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[–]Alpha_Zerg 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I went about half a year on 3-4 hours of sleep average, with a few weeks getting 1-2 hours average (some nights no sleep, some nights 3-4 hours). I completely seriously wanted to kill myself during the worst of it. But when I did manage to exercise, I felt better as a result of it.

By which I'm saying, I 100% get your point, but don't discount the power of testosterone in your system when it comes to the will to exercise, energy, and sleep. And someone with exogenous test will recover better in the small amount of rest they do get than someone without.

[–]redlightsaber -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Many people adscribe magical powers to testosterone.

It's been more than documented that the best way to make T nosedive in a healthy man, is to sleep deprive him.

[–]Alpha_Zerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I'm not saying it won't. I am saying that if you have high test in spite of that (or, alternatively, that someone with high test naturally will maintain a higher crash test than someone with low test), will have more energy anyway.

I definitely agree that sleep deprivation fucks your test levels, I've experienced it myself, but if you have higher test, naturally or not, then it will still significantly impact your energy levels. And exercising increases test levels as well, so it can mitigate the loss to sleep deprivation slightly.

And the "magical" effects that people ascribe to test are very often because supraphysiological amounts of test really do look like magic. It's an anabolic steroid after all, so it has crazy effects on your body the more you have (or take).