if i worked out enough, could i lose my feminine physique?

[Guest Nolan]

For years ive been struggling with finding out who i actually am as a person, and that came with low self esteem issues, depression, and sadly weight gain. Because of this its made me curvier, which is something ive always hated when i looked into the mirror. Unfortunitely for me its also genetic. Ive dreamed about having a more androgynous appearence, and i hope that through exercise and weight lifting it would take away the curves and give me the lean, powerful physique ive always wanted. But is it possible to even do that?

[Guest adanie46]

Anything is possible with time and a lot of work. I've seen so many before and afters that are solely exercise. There are great ways to get started online. Bodybuilding workouts are my favorite because of the lean muscle you can build.

Good luck, and keep your head up!

[Guest kel]

It would be hard to say how much you can change from your post, but yes, in general you can drastically change your appearance with the right exercise program and diet. You can also emphasis certain body parts to minimize the appearance of others.

[Guest SusanB]

High reps of lower wieght will help you tone up your muscles

Even with more weight and lower reps it will help

• The hottest looking woman i know is a body builder
  

[Guest Baysil]

Have you had any luck looking into it yet, Nolan?

I just finished planning an exercise routine for myself yesterday. I didn't have any idea of where to start, and I don't own anything other than some free weights, but I found that Stumptuous.com has some good advice and routines. I adapted this free weight routine to accomidate for the fact that I don't have access to a gym or fitness center. I also don't own a barbell (just two dumbbells), so I replaced some exercises with alternatives I found at ExRx.com. ExRx is pretty awesome because it lets you sort through exercises by muscle groups, and the exercise entries have little animations, so you have a better idea of what to do.

If you're as sedintary as I am, I'd recommend starting with a basic routine first, to get ready. I prepared by following this routine for a while.

(Planning a healthy diet is also important, but I can't help you there!)

[JJ]

For me finding what I really liked and doing that instead of going to a gym or even using the exercise equipment I do have works best. I am on T and it does make a big difference but it's really more a matter of degree and how you metabolize your nutrition that the T affects I think. I hike cross country over 100 hours a month and have gone from well over 60 inches in the bottom-I quit measuring at 64 inches-to 34 1/2 while my shoulders are 48 inches around now. I do some upper body toning exercises every day during my hikes using the trees as equipment. Of course I modified my eating too and lost a lot of weight but the exercise was the real key to that too. I started with swimming daily for 4 months to strengthen the muscles enough to be able to walk and hike. Then built up how long I went each day.

You can definitely change your body with exercise. No need to go as extreme as I did- I am 65 and had a lot of muscle atrophy as well as metabolism slowing to overcome. Someone younger and healthier could do it in much less time I'm sure. But the key is to make it something you enjoy-swimming, hiking or whatever. You can determine what type of muscles you develop by what type of exercises you choose. Walking, hiking, swimming, running all develop longer leaner muscle than weight training.

[Guest Deenah]

you just need to focus on the areas that you want to change.Check out some workouts on youtube,there are so many i could not suggest one..The other this it make a huge difference in what you eat and drink. Change to a more health way one week and i garentee that next week you will see a change,but make sure you are eating not starving yourself..... good luck