30 Seconds SummaryGrowth Hormone: Great Expectations
- Bodybuilder reflects on misconceptions: Initially believed high protein intake, frequent eating, and avoiding overtraining were key to muscle gains.
- Misconceptions debunked: Found better results training body parts multiple times per week, and that most bodybuilders consume more protein and eat more frequently than needed.
- Growth Hormone (GH) myths explored: Despite sport supplement claims, scientific evidence does not conclusively show that physiological increases in GH are anabolic (muscle-building).
- GH's influence on muscle and growth: GH mainly impacts the musculoskeletal growth during youth and changes in body composition in GH-deficient individuals. Supraphysiological doses in healthy individuals do not increase muscle strength or mass, primarily affecting water retention and connective tissue.
- Exercise and GH: High-volume exercise raises GH significantly but does not correlate with increased muscle hypertrophy compared to exercises that don't increase GH levels.
- Cardio and fasting myths: Despite increasing GH, these activities are traditionally not linked with muscle growth, challenging the notion that GH is crucial for muscle anabolism.
- Reevaluation of GH's role: GH is important for fat metabolism and substrate mobilization during exercise, not directly for muscle growth. Its role has been overstated in bodybuilding lore.
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Layne Norton
