Can testosterone adversly affect me?

[supernova1203]

Iv been studying and for the past year i haven't gone to the gym, and iv been a vegetarian all my life, my grades have been ok, I am just finishing my mathematics course, the question i have is if i start seriously working out again(and start eating lean meats), i know I am going to pack a lot of lean muscle very quickly(good genes, thanks mom and my testosterone levels rill run sky high...will this affect my studies? will i be less likely to want to study/and or finish studying? Especially complex stuff like calculus, physics etc?

Iv read that convicts/felons have excessive testosterone levels and that affects how they think, so will my workouts/muscle building change the way i behave/feel? So much so that ill want to study less and behave more like those guys?

(I really don't want to stop studying and i know this sounds like a joke but I am very serious)

I posted this in the biology section, it would make most sense here:)

thanks

Edit: I remember i was quite the hothead when i was really working out, in those days i was more prone to do stupid things

I just don't want to become a dumb meat head @_@

 

[Proton Soup]

having difficulty dealing with puberty and adolescence changes is common to most everyone. i wouldn't blame it on testosterone. your testosterone levels, on average, will continue to rise until some time in your mid 20s. it's no reason to avoid exercise. in general, exercise will improve brain function.

 

[supernova1203]

hmm.. i suppose your right, my brother did the same thing, he does good in school, shouldn't be a problem i suppose

 

[revnaknuma]

my testosterone level makes me aggressive. I need a castration.

 

[Ryan_m_b]

You should be fine. Testosterone won't change your personality to such an extent, the increase will be negligible to your hot-headedness.

 

[mishrashubham]

A little meditation everyday along with exercise would also help.

 

[grandbeauch]

A long time ago I read in OMNI magazine there was a study done on guys in jail. The ones that got out and stayed out had less male hormones that the guys that got out and went back in. I guess more hormones make them think less logically and act on emotion more often which lands them back in jail.

 

[DesmondShark]

Exercise shouldn't affect your studies negatively, Proton Soup is correct in that exercise will help brain functioning. Also lifting and exercise is an excellent way to relieve stress, allowing you to focus more on your studies, perhaps?

Avoid steroids or testosterone boosting supplements!

 

[redpenguin]

Testosterone is the key to why males have a much shorter life expectancy than females. It makes em more likely to do stupid things that gets them killed, and it also becomes a source of physiological stress.. which can lead to medical issues.

Will it turn you into a meathead? Ehh, depends on the personality. I think balance is more key to a healthy lifestyle. Too much of a good thing is never a good thing.

 

[DanP]

Iv been studying and for the past year i haven't gone to the gym, and iv been a vegetarian all my life, my grades have been ok, I am just finishing my mathematics course, the question i have is if i start seriously working out again(and start eating lean meats), i know I am going to pack a lot of lean muscle very quickly(good genes, thanks mom and my testosterone levels rill run sky high...will this affect my studies? will i be less likely to want to study/and or finish studying? Especially complex stuff like calculus, physics etc?

Iv read that convicts/felons have excessive testosterone levels and that affects how they think, so will my workouts/muscle building change the way i behave/feel? So much so that ill want to study less and behave more like those guys?

(I really don't want to stop studying and i know this sounds like a joke but I am very serious)

I posted this in the biology section, it would make most sense here:)

thanks

Edit: I remember i was quite the hothead when i was really working out, in those days i was more prone to do stupid things

I just don't want to become a dumb meat head @_@

Your testosterone levels will not skyrocket. You will have a probably have a just a low increase. Also, keep reasonable expectations about how much "lean muscle mass" you can pack. For most regular recreational trainees the results modest.

 

[supernova1203]

Your testosterone levels will not skyrocket. You will have a probably have a just a low increase. Also, keep reasonable expectations about how much "lean muscle mass" you can pack. For most regular recreational trainees the results modest.

eh, last year i got my 6 pack without touching any meat(including no fish or eggs) just fruits and veggies, i know my body and my genes:)

 

[DanP]

eh, last year i got my 6 pack without touching any meat(including no fish or eggs) just fruits and veggies, i know my body and my genes:)

Your six pack is more a question of how much fat you pack than "a lot of lean muscle" and "skyrocketing testosterone". There is no reason of concern for you that you will get a drastically increase in testosterone levels if you go to a gym, especially on an on and off basis as you see to have done it before.

Besides that, testosterone is only a modulator of aggressive behaviors. It is required for a full scale display of aggressiveness, but this modulation effect is not linear. A low yet physiological normal level of testosterone has almost the same effect in modulating aggressive behaviors as the very upper limit of normal levels

As for you knowing your genes, no, you have no idea what they are unless you payed someone to sequence your genome.