Article: Does Workout Hormone Release Matter?

Poorly constructed study. The conclusion of the study may or may not be true, but cannot be drawn based on how this study was set up. Earlier in the article it talks about how shorter rest periods between sets and intense exercise increases hormone production. Research also indicates that whole body exercises, such as squats, stimulate the body to produce higher levels of anabolic hormones. The fact that there was minimal production of hormones for the study subjects indicates that the workout probably did not include short rest periods and intensity. The study also did not simulate a typical workout, but only focused on a couple isolated exercises. The conclusion should have been, "Isolated exercises and lack of intense exercise without short rest periods result in minimal anabolic hormone production, and no whole body hypertrophy." Piss poor design to come to that conclusion and typical of a lot of poorly constructed research out there.
 
"Resistance exercise stimulates the release of GH from the anterior pituitary gland, with released levels being very dependent on exercise intensity".....

"Researchers at the Exercise Metabolism Group at McMaster University reported that muscle hypertrophy took place without acute increases in anabolic hormone concentrations."

If the aim of the study was to examine if acute hormone release DID matter, then why didn't they perform the study with INCREASED ACUTE HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS? Duh. By doing the opposite then they've only studied half of it...
 
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