Article: Hormone Response To Training
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Nice article. Enjoy reading things from this guy, even bought his book. So, just thinking here...but this whole thing seems fairly akin to the current body of literature regarding nutrition. I'm no phd, simply trying to make sense of it all. Anyone feel free to jump on my back if i'm way off here. But okay, yeah we know "proper" nutrition is critical (not trying to spark a debate on what "proper" nutrition entails...). Meal timing, macro-nutrient ratios, micro-nutrient needs, and the like certainly come into play but at the end of the day (actually week, month, year, ect) "proper" nutrition as whole trumps all. It's not about what happens on April 5th 2013 from 10-11am but what happens all year long that makes the applicable difference. So yeah, hormonal response to training is there. It exists. Doesn't seem to be much of an argument here. Its role, however, is still up in the air. It's mechanism of action, magnitude, and significance to the real world remains to be seen. Hormonal levels and inherent fluctuations of these levels related to training, natural biological processes, circadian rhythms, ect ect deemed "normal" (take "normal" with a grain of salt...) should suffice. Hormonal modulation, deficiency driven or supra physiologically aimed, through exogenous means brings another suitor to the table. Now I'm rambling haha, but you get the point. Eat, train, sleep as per healthy guidelines and you should be set. I guess that's the thing about the human body that really interests me. So many variables, so caveats. It's overwhelming sometimes (i can only imagine the stress this causes researchers haha), but I can't get enough of the stuff! Sure I don't grasp most literature in its entirety (senior liberal arts major headed to law school next year...kinda regretting this actually), but it challenges me to think and the take away points hit home. Can only imagine where we'll be in the years to come! In for the ride. This wall of text is what happens on a 8 hour car ride...