Comments on: "Down With Redundancy!" http://eugenization.com/down-with-redundancy/ A Personal Training Blog. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:31:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ideal Exercise. | EUGENIZATION. A Personal Training Blog. http://eugenization.com/down-with-redundancy/#comment-1643 Ideal Exercise. | EUGENIZATION. A Personal Training Blog. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:32:03 +0000 http://eugenization.com/wordpress/?p=189#comment-1643 [...] important to note that the time spent isn’t important, it’s how that time is spent that’s [...] [...] important to note that the time spent isn’t important, it’s how that time is spent that’s [...]

]]> By: :E http://eugenization.com/down-with-redundancy/#comment-123 :E Sat, 19 May 2007 21:28:00 +0000 http://eugenization.com/wordpress/?p=189#comment-123 I think you're referring to Cortisol, which is secreted whenever the body is exposed to stress, whether it's physical, mental, or emotional. Cortisol definitely has the negative impacts you mention - primarily, it's responsible for catabolism (breaking down) of muscle tissue to provide quick glucose for your body (since the protein in muscles can be converted to glucose in your liver). So while cortisol doesn't prevent you from further damaging muscle tissue, it breaks down whatever's there, so it limits gains by handing you a net zero effect, or, if you really don't allow for recovery, a net LOSS of muscle tissue.<br/><br/>Cortisol is offset by testosterone and growth hormone release for roughly the first 60 minutes of an intense work bout. After 60 minutes, your body's production of cortisol skyrockets, far outpacing its testosterone release. So hormonally speaking, you've shot yourself in the foot there too.<br/><br/>The old adage goes, "You can work out hard, or you can work out for a long time; you can't do both." I'd like to rephrase it as, "You probably SHOULDN'T do both, not if your goal is to get big and strong." I think you’re referring to Cortisol, which is secreted whenever the body is exposed to stress, whether it’s physical, mental, or emotional. Cortisol definitely has the negative impacts you mention - primarily, it’s responsible for catabolism (breaking down) of muscle tissue to provide quick glucose for your body (since the protein in muscles can be converted to glucose in your liver). So while cortisol doesn’t prevent you from further damaging muscle tissue, it breaks down whatever’s there, so it limits gains by handing you a net zero effect, or, if you really don’t allow for recovery, a net LOSS of muscle tissue.

Cortisol is offset by testosterone and growth hormone release for roughly the first 60 minutes of an intense work bout. After 60 minutes, your body’s production of cortisol skyrockets, far outpacing its testosterone release. So hormonally speaking, you’ve shot yourself in the foot there too.

The old adage goes, “You can work out hard, or you can work out for a long time; you can’t do both.” I’d like to rephrase it as, “You probably SHOULDN’T do both, not if your goal is to get big and strong.”

]]> By: Mike http://eugenization.com/down-with-redundancy/#comment-122 Mike Wed, 16 May 2007 20:17:00 +0000 http://eugenization.com/wordpress/?p=189#comment-122 E, Doesn't the body produce a chemical when you overwork the muscle that not only prevents you from further tearing it-up, but it limits the strength gains you can expect from a workout? So the harder you work the less strong you become.... E, Doesn’t the body produce a chemical when you overwork the muscle that not only prevents you from further tearing it-up, but it limits the strength gains you can expect from a workout? So the harder you work the less strong you become….

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