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This is pretty water to the biology dudes, but somehow I couldn't find an organized guide on this site about it.
As almost everyone here knows, adipose tissue is the scientific name for fat tissue. Adipose tissue disproportionately produces more of the aromatase enzyme than other tissues. The aromatase enzyme is the enzyme by which 80% of a male's estrogen is produced. Aromatization is the process where that enzyme converts testosterone into estrogen.
As one's fat stores increase, he becomes more estrogenic. Increased serum estrogen levels cause 2 things to happen to fat organization:
1. Future fat will be stored in increasingly feminine areas(glutes & thighs)
2. (To a lesser extent) Fat will become redistributed to feminine fat storage areas over time
Guess what else estrogen does? Promote fat storage in general. In general, you will have more subcutaneous fat if you have higher estrogen levels. In addition, less fats flowing in one's blood will be oxidized if one has higher estrogen levels. This applies to both consumed fats(source) and bodily fat(aka adipose tissue).
As one becomes more estrogenic, their pelvis will be surrounded by more and more fat. As you can guess, this will estrogenize the pelvis, even in males
1. Future fat will be stored in increasingly feminine areas(glutes & thighs)
2. (To a lesser extent) Fat will become redistributed to feminine fat storage areas over time
Guess what else estrogen does? Promote fat storage in general. In general, you will have more subcutaneous fat if you have higher estrogen levels. In addition, less fats flowing in one's blood will be oxidized if one has higher estrogen levels. This applies to both consumed fats(source) and bodily fat(aka adipose tissue).
As one becomes more estrogenic, their pelvis will be surrounded by more and more fat. As you can guess, this will estrogenize the pelvis, even in males
There will be a copeout in this thread going "it's all genetics." No, it's not "all genetics." How many women with wide hips had wide hips before puberty, at age 5? That number is 0. Look at any man with actually wide hips. Every single one of them underwent a fat/skinnyfat/weight loss transformation. Although not every man will have a pelvis as small as the one in @Orc's profile picture, no man with high testosterone levels and low estrogen levels their whole lives will have a wide pelvis.
This is water, but there are two steps:
1. Hormonal:
Get to 13% bf to nuke your estrogen levels
Start testmaxxing
2. Physical:
Everyone here knows about Wolff's law(don't worry I'm not telling you to bonesmash). Since healthy bones will remodel under tension, we can simply stress our pelvises until they shrink. Applying physical stress to the pelvis 24/7 will cause it to shrink بإذن الله.
Basically, just wear an elastic resistance band ON YOUR HIPBONE AND NOT YOUR WAIST all day and all night.
1. Hormonal:
Get to 13% bf to nuke your estrogen levels
Start testmaxxing
2. Physical:
Everyone here knows about Wolff's law(don't worry I'm not telling you to bonesmash). Since healthy bones will remodel under tension, we can simply stress our pelvises until they shrink. Applying physical stress to the pelvis 24/7 will cause it to shrink بإذن الله.
Basically, just wear an elastic resistance band ON YOUR HIPBONE AND NOT YOUR WAIST all day and all night.
A woman's pelvis after giving birth will be wider than normal. If you google "closing the pelvis," you will get results from many, many medical websites saying that people should just do pelvic floor exercises. The reason this works for them is because of the elevated relaxin levels, which contribute to the flexibility of bones. Relaxin is very, very expensive and has been linked to an increased cancer risk. If you optimize your hormones, it should not be necessary(assuming you're in puberty). If you're rich and impatient, I guess you can risk cancer lol.
@Jason Voorhees @cavy idrk I just saw your questions about hip size
