Boost your growth hormone naturally & prevent aging ….

Today's post: Monday, 7-23-2007

Taking HGH or human growth hormone may work for some people to help stay young or to restore them to the capacities they had when they were younger.

But doing so is expensive & apparently tends to increase the rate of growth of any cancers a person might have & may have other side effects. Worse, the less expensive supplements sold as HGH may not be effective or have enough of it to work.

BUT, there IS a way to get strong growth hormone release that’s proven to grow new brain cells, restore youthful strength, & more. If done carefully it tends to have none of these side effects either. And, one of the growth hormones released is testosterone. So using it also helps restore youthful libido.

Here’s an article I got last week from my Early to Rise email.:

I’ve known the information for quite a bit. But he states it so well, it inspired this post.

“Get an Anti-Aging Boost From Strength Training

By Craig Ballantyne

Every day, I receive spam e-mails from marketers trying to sell me "Human Growth Hormone" boosters to help prevent aging. HGH does have anti-aging properties, but you don't need to buy anything to increase your own levels of it. There's a natural way to do so.

It's called strength training.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina found that when they compared the amount of growth hormone released as a result of a 30-minute aerobic exercise session or strength training, significantly more was released with the strength-training workout. So if you are looking for a way to fight aging naturally (and increase fat burning while you're at it), don't neglect strength training as part of your exercise program.

The best strength-training exercises to use are multiple-muscle and total-body exercises, such as step-ups, lunges, and squats. You can do these with your bodyweight only, or while holding dumbbells in both hands.”

This article appears courtesy of Early To Rise, the Internet’s most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com/.

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It also works to do several exercises each of which works a different muscle. Exercises like push ups, parallel bar dips, & squats are important to include as they work your larger muscles. But dumbbell curls, rows, & presses and leg exercises like calf raises that work smaller muscles also help.

One way to do many different exercises in each workout is to do a single set of each exercise.

Doing one set of each exercise is the simplest & easiest to keep doing. Even better, research shows one set is effective if you use enough weight to be challenging to do by the end of each set. Unless you are very experienced or working with a good personal trainer who is working with you to achieve a specific goal, you’ll likely get the best results with doing just one set.

(Sometimes when you begin to get strong enough, you may find it wise to do an easy warm up set of 7 with a weight you can do easily; then do one of 10 with a weight you can lift with perfect form until about 10 repetitions: & then do a set with a weight you can do about 6 times before it gets challenging using good & controlled but not quite perfect form.

I recommend only doing that for one or two exercises where you are focusing on making progress. And, just do the middle set of up to 10 for everything else.)

The critical thing is to do 6 to 10 repetitions in each exercise; & to add a small amount of weight when you can do 10 easily. That way you keep making progress & maximize the release of growth hormone.