Release natural steroids to build muscle

Introduction

Phil Campbell explains that it is natural to increase weight and muscle size.

While most adults seek ways to lose weight, many teenagers want to gain weight and increase muscle size to improve sports performance. New research discoveries show how to grow your body's natural steroids to accomplish this goal faster than ever.

Accelerate Muscle Building with Natural Steroids

The adverse side effects of steroid use have been widely reported, and rightfully so. Steroid use has significant risks of severe side effects. Yet, thousands of athletes use them to gain muscle size and improve athletic performance (Madea 1998)^[1].

So, what do steroids do?

There is a lot of information floating around about steroids without understanding what steroids do to the body that causes the gains in muscle size. Most everyone knows that steroids increase the amount of testosterone in the body. However, most do not understand that the benefits of steroids are not merely from increasing this hormone; the gains from steroids are derived from the fact that testosterone increases the synthesis of protein. Protein synthesis is the process by which the body utilizes the protein. Steroids speed up this process, along with creating risks for some severe side effects. New research discoveries show that there are several natural ways to increase the synthesis of protein without steroids. Before increasing protein synthesis, the diet must have an adequate daily protein supply. Step number one is simple -- get a sufficient amount of protein daily. The simple formula for individuals performing high-intensity sprinting training is one gram of protein per pound of body weight minus 20%.

Gain muscle size... and cut body fat at the same time.

In a landmark new study, researchers at the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas discovered that strength training combined with increasing growth hormone in rats would provide significantly more gains than strength training alone. I don't know how they got the rats in this study to do chin-ups, but the researchers got the rats to exercise large muscle groups by climbing stairs with weights tied to their tails (kind of like human dumbbell belt squats). The rats were trained every third day for eight weeks, using targeted training for large muscle groups, and the rats experienced a 23.3% increase in muscle mass. Here is an exciting discovery. By increasing the growth hormone combined with strength training, the rats increased muscle size by 31.8%. That is an increase of 8% in muscle development during the same period (Lee 2004)^[2].

Like the case with steroids, some will, unfortunately, seek to increase growth hormone in the body by injecting it for the potential muscle gain offered by this study. It is a huge mistake! Researchers show us why. In their attempts to discover methods to test athletes for the illegal use of growth hormone injections during the coming Olympics, researchers found that injecting growth hormone will make the pituitary gland quit producing this excellent fitness-improving muscle-building hormone for four straight days. It means that someone injecting growth hormone is teaching their pituitary gland to stop producing this hormone naturally. There can be some short-range gains, but the risks are not worth it, especially when there is a natural way to increase growth hormone.

The missing piece of the puzzle

The body produces the best form of growth hormone. Anaerobic exercise, the short, quick burst, sprinting type of exercise that gets you winded in less than 30 seconds, does the trick. If you want to accelerate muscle building, here is the key: use large muscle group targeted weight training combined with anaerobic sprinting types of exercise to increase your body's natural muscle-building steroids.

Conclusion

Anaerobic exercise is not in opposition to cardio. Anaerobic sprinting is fast cardio performed in short bursts with active recovery between the sprints. Look at the difference between Olympic sprinters versus Olympic long-distance runners. Sprinters perform anaerobic sprinting and have lots of muscle and low body fat. Olympic marathoners end up with low body fat and low muscle. Therefore, it is crucial to examine your training goals. If you want the muscled, lean and mean sprinter's physique, do what sprinters do - anaerobic sprinting exercise supplemented with large muscle group targeted strength training.

Ladies, do not worry. This training will not make you look like a man, but it will cut body fat and tone your muscles.

References

MADEA, B. (1998) Medico-legal aspects of doping. J Clin Forensic Med. 5 (1), p. 1-7
LEE, S. (2004) Viral expression of insulin-like growth factor-I enhances muscle hypertrophy in resistance-trained rats. J Appl Physiol. 96

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About the Author

Phil Campbell is a personal trainer and a master athlete holding several USA Track and Field Master titles. He has a black belt in Isshinryu Karate and has competed and won titles in martial arts and weightlifting competitions. This article has been produced here with Phil's kind permission.


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While most adults seek ways to lose weight, many teenagers want to gain weight and increase muscle size to improve sports performance. New research discoveries show how to grow your body's natural steroids to accomplish this goal faster than ever. Accelerate Muscle Building with Natural Steroids The adverse side effects of steroid use have been widely reported, and rightfully so. Steroid use has significant risks of severe side effects. Yet, thousands of athletes use them to gain muscle size and improve athletic performance (Madea 1998)^[1]. So, what do steroids do? There is a lot of information floating around about steroids without understanding what steroids do to the body that causes the gains in muscle size. Most everyone knows that steroids increase the amount of testosterone in the body. However, most do not understand that the benefits of steroids are not merely from increasing this hormone; the gains from steroids are derived from the fact that testosterone increases the synthesis of protein. Protein synthesis is the process by which the body utilizes the protein. Steroids speed up this process, along with creating risks for some severe side effects. New research discoveries show that there are several natural ways to increase the synthesis of protein without steroids. Before increasing protein synthesis, the diet must have an adequate daily protein supply. Step number one is simple -- get a sufficient amount of protein daily. The simple formula for individuals performing high-intensity sprinting training is one gram of protein per pound of body weight minus 20%. Gain muscle size... and cut body fat at the same time. In a landmark new study, researchers at the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas discovered that strength training combined with increasing growth hormone in rats would provide significantly more gains than strength training alone. I don't know how they got the rats in this study to do chin-ups, but the researchers got the rats to exercise large muscle groups by climbing stairs with weights tied to their tails (kind of like human dumbbell belt squats). The rats were trained every third day for eight weeks, using targeted training for large muscle groups, and the rats experienced a 23.3% increase in muscle mass. Here is an exciting discovery. By increasing the growth hormone combined with strength training, the rats increased muscle size by 31.8%. That is an increase of 8% in muscle development during the same period (Lee 2004)^[2]. Like the case with steroids, some will, unfortunately, seek to increase growth hormone in the body by injecting it for the potential muscle gain offered by this study. It is a huge mistake! Researchers show us why. In their attempts to discover methods to test athletes for the illegal use of growth hormone injections during the coming Olympics, researchers found that injecting growth hormone will make the pituitary gland quit producing this excellent fitness-improving muscle-building hormone for four straight days. It means that someone injecting growth hormone is teaching their pituitary gland to stop producing this hormone naturally. There can be some short-range gains, but the risks are not worth it, especially when there is a natural way to increase growth hormone. The missing piece of the puzzle The body produces the best form of growth hormone. Anaerobic exercise, the short, quick burst, sprinting type of exercise that gets you winded in less than 30 seconds, does the trick. If you want to accelerate muscle building, here is the key: use large muscle group targeted weight training combined with anaerobic sprinting types of exercise to increase your body's natural muscle-building steroids. Conclusion Anaerobic exercise is not in opposition to cardio. Anaerobic sprinting is fast cardio performed in short bursts with active recovery between the sprints. Look at the difference between Olympic sprinters versus Olympic long-distance runners. Sprinters perform anaerobic sprinting and have lots of muscle and low body fat. Olympic marathoners end up with low body fat and low muscle. Therefore, it is crucial to examine your training goals. If you want the muscled, lean and mean sprinter's physique, do what sprinters do - anaerobic sprinting exercise supplemented with large muscle group targeted strength training. Ladies, do not worry. This training will not make you look like a man, but it will cut body fat and tone your muscles. References MADEA, B. (1998) Medico-legal aspects of doping. J Clin Forensic Med. 5 (1), p. 1-7 LEE, S. (2004) Viral expression of insulin-like growth factor-I enhances muscle hypertrophy in resistance-trained rats. J Appl Physiol. 96 Page Reference If you quote information from this page in your work, then the reference for this page is: CAMPBELL, P. (2006) Release natural steroids to build muscle [WWW] Available from: https://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article009.htm [Accessed About the Author Phil Campbell is a personal trainer and a master athlete holding several USA Track and Field Master titles. He has a black belt in Isshinryu Karate and has competed and won titles in martial arts and weightlifting competitions. This article has been produced here with Phil's kind permission.