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This may be a very dumb question..but I'd really like to clear it
up for myself. I know that hair is made up of proteins (keratin) if
I'm not mistaken and your body uses proteins to build muscles when
you work out. Does working out 3-4 times a week affect your hair
growth in anyway? Or are the proteins that your body uses for
muscle growth and hair growth completely different?
-animosity
Hi! I've been body building and working out since college and it surely hasn't slowed down my hair growth. It one point, I had waist length hair and now it is at mid back. My body building has always been natural (no steroids or anything).
Keep working out.
Del
It has no known effect either way.
I'm getting very good at the "regrigerator lunge" these days... I do several reps with my right hand, "open - close, open - close, open -close..."; then with my left hand, "yogurt - cheese, bread - butter, apple - orange, meat - vegs..." It hasn't affected my hair growth in any way, as far as I can tell, --- although my waist-line is expanding... Is that what you mean? I hope I answered your question!
- Ken in San Francisco
(PS - keep on with your body building, or you'll turn out like ME when you get old!!)
look how long my hair is. I have among the longest hair, and am over 50 as well. You have nothing to worry about.
Absalom
Hey Absalom, what is UP, bruh?!
And, duuude! What the bleep happened during last night's chat? Did everyone get a disconnect, orzit jus' my provider? Grumble, grumble. Anywho, Absalom, you're in excellent shape and your hair is magnificent as well as a tad enviable. However, at fifty my(s)elf, I find mayhaps a lower level of androgens may be at the root of my lack of ability to add the lean muscle mass on. I have even contemplated signing up with a transdermal testosterone patch study to help put the muscle on. However, my better judgement (or intuition) sez to steer clear of hormonal tweaking. How, prithy tell, do you do it?
Yours in longhaired camaraderie,
Quenyan (+;-)}
Hi Quenyan, the board crashed. I had to contact our internet service provider and tell them of the problem. It was a problem on their server. They restored everything in less than an hour.
My androgen levels are on the low side of normal at 361. This is one reason that my hair grew to well over 3 feet long. The normal range is 299 to 999. I think this is nanograms per 100ml of blood.
My advice is unless low androgens are causing you some serious health problems, it is probably best to leave things alone. You should probably limit your intake of soy products since they contain estrogens which would further supress androgens. There are male herbs that may help. Sarsaparilla and ginseng come to mind.
You may also want to consult a holistic practitioner rather than a conventional physician for advice. Best wishes.
Absalom
Hey Absalom, what is UP, bruh?!
Thank you for your attentive answers, man. You are always a wellspring of information and literary etiquette. It's always a sheer pleasure to communicate with you. Thanks.
Yeah, I'm staying away from that transdermal patch thingamajig. Although the only health problem that I know that I DO have, celiac sprue, which first reared its head a decade ago, is manageable through a non-gluten diet, I'm not going to resort to any tweaking to addon lean muscle mass.
The sarsaparilla & ginseng & NO SOY (because of its estrogen-mimicking characteristic) I do know of, but, do you know how vital the "lowly" dandelion root is, too? It has been referred to as "America's ginseng". Dong Quia, another Chinese herb, should be avoided by us guys, also, due to its likewise feminizing attribute.
An enthusiastic vegan activist, Matt Monarch, has his own online nutriceutical concern, Living Nutritionals. It never ceases to amaze me how food and nutritional supplementation can play such an amazing role in our health and its maintenance. Boy-o-boy, Absalom, some of us mlhh (dot) organization guys are just too knowledgable, man! Thanks again for your contributions!
Yours in longhaired (and soon bearded) camaraderie,
Quenyan (+;-)}
Exercise itself causes an increase in testosterone which in turn
helps you to put on more muscle which in turn allows you to lift still heavier weights which in turn
increase on'es testosterone levels.
So it's a win win situation!
testosterone patch study to help put the muscle on. : Quenyan
...I agree, exercise should not affect hair growth.
Heavy weight training does cause a slight increase in testosterone
but if one does not have MPB in the first place, then that increase would not matter anyway.
thanks alot...I'll be glad to keep working out hard. You look incredible for 50, I hope with my healthy lifestyle I'll look close to that good when I turn 50 haha even if it is about 33 years away.
-animosity