Is this the smell of natural testosterone
grumpygit1962
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This is going to sound really odd, but this has happened to me many times in the past..
I have been back in training to get fit this year, and apart from a very sad family event it has all gone well. I am hitting the cardio like a maniac, running, cycling, spins, circuit training and much more, I getting that heart pumping and getting fitter. I am also eating very well, and the weight is slowly coming off, as well as doing two strength training sessions in the week using weights, mostly big muscle group exercises, deadlifts, squats etc.
Here is my question, I probably hit a point only a few weeks ago where you just wake up and your body, skin, everything feels good. But at the very same time this happens my body odour/ sweat, whatever you want to call it gives off that very pleasant and nice smell I just cannot explain. This happened to me many times in the past and quite often, more so when I used to do boxing. I noticed again tonight after coming off the cross trainer for 45 minutes, the smell is so different from a couple of months ago.
I never really gave it much thought, but could this be the smell of my natural testosterone?
I have been back in training to get fit this year, and apart from a very sad family event it has all gone well. I am hitting the cardio like a maniac, running, cycling, spins, circuit training and much more, I getting that heart pumping and getting fitter. I am also eating very well, and the weight is slowly coming off, as well as doing two strength training sessions in the week using weights, mostly big muscle group exercises, deadlifts, squats etc.
Here is my question, I probably hit a point only a few weeks ago where you just wake up and your body, skin, everything feels good. But at the very same time this happens my body odour/ sweat, whatever you want to call it gives off that very pleasant and nice smell I just cannot explain. This happened to me many times in the past and quite often, more so when I used to do boxing. I noticed again tonight after coming off the cross trainer for 45 minutes, the smell is so different from a couple of months ago.
I never really gave it much thought, but could this be the smell of my natural testosterone?
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Lemme guess. Smells like ammonia, right?0
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I find that if I sweat by exercise in the morning, then shower, I will smell better all day. On rest days, I must be more careful to apply deodorant. It seems almost like the workout squeezes out the stink for awhile, though I am sure that's not the scientific explanation of what's going on.
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are the ladies swarming around you more lately?
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grumpygit1962 wrote: »
I meant that an ammonia smell would be a worse smell rather than a better smell as you had indicated.
I like the way my husband smells after he's been doing yardwork, fixing something around the house, exercising, etc. It's definitely not the old stale sweat smell. He laughs when I tell him that he smells good like that. I've always attributed it to pheromones.0 -
I know I smell better after sweating through a heavy workout if I'm not under stress and I'm in a good mood. Drinking the night before will also give me that not so fresh feeling. That said, I'm a dude. They make antiperspirant for a reason.0
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Maybe you're just generally feeling content with yourself. Happy that you're doing something and its altering your perception.grumpygit1962 wrote: »Here is my question, I probably hit a point only a few weeks ago where you just wake up and your body, skin, everything feels good.
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grumpygit1962 wrote: »
I meant that an ammonia smell would be a worse smell rather than a better smell as you had indicated.
I like the way my husband smells after he's been doing yardwork, fixing something around the house, exercising, etc. It's definitely not the old stale sweat smell. He laughs when I tell him that he smells good like that. I've always attributed it to pheromones.
I really cannot explain it, it just happens at the precise time I start feeling great0 -
whoops. i missed the part where the OP says he thinks he smells good. my bad. have we gotten outside confirmation that other people think he smells good?
assuming no foods or conditions that give off a particular odor, usually people don't smell much at all while they are sweating. it's later that the bacteria starts to get all stinky n kitten0 -
whoops. i missed the part where the OP says he thinks he smells good. my bad. have we gotten outside confirmation that other people think he smells good?
assuming no foods or conditions that give off a particular odor, usually people don't smell much at all while they are sweating. it's later that the bacteria starts to get all stinky n kitten
No confirmation as of yet. I would offer to smell his workout clothes but they would have stale old sweat smell by the time they made it here from the UK. Plus that would be a weird offer and make me feel awkward. Like I do now.
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Well, I think it has been scientifically proven that sweat does emit an odor (it's filled with many things outside of just saline) but that pleasantness of that odor is subjective. Some might like it and others may not. I think they did a smell test with women and different men's scents and it seemed to depend on the receptors of the opposite sex. Now, not sure how you can be attracted to your own scent especially since I sweat a lot during workouts and can't smell myself but my girlfriend seems to really like it. It's only when the bacteria starts to grow does the scent change. I could be wrong but I don't think testosterone comes out of your pores in your sweat. If anything, your smell is determined by the mixture of hormones and foods you've digested and are in your blood stream.0
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