Upper body strength

[Deborah]

My legs are pretty muscular.

Yes, it will build your muscle.  Women build muscle just like men because the muscle fibers are identical and react to weight training by getting stronger and larger.  The only real difference between the two is the amount of testosterone present.

In the absence of testosterone they will not get big and bulky and they will grow slower than the average man.


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[elkie-t]

 You will build some female muscles


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[davina61]

Already have female muscles , never was strong ever. Luckily technique rather than pure strength works in my job, that and a large hammer!! 

[Jessica]

Hi girls 🙋🏼  I had a very strenuous job for 34 years.  Lotsa muscle.  After I retired I lost most of it.  I didn't want to get hurt picking heavy things up anymore.  My wife opens all the jars and such now.  I had girl muscles before I started hrt .
Hugs, Jessica 💁

[zirconia]

Some of you guys do that and it didn't give you muscles? ?

I do one set of five very slow pull-ups a day, from a fully relaxed hang to where my collarbone is over the bar, and all way down again. On the way down I lift my legs to be at right angles to my torso. If it feels too easy I go even slower so as to be nearly exhausted by the last one. The last I measured my biceps circumference when flexed hard was 31 cm. My height is about 186 cm.

[OU812]

It took 2-3 years for my upper-body musculature to clear out - not that I had much by any stretch of the imagination, but it was still a tough rather than a soft physique.

I knew nothing about nutrition and ended up on a calorie-negative diet pattern for awhile, which definitely helped soften my upper body, even while hauling equipment each day that was far too heavy for me.

I can still muster up the strength to move a desk or other large object when I need to (genetics: both parents are fiendishly strong) but these days a couple bags of groceries is plenty for me, and I don't have as much stamina as before.

[Deborah]

I mostly squat and deadlift.  My last squat workout was one rep at 230 lbs then five sets of seven reps at 180 lbs.  my last deadlift was four reps at 290 lbs.  My bicep flexed is 12.25" and only 10.75" not flexed.  My height is 5'11" and weight about 165 lbs.

I suck at pull-ups though, LOL.  I sucked at pull-ups even before HRT.


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[Shellie Hart]

I've always had a small chest and torso when compared to my height. I used to try to build up my upper body to get better male proportions years ago so I could look more "normal." Now I don't care and HRT has shrunk me a lot. Now I have the upper body of the girl I should have been without trying. HRT has really taken over...

[Gertrude]

I had a cervical fusion 5 years ago. Doctor said no more lifting more than 100lbs, so I gave it up. Then low T hit a couple years ago. I used to do farmers walk with 150# dumbbells for 200' lap in the gym and seated rows at 345# for 6 reps, no straps. I'd be surprised if I could do half that now or even a quarter of it. The truth is I don't care anymore. At 55, I don't have much to prove. Right now I'm just trying to lose weight to get healthy.


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