[GoneGirl]

In many ways, it's no different than being a man 24/7 with a scattering of exceptions. The biggest thing was realizing how often I relied on my physical strength to do things. If I went the full transition route, HRT would see to it that I lose a lot of muscular ability. I tried to think about how I would accomplish certain things if my upper body strength was cut in half. It's striking how much I take that one attribute for granted.

CK

Can I ask whether this strength issue is an absolute certainty?

There are many very strong athletic females out there who are not necessarily amazonian types.

I am quietly wondering to myself whether some of this worry is due to an almost caricatured view of where the 'feminising' will take us rather than an acceptance of the wide range of GG out there.

It would seem likely there would be strength loss and muscle decrease, but how much is the question I guess.

I obviously have no scientific basis for this but was just posing the question.

Cheers

David

Good question, David. I'll give you my take on it.

I based my comment on things I've read. Dropping T-levels to those of a GG will certainly have an effect on muscle mass. No question. Too early to tell, but I'm expecting some loss of physical strength myself from my NBE program. We'll see.

I also base my assumption on the images of the vast majority of transsexuals on porn sites. Plus, how many MTF transsexuals are wanting to maintain the body build of typical male?

Even athletic women have considerably less muscle mass than a typical male.

If strength loss, is a problem, better plan to add strength training to your NBE program.

It's one of those contradictions that we 'tweenies' are constantly facing:
Do I want to be a man or do I want to be a woman?

CK