Nick500

Really good post Redspy, learnt a lot from that !

3 things which i found most interesting:

Am I sleeping enough to allow my body to fully recover from my exercise regimen? Could I be sleeping more? If so, how will this increased sleep allow me to achieve even greater results?

- they say that a normal person should try and get 8 hours sleep, and that bodybuilders require more. On average i get 6-7 hours

Modifying stimulus at regular intervals by modifying exercise selection and application will disrupt physiologic homeostasis and force the body to undergo continual hormonal and physical adaptation.

- I haven't changed my routine for months, and generally haven't seen the point. Time to switch some stuff around i think !

At approximately 45 minutes into an exercise session, growth hormone levels peak, and then begin to decline. This means that after forty-five minutes, an exercise sessions effectiveness at promoting anabolism and lipolysis declines, and begins instead to promote the release of cortisol a hormone that destroys muscle tissue [under certain conditions]. The typical bodybuilders diet, with its emphasis on carbohydrate consumption, makes the effects of cortisol after this forty-five minute mark even more destructive.

- this is really important i think. i didn't realise what cortisol's role in the whole thing was. my normal workout is between 1 hr 15 and 1 hr 45, so maybe i'm gonna try and get some high GI carbs after that 45 minute mark for sure or cut down time spent training (but increase frequency of sets)

really useful to know.

nick