you’re thinking about kicking some evil guy’s ass. That’s a different story!

P.P.S. Feeling like a sales letter here… I also started to think about how western societies are so driven to create and destroy. They do sure eat a lot of animal foods, which are immensely dense in protein and other hormones. Maybe it’s also the reason why we fight such bloody wars over nothing… The world is complicated, but I guess that’s what makes it fun.