Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Fun fact

Growth Hormone, GH is a fat burning hormone which also stimulates muscle growth and supposedly has anti-aging properties. It's release is stimulated by short intense exercise , such as kettlebell training, and also by deep sleep. Several of you probably know this already. But what is new to me and maybe to you is that sugar, as little as is in 3 oz. of juice, consumed either before a workout or before bed can suppress the release of GH. This is sugar in any form, either the fructose in juice or the glucose in candy, sports drinks, etc, or lactose in milk. So if you want to get the most GH release then avoid carbs an hour before your training session and an hour before bed.

Today I played around with a little training, split squats, 50# (25 + 25) , 5/5 x 2, though the break was really long. Renegade row , 24kg kb x 5/5 , medicine ball slams , 12# ball.

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