i used to be really big into bodybuilding and yes, i have used steroids before. my question is, since my natural hormones (testosterone) was altered during my cycles, could i possibly have an abnormal pheromone output?
it’s been a long time since i’ve used any AAS (androgenic anabolic steroids), but was wondering if my body chemistry could eventually overcome this extreme inbalance of hormones even if they have been out of my system for a long time?
since then, i have used many supplements like tribulus terrestris and ZMA (zinc magnesium aspartate) to boost my natural testosterone back to base line.
i wonder if i have permanently altered my genes from taking AAS and i hope that my genetic blue print hasnt been harmed bad enough to inhibit pheromone secretion. i was 18 when i first used AAS, which was a big mistake. is there anyone who can relate to my question?
im also wondering if my build is scaring more women off than attracting them because i never get approached by women.
You can’t alter your genes through AAS, or indeed anything that you ingest or inject (Otherwise you’d potentially be able to have a son with ultra-high testosterone output. That’d be the long-discredited theory of Lamarckian evolution: Lamarckism - Wikipedia) and AFAIK steroids just affect your testosterone levels while you’re taking them. That’s why often the user’s testicles shrink, cos the body senses that there’s more than enough testosterone in the body already so the testicles conserve resources by giving up on production. The testosterone boost helps the user lift heavier and more and gives a boost to the “anabolic” processes of muscle repair and building. But when the user stops taking them, the testes will grow back to normal as testosterone levels normalise again.
I never get approached by women either! And I’m Mr. Average in terms of build, etc. It’s just the human condition, I think, well, the male condition
I’ve had the conversation about male body (muscularity / strength / power / flexibility / endurance / athleticism) with perhaps a dozen women in my life time.
Every single one of them has put a negative tag on very high muscularity – the body-builder shape (or dynamic) apparently signaled something that was less desirable to them.
Maybe the responses I got were personalized (I’m 6’3" and maybe they just wanted to deter me from becoming a hulk.)
But when I probed, most of the women didn’t even think that bulked-up muscles gave off a protective aura: they saw it as a disadvantage, and that it would actually make a guy a target rather than deflect conflict situations.
Four or five of the women I talked with – their first response was that they supposed big muscles were compensation for small penises. So that idea is out there, regardless of whether it’s a true rule of thumb, a valid stereotype, or a completely idiotic fantasy.
Other random comments about guys who are too concerned about their bodies (like girls with anorexia/bulemia), guys who’d rather spend a few hours five days a week with other guys hot & sweaty, etc., muscle turning to fat, lunkhead (airhead) jocks …
I’d say there’s plenty of bad press out there about body-building from a “attracts the ladies” perspective. So you might have to compensate with wit / cocky-funny banter / style and social proof to push the door open.
You know what I’ve had the same conversation with several women through out the years myself, and I’ve never heard a woman admit that they like freakishly muscular guys. But then again I remember reading a study somewhere that guys with large amount of muscles actually end up on average having sex with more women than their skinnier counterparts through out their lifetime.
So who knows.
Perhaps it’s similar to how guys perceive women with freakishly large breast implants. (Usually it’s a turn off…)
I adhere to the Napolean Dynamite hypothesis. Girls like guys with skills. If the muscles are related to some kind of skill, they seem more attractive to me. But bodybuilding as a stand-alone activity seems narcissistic, which is a turn-off.
thanks to everyone for the quick replies. i agree with everything that has been said about a woman finding big muscles unattractive. it seems like everytime i show a girl that i know a bodybuildding magazine, they say that everyone of the guys in it are gross looking and that they would never date a guy that looked like that. im not obsessed like i used to be, i just want to look good for the ladies.
