If women put on more muscle, do they produce more testosterone and less estrogen making them less emotional?
Question by nikonikoneko: If women put on more muscle, do they produce more testosterone and less estrogen making them less emotional?
I’ve always been quite stable emotionally and could not relate to women when they get bitchy or hysterical. I’ve always had high muscle index. Before I was working out, my doctor said I had 40% muscle, I was very heavy but majority of it was muscle. I’ve started weight lifting and I’ve been feeling very stable and very unemotional. Many of my personality traits have been reflecting those of a man. More logical, stable, better at decision making, not receptive to romance, very insensitive towards emotional people and emotional movies, less communicative and more inkling towards problem solving.
Do women produce less estrogen and more testosterone just by increasing their muscle percentage? My BMI index is higher than the maximum yet I have less than 10% body fat on my body due to my muscular body. Many guys call me a hot amazon girl due to my muscular physic 😛 However I do not have a low voice nor body hair. On the contrary I have a high voice and very little body hair. I also have very large chest cup size D. I’m worried that I may shrink in cup sizes if all this muscle does increase testosterone.
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Answer by penguine.soup
Well being at less than 10% body fat is not considered healthy to maintain (for a female) and can affect your oestrogen levels which is why menstruation often stops.
Women shoudn’t maintain less than 12%-15% body fat.
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