Originally Posted by
Mark Rippetoe
Amazing! Test levels vary diurnally! Who would have known this without Hurling's always-valuable take on the situation? And that means that the average test level is the value we must consider!! I think I speak for the rest of the board when I say that we don't ever want your Test levels above the average between borderline low and "normal" for a geezer, because a man of your experience, wisdom, and masculine capacity -- both as a Law Enforcement Officer and a Martial Artist -- would undoubtedly make the rest of us look like fools, not to mention the existential danger posed to DB 24/7/365. We can already just barely imagine the existential danger you once posed to nogoodnick criminals during back-alley takedowns on your way home from Gung Fu/Wing Chung/Hopkido classes during which you masterfully contributed by teaching 80-year-olds to safely fall, with your testosterone levels just above average for a man in his 20s, 30s, or even 40s or 50s.
Gentlemen, try for a few seconds to envision Mark E. Hurling striding the earth with his test level at 745, and then tell me if you want that as even a remote possibility. Why, NO ONE would ever be able to get testosterone again, because the Medical Community would see the example of Mark E. Hurling, striding the earth, bringing shame and yet simultaneously reassurance to all other men, and tell us that if This Man is the average man, then the average between borderline low and "normal" for a geezer is plenty good enough for us all.