1 year on e and I am actually SO weak now, I had to ask my dad to put some weights back on the rack for me when we went to the gym 😭

I used to be able to do 450lb leg press 5 times in a row what happened

I don’t absolutely hate myself anymore so that’s going for me :steamhappy:

  • gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    1 day ago

    yeah same for me. i lost quite a bit of stamina over the last few weeks. i can literally feel my heart beat just from taking a walk these days. it’s insane. i should do some fitness training explicitely.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        16 hours ago

        Basically wherever your strength had been it plummets it. I could probably do strength training to get to above my pre transition strength, but it’s a lot more than now

      • gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        6·
        24 hours ago

        i think that it’s actually a medical complication and not entirely intended that way. the HRT for me has very (very) strong psychotropic effects. it really shakes my head around. one of the psychological effects is also that i breathe differently (not sure how to explain this one) and the weak heart is connected to this. i suspect it’s temporary and my body just needs time to adjust … there’s a quite a lot of backstory to all this but i don’t wanna go into too much detail rn. i’ll figure it out, i’ll be fine, don’t worry :)

        • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todayEnglish
          4·
          22 hours ago

          I remember the comment about not treating women as a different species, but when someone changes their biological gender, they have a downright mind shift.

          Like, if it would not mess me up for life physically, I’d freaking try it for the trip, out of curiosity.

          I’m sorry to hear about your heart, I hope it turns out fine.