testosterone levels in female weightlifters

Can after some period of conditioning(weightlifting for x years),
a woman's body /naturally/ produce higher testosterone levels
in her body? Which would possibly lead to things such as a
delay in her period, etc? Or because testosterone is naturally
converted to estrogen in the female body, does that mean
that that is an unlikely scenario? And therefore, the only
way a woman's body could synthesize enough contractile
proteins for considerable muscle growth would be through
the use of anabolic steroids?

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conrad

"conrad" <conrad@lawyer.com> schreef:

> Can after some period of conditioning(weightlifting for x years),
> a woman's body /naturally/ produce higher testosterone levels
> in her body?

If such a thing is possible, and i am sceptical, than increases enough to
build muscle mass will also lead to increased body hair and deepening of the
voice.

> Which would possibly lead to things such as a
> delay in her period, etc? Or because testosterone is naturally
> converted to estrogen in the female body, does that mean
> that that is an unlikely scenario?

Do pre-menopausal women have aromataze?

>And therefore, the only
> way a woman's body could synthesize enough contractile
> proteins for considerable muscle growth would be through
> the use of anabolic steroids?

I think so.

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Pete