I am 28 yrs old and started taking creatine and ZMA. I have had some experience with creatine but none with ZMA. I have heard a lot of good things about ZMA and wanted to know if this is my best option for a testosterone booster. If not, what else is recommended in order for me to achieve a higher level of testosterone(of course at a somewhat decent price)?
If your quality of sleep is shit, then taking ZMA is a good idea. I sleep pretty well most of the time and just keep a bottle around and take it occasionally when I get stressed out and can’t sleep. It’s been a life saver on nights before I have an exam. As for boosting T, I think the logic is better rest = better recovery = better quality training/ability to train more often.
It also gives you crazy dreams, so it makes going to bed fun lol
X2 on everything he just said plus the zinc is useful for your reproductive system. I’m not sure if this equals higher test in that department but better sleep and recovery will push test levels up closer to what your healthy baseline should be.
Testosterone levels are controlled by a LOT of variables, the primary ones being diet, sleep, stress levels, body composition (BF) and genetics. A booster could help but if the primary reason is any (or a combination) of the above it won’t really help much until they are addressed in some manner.
Hope that helps a little 
[quote]sedici wrote:
I have heard a lot of good things about ZMA and wanted to know if this is my best option for a testosterone booster.[/quote]
ZMA is excellent for overall recovery and sleep, but I wouldn’t say it’s “the best option” for boosting Test even though that might occur as a secondary effect, since zinc and magnesium deficiencies can be common in lifters. But it’s inexpensive and under-rated enough that it’s definitely a staple for me.
Alpha Male is a top of the line Test booster. It’s a combo of several herbs that crank up your own body’s production of Testosterone and maximize other hormone ratios.
TRIBEX is a less expensive ($36 for over a month’s supply) but still potent Test booster as well. It’s one part of the Alpha Male formula.
Seconding the crazy dreams ZMA gives you, VERY vivid, and sometimes sexual. They’re the type of dreams that you have to convince yourself aren’t real, even after you wake up.
Honestly, that’s half the reason I buy the stuff.
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^^ Yeah, i onoticed that too.
Sometimes the dreams are the kind you can’t even properly describe, I don’t mean acid trippy, but just wierd. I don’t know, I’ll take my ZMA tonight and try and remember my dream and tell you all tomorrow.
We should start a thread where we share our fucked up ZMA induced dreams.
Last night I was shooting 5 or 6 video cameras that were mounted in the celing of a gymnasium’s basketball court. The gun seemed to be a 9mm Browning Hi-Power. I kept clicking the magazine release button a lot for some reason and I remember when I cocked it I almost pulled the slide off.
Sorry, I should have said that this was a dream at the start. Why edit now.