Just a little question

[Guest Tally]

With impact. Being assinged male at birth and with and currently the body of a tall semi built male. I personally enjoy having the muscle I got now to assist around the house. Such as fencing (digging 3ft holes 20 times deal), fixing and lift heavy car parts and the sorts.

From what I have heard and sorry if I am in the wrong thread. But I hear HRT can reduce muscle mass. Is it possible for me to continue my excersise and what not without ill effects?

Sorry if this has been asked time and time again my dears. But I have limited time before studies.

[Guest ashleynikole]

I'm not sure how much you'll change as we're all different, but I personally have lost a bit of mass. I'm not sure how much because I never measured myself, but I know it has been some because I can barely carry 2 one gallon jugs of drink around without stopping to take a breather. Boxes have gotten heavier and my clothes seem to fit better (where they use to be a little small before).

It's possible that you can keep up your strength to some degree with working out, but to what degree is anyone's guess.

Good luck

Ashley

[Guest Tally]

Thank you for the quick reply (and the moderator who allowed) and I do hope to keep what I can but is still a fact that I will lose some. My blading career is not over! Yay :3 intact I might get more streamline.

[KathrynJulia]

Tally

I been taking HRT for 2 1/2 years and I've lost muscle strength and muscle bulk. Testosterone is anabolic which builds muscle mass and estrogen is catabolic and it breaks down muscle. To how much is anybody's guess as everyone is different. I've lost almost a third to a half of my previous strength and not a single day goes by that I don't notice it. I don't turn down help when I'm offered help now days. It's just part of and goes along with being mammed. Woman don't have the physical strength that men have.

That said, I still can do more than most woman. And some men. Eventually estrogen is going feminize your body. Kathy

[Guest LizMarie]

Muscle structure will change some. Women's muscle tend to be thinner and longer. Male muscles bulk up because of testosterone. A woman can be nearly as strong as a man but it takes more effort, more dedication. And at the top end the biological evidence suggests that males will simply be stronger. But the truth is, in today's society, many males are not all that strong either.

[Cyndee]

At 3+ years of HRT, those same amplifiers and speakers I use are way heavier to lift and move these days at the gigs

I've lost a bit of muscle mass certainly (perhaps a third less now), endurance is another thing however, I seem to be able to pace myself pretty good still. I've kept the same routines I've used for years (5 mile walk each day), and I've kept up with things around our property, seems a bit harder, truth is might be just my advancing age

Cyndi -

[Guest Tally]

Mmm. As expected to be honest. Would large amounts of excerise have issues with the hrt?

(Phone being slow..)

[Guest warlockmaker]

Hi Tally, I was a competitive triathlete, surfer and club champion in golf plus numerous other sports which I excelled. I am small in stature (5ft 7ins and 133 ilb) and fine boned but when I was a male I had really good muscle structure and big shoulders and pecs and was 147lbs. I still exercise every day and while I don't compete anymore I do have fun in my sports. Yes, you will lose muscle mass but you can develop muscles which are , in my view just as strong but more long and finer, To keep up to strength you will need to workout alot more, than as a male, to maintain the strength. The endurance has been the same but I had to overcome the heat flashes which I initially had under HRT now its all ok, this is a side effect for some. I have lost the most muscles in my shoulders, chest and back and my arms are much finer. Exercise does not affect HRT. You can lead a normal athletic life if that is what you want.