Why don't Bodybuilders go Bald thru Testosterone?
Why don't Bodybuilders go Bald thru Testosterone?
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vlc

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1,014 posts

275 months

Sunday 1st January 2006
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remember when hearing that baldness is a sign of male fertility?
an which i heard is proven by a high testosterone blood count?

...well i also heard bodybuilders take synthetic testosterone in their food to boost muscle growth...

thus, why hasnt the extra testosterone consumed made them bald?

ps- an if the opening statement is true, then does that mean women with a high testosterone count are more fertile than on average?

[sorry but i wonder about weird sh1t like this]

turbobloke

117,387 posts

290 months

Sunday 1st January 2006
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Bit of a myth about baldness proving that a fella has high testosterone levels. Male pattern baldness is an inherited characteristic. One medical article somewhere claimed that hair follicles in men with mpb becoem more sensitive to testosterone than yer average follicle. As testosterone levels fall with age you'd think we'd get more hairy ... now when it comes to laydees...

gorvid

22,371 posts

255 months

Sunday 1st January 2006
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Bodybuilders who use testosterone (or any other form of steroid use) usually use it in what is known as a 'stack'. This is basically a whole bunch of drugs, protiens and other supplements specific to each individual. Hair loss is a recognised side effect (amongst many) of testosterone and there are several substances that can be added to your 'stack' to help prevent it.

Of course many bodybuilders / strength atheletes have a drug-free stack.

Protien, multi-vitamins, fish oils, garlic and creatine supplements are my weapons of choice.
That and more chicken and fish than you can shake a stick at!

vlc

Original Poster:

1,014 posts

275 months

Thursday 12th January 2006
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gorvid said:
Of course many bodybuilders / strength atheletes have a drug-free stack.
ive often wondered why such people dont find a way to generate their stack/boost etc by stimulating certain glands within their own body rather than adding foreign stuff in that will be detected?
in fact maybe next century althetes may be geneticly modified to perform better.

also i wonder about the side effects of female bodybuilding, coz i heard if women do it they grow facial hairs an the voice deepens, an scalp hair thins.
tho i wonder what the psychological changes might be as theres bound to be some surely...?

Boosted Ls1

21,200 posts

290 months

Thursday 12th January 2006
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Do they have smaller testicles if they don't need to produce testorerone by natural means? I've read about that before, I like my danglies

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Boosted Ls1

21,200 posts

290 months

Thursday 12th January 2006
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Truly gross, where did you find it?

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Zad

13,022 posts

266 months

Friday 13th January 2006
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You can tell the males anyway, they are the ones that need to wear Bras.

</controversial but true>

Mike

driller

8,310 posts

308 months

Friday 13th January 2006
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Gazboy said:
vlc said:
i wonder about the side effects of female bodybuilding, coz i heard if women do it they grow facial hairs an the voice deepens, an scalp hair thins.
tho i wonder what the psychological changes might be as theres bound to be some surely...?


Wonder no more:





>> Edited by Gazboy on Thursday 12th January 22:43


On the other hand:



vlc

Original Poster:

1,014 posts

275 months

Tuesday 17th January 2006
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That last picture makes we wonder if there's any tall versions, coz then you'd have the proverbial 'amazon' stereotype wouldn't you? - tho real for once !

i guess she'll need to be 6ft tall an muscular - whereas the ones ive seen are so short theyre more like female hobbits on steriods.
an kylie minogue in a xena costume is Not an amazon!

then again, maybe the amazon myth will remain so until tall women take up bodybuilding...

Boosted Ls1

21,200 posts

290 months

Tuesday 17th January 2006
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The second lady is truly yummy. The first one is a freekin nightmare!

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Liteweight

55 posts

268 months

Tuesday 17th January 2006
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Sorry but the second one may be a bit of a looker but she still has bigger arms than me and thats a definite no no!

GingerNinja

3,991 posts

288 months

Tuesday 17th January 2006
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Liteweight said:
Sorry but the second one may be a bit of a looker but she still has bigger arms than me and thats a definite no no!


alright then, is she more to size? :

AJLintern

4,393 posts

293 months

Tuesday 17th January 2006
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Is that David Coulthard in drag?

Liteweight

55 posts

268 months

Tuesday 17th January 2006
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Surely she's from the new fruit pastille advert?

z4monster

1,442 posts

290 months

Tuesday 17th January 2006
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Apparently, if lady bodybuilders take too much testosterone it enlarges a certain part of their female anatomy! Looks like a thumb if they go too far!

douglasr

1,092 posts

302 months

Tuesday 17th January 2006
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z4monster said:
Apparently, if lady bodybuilders take too much testosterone it enlarges a certain part of their female anatomy! Looks like a thumb if they go too far!

Yup,, their jaw thickens, their voices deepen and their breasts disappear due to low bodyfat %

Did anyone see that documantary a few months on the english girl competing in the Ms Olympia - do a google search on Iris Kyle - she won it last year. Not nice...

Bennem

284 posts

269 months

Wednesday 18th January 2006
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Male pattern baldness is more due to the amount of the enzyme 5 alpha reductase that converts testosterone into DHT (dihydrotestosterone) that the amount of testosterone you have. You can have lots of testosterone floating about but if you don't convert it you do nothing with it.

Male pattern baldness has to do with the amount of this enzyme you have near your hair follicles, the enzyme converts the testosterone to DHT which acts to shrink the follicle making the hair thin and eventually it stops growing.