0:02 Hey, what's up guys? My name's Tyler and
0:03 I just want to give you guys a quick
0:06 story on how I increased my total
0:09 testosterone from 496
0:11 to 807
0:13 within 3 months. So, backtrack a little
0:18 bit. Um, this was January of 2024 and I
0:20 started to notice that I just had less
0:23 energy and I wasn't feeling quite like I
0:25 did a few years prior. And I didn't
0:27 really know much about the testosterone
0:29 thing at the time, but I could just tell
0:31 something was off with my body. I'd seen
0:33 a few videos on Instagram and I thought,
0:35 "Oh, maybe I should get my testosterone
0:37 checked. I don't really know much about
0:40 this, but I'll check it out." So, it it
0:43 came back and uh I got my results. It's
0:46 496 and I was really pissed off about it
0:48 because after doing some research, I saw
0:50 that 496 was yeah, it didn't suck, but
0:53 it was like not great by any means. And
0:56 the way that I am is if I'm not like in
0:59 the elite category, I get really upset
1:01 and I get obsessive and I try to get in
1:03 that elite category. So, um I was pissed
1:06 with the 496 and I and I basically set
1:08 out on a mission to increase my
1:10 testosterone 100% naturally. So, the
1:11 first thing that I changed was my
1:13 nutrition. So, at the time I was eating
1:16 a lot of pasta, a lot of bread, a lot of
1:18 rice. Um I was having a lot of chips.
1:21 I'm a big chip guy. Love chips. And so
1:23 basically on the nightly I was having
1:26 smart food popcorn, Cheetos, Doritos,
1:28 like just bags of them. So lot of junk
1:30 food, a lot of carbs, a lot of
1:33 estrogenheavy carbs. And once I did some
1:35 studying up on that, I was understanding
1:37 that I needed to cut those foods out.
1:39 And what I needed to start subbing in
1:42 was a lot of healthy fats. So things
1:46 like red meat, eggs, um nuts, extra
1:49 virgin olive oil, things like that are
1:51 literally the building block for
1:53 testosterone. So testosterone like
1:56 actually can't like scientifically can't
1:58 be built without cholesterol and
2:00 saturated fat. So I was getting very
2:03 minimal at that at the time. And once I
2:05 started adding those back in, I started
2:06 to notice I was feeling a little bit
2:08 better. I could tell my test was going
2:10 back up. So, just real quick, wanted to
2:12 go over what I eat. Um, in the morning,
2:16 I have six eggs, two Brazil nuts, a
2:19 banana, and orange juice. I have a mask
2:21 gainer shake post-workout. Um, that's
2:23 full of carbs, which is okay cuz after a
2:25 workout, you want a ton of carbs. Um, so
2:27 with that mass gainer shake, I have
2:29 blueberries and then I put some extra
2:31 virgin olive oil in it. For dinner, I'm
2:34 having a pound of ground beef or uh 12
2:36 oz of steak. And then I'm having
2:38 Brussels sprouts and broccoli. like I'll
2:40 rotate those. Brussels sprouts one
2:42 night, broccoli the other, and then I'll
2:46 also rotate a banana or uh potatoes. So,
2:47 that's what I have for dinner. And then
2:48 before I go to bed, I'm having a protein
2:51 shake and maybe some peanut butter, but
2:53 I'm always having cashews with it. So,
2:55 I've literally built this nutrition
2:57 plan. You're getting your greens, you're
2:58 getting your healthy fats, you're
3:00 getting some carbs, you're getting all
3:02 kinds of things that you need to have
3:04 high testosterone. Like I said, the main
3:06 thing that I started adding in was those
3:08 healthy fats. That's literally if you're
3:10 taking one thing from this video, cut
3:13 out the junk food and start focusing on
3:15 healthy fats and whole foods. All right.
3:17 Second thing I started doing was
3:19 supplementing. So, I looked into
3:21 supplements. Wasn't really taking any at
3:23 the time, but what I started taking was
3:26 a supplement that had some zinc in it,
3:29 magnesium, vitamin D, tongat ali, just
3:32 your basic uh natural vitamins,
3:34 minerals, and herbs that you need to
3:37 increase your testosterone. So outside
3:40 of that uh natural test booster, I
3:42 started taking a sleeping supplement as
3:44 well. Um and the reason I started taking
3:46 a sleeping supplement and prioritizing
3:48 sleep is because literally you can be
3:50 perfect in the gym. You can be perfect
3:51 in the kitchen. But if you're not
3:54 sleeping well, it does not matter how
3:56 good or how perfect everything else is,
3:58 your testosterone is still going to be
3:59 low. That is where it's built. That's
4:01 where it's created. All those hormones
4:03 are being released. Sleep should be your
4:05 number one priority if you want high
4:06 testosterone. So, I'd highly re
4:08 recommend looking into a sleeping
4:10 supplement. So, just kind of
4:11 backtracking, first thing I changed was
4:13 my nutrition. Second thing I changed was
4:16 I started adding supplements to focus on
4:18 recovery. And then the third thing is I
4:21 started cutting out all of the personal
4:23 care products that I was using, hair
4:25 gel, shaving cream, uh, shampoo,
4:28 conditioner, deodorant. So, the products
4:30 that I was using at the time um are high
4:32 in phalates and parabens, and those can
4:34 just wreck havoc on a male's hormones.
4:36 So, I cut those out. I switched to all
4:38 natural products. And then another thing
4:41 I did was switch to 100% cotton
4:43 underwear and clothing. So, no more
4:46 polyester. Polyester, it's not good for
4:48 a male. Can lower sperm count. Can
4:51 literally make your balls smaller. So,
4:53 cut out that polyester. Cut out the
4:56 estrogen heavy uh deodorant, shampoo,
4:58 all that stuff. Switch it. And that's
5:00 pretty much the main top three things
5:03 that I switched. Um I I I do 10,000
5:04 steps a day. I wasn't doing that at the
5:07 time, but now I do 10,000 steps a day.
5:08 Obviously, that doesn't directly
5:10 increase your testosterone, but it's
5:11 great for blood flow. It's great for
5:13 circulation. It's great for your heart,
5:15 too. So, I'd recommend just getting
5:18 10,000 steps a day, or at least 8,000.
5:21 So, um, just to backtrack again, three
5:24 things I did, fixed my nutrition, I
5:25 started supplementing with the right
5:28 supplements, and then I cut out or fixed
5:29 the personal care products that I'm
5:32 using. and I was able to go from 496 at
5:37 the end of January 2024 to 807 at the
5:40 start of May 2024. So, that was my
5:42 journey with testosterone. Obviously,
5:44 I've been trying to maintain it um since
5:47 then. And uh yeah, I hope you guys
5:49 learned something from this video. If
5:51 you're low TE, you got this. And uh make
5:53 sure to make these changes. Hopefully,
5:54 you guys can take something from this
5:55 video cuz I know what it's like to just
5:57 not feel like you did when you were 20
5:59 and you want to get it back. So, if you
6:01 enjoyed this video, make sure to hit
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6:04 appreciate it. And uh if you have any
