Masturbation, Testosterone and growth

A Friend of mine proclaims that infrequent or abscence of masturbation (or sexual intercourse resulting in orgasm) in males will maintain a high level of testosterone and therefore causing a male, during puberty, to grow taller and stronger.

Bob who has frequent sex and/or masturbation will be 6ft at 21 years old.

In the same instance, Bob refrains from masturbation and/or sex or at least very infrequently, will be 6ft 2 inches at 21 years old.

My friend did not have a cite for this and from what I know from biology classes, this is not accurate…but it does make sense if you look at the “boxers will not have sex prior to a fight” example. The boxer is stronger due to higher levels of testosterone.

Does someone know of this theory to be true?

Grwoth is controlled by HGH (Human Growth Hormone), not testosterone, so even if abstaining from all sexual activity increases testosterone levels (which doesn’t seem to be completely accurate, anyway), it would have no bearing on growth.

So,Bob is what age now? 16? In five years, at the age of 21, he measures his height and finds that he DIDN’T gain those two inches he was anticipating. He hasen’t masturbated or had intercource in 5 years either. :wally

well i did read that ejaculation has the short term effect of lowering testosterone but i dont know if it has any long term effect on it.

however, as Joe Random said testosterone does not make you grow taller.

estrogen though ( a substance into which a fraction of testosterone converts into with help of aromatase enzyme ) is responsible for stopping growth though. this is the reason why women are shorter - cuz they have more estrogen.

there is a legal supplement called 6-OXO which attacks this aromatase enzyme and limits conversion into estrogen. it also has the effect of boosting testosterone levels 50% or so. i use this supplement to recover from steroid cycles.

though i dont think anybody has ever used estrogen antagonists or aromatase inhibitors to grow taller as teenager :slight_smile: theoretically it should work, and as a side effect you’d also grow more masculine due to extra testosterone.

of course, if you could afford real HGH ( which is illegal ) then i guess it would be better still.

all these tales about why masturbation is bad are all rooted in religion at some point, and the rest of it is bullshit.

you do not have to cycle 6-OXO like you have to do with steroids.

not enough estrogen is not healthy though, as males also need some estrogen. but he could go to a doctor and do a blood test for it, and decide whether lowering it a little would be beneficial.

though admittedly this drug is not meant for use by anyone under 21 :slight_smile: