Anabolic & Catabolic Hormones For Max Muscle Building & Fat Burning

This is a really interesting video on the use of anabolic & catabolic hormone secretion. If you’re one who easily puts on fat when you build muscle, then this will apply to you. If you’re struggling to burn fat whilst building muscle, then this is for you. It gets a little scientific but it makes sense. We need a healthy balance between the two for best results. Muscle growth happens when we’re resting, not when we’re working out. We therefore need the anabolic hormones to work effectively when we’re sleeping. Catabolic hormones are secreted during the day and anabolic hormones are secreted during the night – when balanced. The trouble is, that in our current daily lives, our catabolic hormones are often too high and we release a lot of the stress hormone, cortisol – which acts against testosterone. Exactly what we don’t want! Catabolic hormones help to burn fat (but can also break down muscle when not managed). Anabolic hormones build and repair muscle. A number of things we can do in our daily lives to keep our anabolic and catabolic hormones working best are:

1. Avoid oestrogen in our food and water supply and plastics, cosmetics, deodorants etc.
2. Get plenty of sleep and go to bed at 10.30 and wake up with the sun around 6.30 (if you’re like me, and you’re a night owl, this may be a challenge)
3. Keep stress low – do meditation, yoga, steady based cardio
4. Detoxify – limit or remove alcohol, drugs and other toxins
5. Make sure digestive system is working correctly – check out your poop!
6. Supplement with Vitamin A & D (egg yolks, butter)
7. Limit stimulants