Growth Hormone and Fat Loss

October 11, 2010 admin 17 comments

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Hi,

Can growth hormone (GH) help with fat loss?

The short answer is yes.

A study done back in 2008 showed that growth hormone helps build muscle and helps raise the body’s metabolism.

In this study the metabolism of a group of middle aged men was raised by an average of 172 calories per day.

Now that might not seem like much, but think about it over a years period of time. That 172 calories per day becomes 62780 calories in 1 year.

Divide that by 3500 calories in a pound and you would lose almost 18 pounds in a year.

Yes, I know that doesn’t really compare to the marketing hype surrounding diet pills, exercise programs, diet programs and all the other scams out there.

But, 18 pounds in a year is a good goal to shoot for. And you get this just by taking some GH.

These figures are pretty close to what actually happened. The men were given GH (by injection) for 6 months and gained 5.5 pounds of muscle and lost 8.8% of body fat.

Now, here is the problem. The injections.

The injections work. The problem is, other methods of administering GH have not shown the same results.

Fortunately, there are ways to raise your GH levels without injections or taking it orally.

This is through good old exercise.

Now regular exercise will raise it a bit, but by doing specific exercises and with specific intensities, you can amplify the results.

A typical GH enhancing exercise would be the squat. The squat has always been a great exercise for building overall strength and muscle and one of the reasons is because of its GH boosting properties.

I loved doing the squat. But, after back surgery it is no longer an option. So lunges and leg presses are what works for me.

Any exercise where you are using as many muscles in the body as possible at the same time are GH boosting exercises.

To get the most you have to use weights. So just a body weight squat will not give you the same GH boost that squating with 315 pounds across your back will.

To use lots of weight most people will have to go to a gym. But, there is another way.

That is to do pretty much non-stop exercises. This is a type of high intensity exercise that can also work and you only need your body.

Let’s use leg exercises as an example.

Start out with doing squats for 36 seconds non – stop. Rest for 10 seconds. Do another set and rest for 10 seconds.

Then do side to side squats. (I will put a video of these up soon). Start in your normal squat position and do a full squat. While in the down position, step out to the right side with your right foot. Bring your left foot to the right as you stand up.

Reverse this by going to the left. Do this exercise for 36 seconds. Rest 10 seconds and repeat 1 more time.

On to lunges. Do around the world lunges. This is done like so:

Do a forward lunge and step back. With the same leg, step to a side lunge and step back. Follow up with a rear lunge and step back. Now do the same thing with the other leg.

Do this for as many reps as you can. Make sure you do proper lunges. Form is more important than speed.

When you can’t do any more, rest 10 seconds. The finish with stationary forward lunges. Just step forward into a lunge position with one leg. Stay there and do as many lunges as possible or 36 seconds, whichever comes first.

Rest 10 seconds and repeat with the other leg.

Then collapse.

This group of exercises uses almost every muscle in the body. And the intensity factor will make your GH skyrocket.

Not only that, but this exercise session will ignite your EPOC to accelerate your fat burning from another angle.

Try this and your growth hormone will surge and your fat loss accelerate.

Thanks,

Mike Val