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Testosterone and sports

11.12.2014

It is generally accepted that testosterone helps to win the competition, whether it's a regular yard fight or something noble-Olympic. Indeed, testosterone has been linked to aggressive behavior, increased self-confidence, etc., but does it really help you win in sports? To test this, you just need to assess the level of the hormone in athletes, and then compare it with the distribution of places and medals.

David A. Edwards, Christopher Elliott and Kathleen V. Casto from Emory University (USA) did just that - they compared the level of testosterone in the saliva of those who had to run cross-country, with the results of the run. Samples were taken three times: before the warm-up (warm-up), after the warm-up and at the finish line. As the authors of the work write in their article in The International Journal of Exercise Science, testosterone levels increased in both women and men, and already during the warm-up. At the finish line, testosterone in saliva turned out to be even more, in addition to it, the level of the stress hormone cortisol also increased. However, sports results did not coincide with the hormonal picture. One of the competitors came to the finish line one of the last, despite the strongest jump in testosterone.

A year ago, David Edwards and Kathleen Casto found out that the status of a player in the team could depend on him. The study was conducted among women: those who had low levels of cortisol, but high levels of testosterone, were highly respected. Something similar was reported a year ago on the pages of Psychological Science by psychologists from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam (Netherlands) - they came to the conclusion that this "hormone of aggressiveness" in some conditions promotes cooperation and even noble behavior, which, in turn, cannot not affect the relationship with the person. True, the emphasis of that work was on something else: that the effect of testosterone depends on the social context.

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